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Kyle Bashour Aug 14, 2023

Since @paku 5.0 is iOS 17 only, I don't have as many beta testers as I’d like. If you're on iOS 17 would you consider testing it out? And please boost for reach! https://testflight.apple.com/join/rdeQghT2

Join the Paku for PurpleAir beta

Available on iOS

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Yoav Lavi | 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤟𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤀 Aug 14, 2023

@kylebshr @paku Tried
it out, looks very nice! There's only one sensor in my area which is one town over (8km) so would be hard to say how accurate the data is. I did however notice a bug where if you change the "layer" (the icon under the settings icon on the map) it'll not show any sensor data until you zoom out. Good luck!

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Kyle Bashour Aug 14, 2023

@yoavlavi ugh that bug is killing me, thanks for the report though!

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Yoav Lavi | 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤟𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤀 Aug 14, 2023

@kylebshr How close would a sensor need to be for it to likely be close to my current air quality / humidity / etc.? Might be cool to show an overlay (akin to the new walking distance guide in Apple maps) that gauges relative accuracy in conjunction with distance.

Either for individual sensors or just as a sort of overlay heatmap / distance to measurement quality indicator.

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Kyle Bashour Aug 14, 2023

@yoavlavi I don't think there’s a general rule for that, depends on too many weather conditions and what the cause of the air quality is

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Kyle Bashour Aug 14, 2023

@yoavlavi definitely a downside to Paku - it's limited by the PurpleAir network. But the upside is that anyone can buy a sensor and add it to the network!

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Yoav Lavi | 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤟𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤀

@kylebshr Is the main target audience users that own sensors? Or is one in your building / block / neighborhood accurate enough?

If it's the former, is viewing other sensors meant to be for when you travel / are out of the house?

I just ran into this and am curious so sorry for all the questions 🙂

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Kyle Bashour Aug 14, 2023

@yoavlavi I feel like within a mile or two is pretty useful. main audience is folks with their own sensors or those who live in major US cities, where the sensor density is often pretty high. You can get much higher accuracy AQI and temperature than most weather apps in San Francisco for example