Last yr Google teamed upwards amongst the Environmental Defense Fund to equip Street View cars amongst air-quality sensors to detect natural gas leaks from utility pipes nether urban inwardness streets. Using the information collected yesteryear the Street View cars Google in addition to EDF thence practice detailed maps showing where gas leaks are occurring in addition to where gas pipes postulate to last fixed or replaced.
In July 2014 the EDF released maps from the experiment inwards New York, Boston in addition to Philadelphia. The maps revealed that Boston in addition to New York's ageing utility pipes outcome inwards a large release of leaks, piece Philadelphia's newer gas pipage network is responsible for far fewer leaks.
Google has straightaway used their especially equipped Street View cars to map out to a greater extent than than 1,000 miles of roads inwards Inglewood, Chino in addition to Pasadena. You tin run across the results of the latest gas leak sweat inwards the EDF's Los Angeles Area: Snapshot of Natural Gas Leaks map. The information gathered revealed an average of virtually 1 leak for every iv miles driven inwards Pasadena, 1 leak for every 5 miles inwards Inglewood in addition to 1 leak for every 5 miles inwards Chino.
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