New Features for airnow.gov

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New Features forairnow.gov
Lori Tussey U.S. EPA
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2003-04
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Airnow.gov

• Outlook
• Web cams
• News Items
• Features
• Joint Partnership

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Airnow.gov
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Airnow.gov
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Coming Soon

• Conversion to Cold Fusion - Why?
• Outgrown current cgi scripts for handling maps
  and forecasts
• 508 compliance (map info. must be in text)
• Administrative functions will allow more timely
  updates (weekends, holidays after hours)
• Automated features (rotating web cams, timed
  stories)

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New Features

• Enhanced Forecast and Action Day Maps
• Forecast table changing to National AQI Summary
• State Local Forecast and Conditions pages
  changing to include State summary pages and
  Detailed City pages

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Current Forecast Map

• Limited
• Zoom
• Pop-up
• Problematic
• Covered
• Forecasts

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New Forecast Map

• Meets 508
• Select AQI
• in legend
• Highest AQI
• on top
• Longer load
• time

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New Forecast Map

• Zoom
• Scroll / Pan
• City Links

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Current U.S. Forecast Table
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National AQI Summary

• Current data
• Action days
• Sort options
• - Location
• - Forecast
• - Action Day
• City links

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Current Particle Levels

• Sort options
• - Location
• - Current AQI
• City links
• Meets 508

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Current Particle Maps - 508
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Local Forecast and Conditions
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Indiana
Forecast and Conditions Page

• Scrolling problem - hard to get a summary of
  state conditions
• Current conditions
• confusing

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Indiana State Summary - New

• Only shows AQI forecast
• Sort options
• - Forecast
• - Action Day
• Links to cities and national summary

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South Bend

• Links to state and national info
• Action Day
• Current AQI
• Local Maps

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Minneapolis

• Detailed forecast
• Current AQI
• 2 pollutants
• Web cam

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El Paso

• 3 pollutants
• forecast

• Current AQI
• 2 pollutants

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Phoenix

• 4 pollutants
• forecast

• Web cam

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We Need Feedback!

• Anytime
• News items / features
• Send your web cams
• By end of February?
• Review you local information for accuracy
• Use new forecast map? Or keep the old?

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Feedback
Phase 2 ? Display Small Local Ozone and PM2.5
Maps ? Display multiple map domains ?
Tomorrows Action Day
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Feedback
New Features for airnow.gov http//cfpub.epa.gov/a
irnow/ Lori Tussey Tussey.Lori_at_epa.gov 919-541-48
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