Pollution data acquisition with UAS

Every day, people who live in cities like Barcelona breathe in air that contains polluting elements that reduce their quality of life. One these polluting elements is PM2.5, which refers to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers, which is about 3% the diameter of a human hair. The exposure to PM <2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) over a few hours to weeks can trigger cardiovascular disease-related mortality and nonfatal events. Longer-term exposure (e.g. a few years) increases the risk for cardiovascular mortality to an even greater extent than exposures over a few days and reduces life expectancy within more highly exposed segments of the population by several months to a few years.
The Catalan company droneFUTURA uses their drones to measure the quality of the air taking as reference the PM2.5. With the drone the company acquires massive data from the air and show the valuable information in a GIS.
The main service shows at the end of the process a high-level resolution GIS map of pollution levels, related to the main city green areas related to their urban surroundings.