HERE adds weather to Marketplace offering
The location data and technology platform HERE has added CustomWeather to its HERE Marketplace, providing software developers access to robust sets of weather and climate data. The company explains that weather conditions and environmental data are increasingly used by automakers, in transportation and logistics, and across supply chains to improve operations, driver safety and end-customer […]
Vaisala and JCDecaux provide air quality information to selected public transport shelters
A pilot in the Finnish capital Helsinki is providing air quality information at two public transport stops until the end of the year in an attempt to enhance people’s understanding of air quality issues in the city. Weather data specialist Vaisala is working with a series of partners to disseminate hyperlocal information about the air […]
Historic Welsh bridge won’t be fully repaired till next year
The listed White Bridge in the Welsh Valleys town of Pontypridd is scheduled to reopen in the coming months, but won’t be fully repaired until 2022. The bridge, officially called the Berw Road Bridge was severely damaged in Storm Dennis last February and has been shut ever since. Because the structure is Listed, the local […]
HERE adds weather forecaster to Marketplace
Location, data and mapping company HERE Technologies has added AccuWeather to the HERE Marketplace to sell weather-related information. HERE says its Marketplace is a “hub for global location data exchange and a means to accelerate data-driven innovation”. It says that with AccuWeather, both parties are yielding “mutually beneficial results” with HERE contributing the platform and […]