Data & science

Where every number comes from

Heat estimate: OpenStreetMap + live weather

In v0 the heat map is an estimate. For each H3 hex we measure buildings, roads, green and water from OpenStreetMap, then add them to the live Open-Meteo air temperature. The Heat Score compares each hex with the median of your scan. It is not satellite data.www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

How heat zones are found

The hottest quarter of hexes are grouped into connected zones and ranked by mean score. Zones within 3 points of each other are flagged as near-ties instead of being ranked.

Air temperature: Open-Meteo

Temperature, humidity and the 5-day forecast come from the Open-Meteo forecast. “Feels like” uses the NOAA heat index. Normals and the 20-year history come from the ERA5 archive via Open-Meteo. In Bangladesh, heat levels use BMD thresholds; they are not official warnings.open-meteo.com

Air quality: Open-Meteo Air Quality

PM2.5 comes from the Open-Meteo Air Quality model. We compute the AQI ourselves with the US EPA 2024 PM2.5 breakpoints. Sensors you add in v0 are simulated.open-meteo.com/en/docs/air-quality-api

Cooling estimates

Each +1 % of tree canopy in a km² lowers daytime surface temperature by roughly 0.1–0.2 °C; cool roofs about 0.04 °C per 1 % of a km². Tree cooling ramps up as trees grow. Projections are ranges, never promises.

Farmer alerts

Rules run on the Open-Meteo forecast plus NASA POWER 30-day rainfall, following BMD, BRRI and DAE guidance, e.g. heat ≥ 35 °C at rice flowering. Atmos X never gives pesticide doses.power.larc.nasa.gov

AI: OpenAI

OpenAI models write the “why is it hot” text, plan details (species, costs, steps), answer Ask Atmos, and check photos. Anything the AI fills in is marked “AI estimate”. Scores, cooling and AQI always come from fixed formulas.openai.com

Community data

Your account, actions, photos, trees and teams live only on this device in v0. Other people, teams and leaderboards are a demo community, marked “Demo community”.

Nurseries

Nursery locations come from OpenStreetMap plus a curated Dhaka list. Atmos X never sells plants.www.openstreetmap.org
Atmos X v0 · presentable MVP