http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Any techies in the house? en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:51:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-297198 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:42:55 +0000 HankChief 297198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can watch the exchange here</p> <p><a href="https://edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/368160/start_time/6615000" rel="nofollow">https://edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/368160/start_time/6615000</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-297187 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:21:07 +0000 HankChief 297187@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who will get there first... CCE or CEC?</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/mrdavidbol/status/1070646936166903808?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mrdavidbol/status/1070646936166903808?s=20</a></p> <p>I think we know the answer </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-297166 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:42:27 +0000 MediumDave 297166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://ifttt.com/twitter" rel="nofollow">https://ifttt.com/twitter</a></p> <p>might have something suitable for the (mostly) non technical to do what you need </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-297145 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:54:54 +0000 McD 297145@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe a nice wee project for a student - any contacts at the Uni IT departments? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-297121 Wed, 05 Dec 2018 23:08:03 +0000 HankChief 297121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks @prog99.</p> <p>Does anyone have those skills &amp; the inclination to help... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296842 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 21:26:31 +0000 prog99 296842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Its easy enough to do. You need a twitter account and apply for an API key. Then somewhere to host the code that checks the data regularly and builds the warning tweet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296819 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 22:45:25 +0000 sallyhinch 296819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed, I wasn't suggesting that particular feed was very useful, just that it implied it was something that could be done on a more granular level </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296799 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 14:16:23 +0000 minus six 296799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the ajax data calls are here</p> <p>view-source:http://www.scottishairquality.scot/js/javascript.js</p> <p>params are site_id=ED1, view=latest</p> <p><a href="http://www.scottishairquality.scot/ajax/site-tabs?doajax=true&amp;site_id=ED1&amp;view=latest" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottishairquality.scot/ajax/site-tabs?doajax=true&amp;site_id=ED1&amp;view=latest</a></p> <p>gives the data, you could scrape that </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296754 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:02:40 +0000 neddie 296754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@sallyhinch</p> <p>That Twitter feed seems to say nothing other than<br /> "Low Pollution levels across Scotland", with the very occasional "Medium..."</p> <p>Typical "green-washed" government propaganda if you ask me... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296752 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:16:12 +0000 Ed1 296752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The figures mean nothing on their own may be all areas have the same level may be in the middle of the sea its like that its always been that way its normal. I would have thought would have to context these levels with other cities or with and how it relates to regulations how much higher it is in somewhere else how it relates to regulations. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296750 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:53:20 +0000 sallyhinch 296750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's an automatic feed for the whole of Scotland here </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/scotairquality" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/scotairquality</a></p> <p>There are a few automatic accounts for American cities but I didn't find anything for a UK locality - but maybe they'd be able to help with the basic technology? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296748 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:35:56 +0000 ejstubbs 296748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can't really help with your particular ask, but that Air Quality in Scotland site is worth knowing about.</p> <p>Bit bemused that Auchencorth Moss manages to rate worse than St John's Road, though. How does <em>that</em> happen?!</p> <p>Ah, <a href="http://www.scottishairquality.scot/latest/site-info.php?site_id=ACTH&amp;view=graphing">a bit more digging</a> suggests that the particulate matter sensors at Auchencorth Moss have been offline since Monday, so all it's reporting is ozone. St John's road has the particulate and NO2 sensors all working, but no O3. So not really comparing like with like. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296741 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:49:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 296741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did look into building a script to Tweet random parts of a surrealist text for an art gallery a while back.</p> <p>Might have a look at this, but the Scottish Hair Quality dot Scot url for the data source seems more @gembo's thing? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296740 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:39:10 +0000 neddie 296740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Force all drivers to add an "orange smoke" additive to their fuel, so all can see how one car can completely fill an entire street with gas? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19308#post-296739 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:50:09 +0000 HankChief 296739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This may be a big ask but thought I'd try the hive mind.</p> <p>At the Corstorphine Air Pollution public meeting last night there was a suggestion that we should try to make everyone more aware of just how bad the pollution is.</p> <p>The data is available <a href="http://www.scottishairquality.scot/latest/site-info?site_id=ED1&amp;view=latest">here</a> but it isn't really in a digestible format, so I was wondering whether it could be converted into a daily tweet. Something like <a href="https://twitter.com/riverlevel_3002/status/1037564431495045120?s=19">This river level warning</a> (but maybe not so graphic).</p> <p>This may be easy or complex, I have no idea, but so would be very grateful for any efforts.</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>HC </p>