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Indonesia - Sources
Of course listed as a priority due to recent AQ issues in the region, but there are issues accessing data at an appropriate time resolution (@olafveerman, correct/edit if I'm mistaken).
After discussions with WRI/GFW, they are particularly interested in AQ data from countries affected by the fires in Indonesia.
Here is the general AQ data page for Indonesia: http://www.bmkg.go.id/BMKG_Pusat/Kualitas_Udara/
Here is an example of one of the page (PM10). I am unsure if we can programmatically get data from this page either from the graph (hover over point) or hit 'view data': http://www.bmkg.go.id/BMKG_Pusat/Kualitas_Udara/Informasi_Partikulat.bmkg
Also, transporting @olafveerman 's previous comment over:
This seems pretty do-able with a basic scraper. The HTML contains the raw measurements for the locations, wrapped in the following div:
The Indonesia Meteorological Agency (BKMG) recently updated their website and the URL has changed. The BKMG website can be accessed here: http://www.bmkg.go.id/?lang=EN The individual pollutants can be accessed under the heading "Air Quality/Kualitas Udara"; here's the link for the PM10 page http://www.bmkg.go.id/kualitas-udara/informasi-partikulat-pm10.bmkg
I plan to work with the WRI Indonesia office to determine the best contact for BKMG to request official permission to use the data.
It would be good to look into this source and see if it still exists/meets the following requirements:
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[ ] Data is ‘raw’ and reported in physical concentrations not in an 'Air Quality Index' or equivalent (e.g. AQI, PSI, API) format
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[ ] Data is at the ‘station-level' with geographic coordinates, not aggregated into a higher (e.g. city) level
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[ ] Data is from measurements averaged between 10 minutes and 24 hours
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[ ] (Nice to have) Programmatic access
