olafveerman
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8 years ago Only found a reference here: https://github.com/openaq/openaq-api/issues/31#issuecomment-141100344, but I think we might have had a bigger discussion around this topic.
Form the above doc, they are using:
The location/ type of stations should cover: urban, sub-urban and rural areas, residential and commercial area. Urban traffic can be included, as long as the station is located in a neighbourhood where people work or live.
This would fit the Dutch case to a certain extent:
- regional background station (mapped to rural station)
- urban background station (mapped to urban station)
- traffic heavy station (this could be urban traffic, but not sure)
- industrial station (no real mapping)
Originally from @RocketD0g in https://github.com/openaq/openaq-api/issues/52
No Immediate Action Intended - Background Info
FYI, a useful template of the type of information collected for the upcoming 2015 WHO and GBD global databases of annual average PM2.5 and PM10 pollution is below (They are primarily on the search currently for 2014 data). I can't find the issue, but I think @olafveerman brought up the categorization of sites before (e.g. what is the criteria for residential, urban, industrial, etc?). It has been indicated there is not strict criteria for this currently and countries are directed to fill out the template using their best judgement.
http://www.who.int/entity/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/PHE-Template-OAP-database-entries-June2015.xls?ua=1