{"id":2598,"date":"2021-01-27T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1335719"},"modified":"2021-01-27T10:31:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:31:19","slug":"every-navigation-app-should-have-cowboys-air-quality-ebike-route-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2598","title":{"rendered":"Every navigation app should have Cowboy\u2019s air-quality ebike route feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Air pollution is one of the world\u2019s biggest silent killers. Poor air quality can lead to stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic respiratory diseases. The World Health Organization says 4.2 million deaths a year<\/a> are a result of polluted air.<\/p>\n

Bike commuters face this problem on a daily basis. However, help is on its way from Belgian ebike maker, Cowboy.<\/p>\n

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In the latest update of its app \u2014 out this week \u2014 Cowboy has added a navigation feature which allows riders to plan their routes based on air quality.<\/p>\n

Air quality data is supplied by Breezometer,<\/a> the same company that supplies air quality data to the Apple Weather app. This allows the Cowboy app to design a route using localized air quality data, and direct riders to the cleanest roads to get them to their destination.<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>The Cowboy ebike app lets riders choose their route based on air quality. The app uses local air quality data to design routes that expose riders to as little pollution as possible, whilst stillg etting them to their destination in good time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cowboy says it\u2019s the first ebike maker to include a navigate-by-air quality feature in its app. That certainly seems to be the case.<\/p>\n

There are a bunch of air quality apps out there like, Breezometer, Local Haze, and Plume. There are also cycling focused navigation apps, like All Trails, that let users overlay air quality data on maps. But I haven\u2019t come across an app that blends the two.<\/p>\n

I must doth my cap to Cowboy, because this is a neat and simple idea that should have dreamed up sooner. As someone who is always planning cycling routes, it\u2019s great to have another choice on top of the standard fastest, shortest, or most popular route options.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re cycling to work, you probably value your health, so this feature just makes sense.<\/p>\n

There is a downside, though.<\/p>\n

Because the navigate-by-air quality feature is part of the Cowboy app, you can\u2019t access it unless you own a Cowboy ebike.<\/p>\n

So, a message to navigation app developers: please give us air quality-based navigation options! It\u2019s a feature all satnavs should have.<\/p>\n

We are fans of Cowboy\u2019s ebike here at TNW, check out what my esteemed colleague Callum Booth had to say<\/a> when he slung his leg over one of the first versions 2019.<\/p>\n

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