Section: New Software and Platforms

SoundCity - Ambiciti

Keywords: Crowd-sensing - Mobile application

Functional Description: Is your exposure to noise too high on certain days? How is air pollution in your street? Will air quality improve in the next hours? Do you want to measure the noise pollution on the way between your home and your office? What pollution levels are considered harmful for your health? Ambiciti (previously SoundCity) provides answers to these questions and many others.

Noise pollution. Ambiciti (previously called SoundCity) measures the actual noise levels to which you are exposed. Ambiciti can monitor noise levels throughout the day and inform you about your instantaneous, hourly and daily exposures. If you want to contribute to the improvement of the noise map in your city, you can anonymously send your measurements.

Air pollution. Ambiciti computes the air quality index in your region or at the exact location where you stand. You can also access to forecasts and find information about the main pollutants. Depending on your location, you may have access to hourly air quality maps, at street resolution, in real time and for the next two days. Currently, only Paris (France) enjoys such fine maps, but other cities are on the way to be included.

Since 2017, the software is exclusively licensed to the Ambiciti start-up company.

• Authors: Fadwa Rebhi, Pierre-Guillaume Raverdy, Cong Kinh Nguyen, Rajiv Bhatia, Valérie Issarny and Vivien Mallet

• Partners: Ambientic - The Civic Engine

• Contact: Valérie Issarny