Environmental monitoring / citizen sensingair pollution monitoring and public reportingParticipation documented
Smell Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Residents directly submit geolocated odor reports that are shared with health authorities and integrated into broader air-quality analysis workflows.
citizen scienceenvironmental justicecivic engagementdata collectionmonitoringdeploymentfeedback
- Region
- North America
- Lead organization
- Carnegie Mellon University CREATE Lab
- Organization type
- university / research lab
- Technology group
- crowdsourced sensing + data analytics
- Activity status
- active
- Start year
- 2016
- Last updated
- Mar 25, 2026
- Participation mode
- crowdsourced smell reporting + community reporting infrastructure
- Participants
- Residents; community groups; public health officials
- Methods
- mobile reporting; community collaboration; public data sharing
- AI lifecycle stages
- data collection; monitoring; deployment; feedback
- Evidence summary
- Residents directly submit geolocated odor reports that are shared with health authorities and integrated into broader air-quality analysis workflows.
- Atlas assessment
- Cautious · Medium confidence · evidence grade A
- Uncertainty
- Participation is present and verified, but is mostly contributory, consultative, or otherwise weaker than core atlas exemplars.
- Participation group
- Civic Participation
- Technology description
- crowdsourced sensing + data analytics
- Funding
- Not documented
- Region of activity
- regional
- Verification status
- Live Verified
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