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An Open Source Platform For Georgetown's STIA Air Quality Courses
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Design and implement a well defined format for logged data #12

Closed theFestest closed 4 years ago

theFestest commented 5 years ago

With the inclusion of logging to disk with, perhaps occasional, uploads to the internet. We will want to have a well defined and easily extensible format for our data points. For example, we will want the format to always include certain base parameters such as the "serial" and timestamp, but be able to optionally include a variety of sensor parameters. Some sort JSON dictionary seems workable with these requirements and relatively easy? That's my first thought, I'd be interested in suggestions for those more knowledgeable.

fpgirard commented 5 years ago

Let's talk to Krista at OpenAQ and work together to agree what the proper sensors and data and format should be for us to their Tier II supplier.

theFestest commented 5 years ago

I agree that this is a conversation that we should get moving.

For the immediate term, I think we can refer to their documentation of the formats they provide outwardly. Using this and referring to the structure and capabilities of their API should be a good start. We ought to be able to learn a thing or two in terms of data acquisition and workflows from them.