Open Knowledge

Pollutant Emissions 60% open

Switzerland


What data is expected?

Aggregate data about the emission of air pollutants especially those potentially harmful to human health (although it is not a requirement to include information on greenhouse gas emissions). Aggregate means national-level or available for at least three major cities. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data must be available for the following pollutants and meet the following minimum criteria:

  • Particulate matter (PM) Levels
  • Sulphur oxides (SOx)
  • Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
  • Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • Updated on at least once a week.
  • Measured either at a national level by regions or at leasts in 3 big cities.

What data is available

  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV,HTML,PNG)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as Data of the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network published by Federal Office for the Environment)
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

Any reproduction requires prior written consent, as per Terms and Conditions of the Federal Authorities. The Swiss Federal Geoportal provides other pollutant geo-datasets, some of which are also indexed in the Federal Open Government Data Portal, such as waterway Catchment data.

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Contributors

Reviewers

  • yar michl

Submitters

  • Oleg Lavrovsky