Monitoring real-time environmental information using Web 2.0 and GIServices technology

Air pollution is a serious challenge in densely populated cities. it poses a significant threat to human health, property and the environment throughout the developed and developing parts of the world. real-time air quality monitoring and public access to related information are the key components of a successful environmental management.mashups can be customized to adequately address the monitoring of such geospatially oriented challenges. mashups combine web 2.0 and web services technology to facilitate data access and visualization on the web. the use of mashups provides a cheap and effective platform for displaying real-time data. the main objective of this paper is to assess, design and develop an environmental monitoring application based on a mashup architecture. the application uses google maps api (application programming interface), web giservices (geospatial information services), and ajax (asynchronous javascript and xml (extensible markup language)) to disseminate real-time air quality information through the web. such information can improve the decisions of the pertinent environmental organizations as well as urban settlers. the application also utilized web client technologies such as html (hypertext markup language), css (cascading style sheet), and javascript for handling the response events and providing flexibility and more interactivity. the developed mashup includes geospatial maps and features, standard business charts, node and link displays, as well as custom visual displays. all visualization components run in any web browsers and provide a user friendly environment.