The document discusses the Smarter Space for Government programme, focusing on air quality management through a tool called Hot Spot Mapper, which integrates satellite data to assist local authorities in decision-making. It highlights the significant financial and health impacts of poor air quality in the UK, estimated at £20 billion annually, and emphasizes stakeholder engagement for better data representation and utilization. Future steps include developing a business model, further research, and deploying the tool to enhance local air quality data integration.

1. Smarter
Space for
Government
Programme
Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
Email: ssgp@sa.catapult.org.uk
Web: http://www.spaceforsmartergovernment.uk/
Disclaimer: University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight Ltd is responsible for the information contained in the presentation. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the SSGP and UKSA
Hot Spot Mapper – A Case Study
Ed Lamb, Johnny Lee & Prof. Paul Monks
University of Leicester

2. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Air Quality
• Issue - Air Quality is persistent problem at national and local
scales, with significant financial and health impacts.
• Estimated UK cost of £20 Billion/year.
• Second biggest health risk after smoking.
• World’s largest single environmental health risk.
• LAs have statutory duties to review and assess Air Quality and
need to make decisions on sound data. BUT there are limited
dynamic data at fine spatial resolution.

3. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Hot Spot Mapper

4. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Meeting User Requirements
• Local authorities are the main stakeholders that will benefit from
this tool.
• Consulted Leicester City Council and Northamptonshire County
Council
• Interfaces to
• Environmental protection (Defra, Environment Agency and Local
Authorities)
• Traffic management (Local Authorities)
• Health (Public Health England)
• Planning (Local Authorities)

5. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Hot Spot Mapper – A Satellite Enabled Solution
Copernicus Atmospheres Service (Formerly MACC)
8 million datapoints
every 24 hours
Incorporating a range
of satellite data
including (when
available) Sentinel
data.
Historical, nowcast
and forecast
background field of
air quality for HSM
region of interest.
Input into AQ
GeoDataBase.

6. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Overview of Prototype

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Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Data and Information Products
• Example Data and Information Products available depending on
stakeholder requirements and inputs.

8. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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“Satellites” over Cities
Urban Traffic Emissions Motorway Junction Emissions
Car Park Emissions Industry & Airport Emissions

9. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Cost and Benefits
• Possibility of further empowering LAs to substantially reduce
economic and human health affects of poor Air Quality for low cost.
• Allows user organisation to integrate data and information with local
Air Quality data including satellite derived data.
• Enables better decision making for:-
• AQ Sensor positioning
• Health
• Traffic
• Planning ….
• Potentially Hot Spot Mapper offers low cost (open source),
technically inclusive, efficient tool for end users that with correct
development will give broad user capability.
• Costs of further research and development not envisaged as high.
Current work includes planning of further development and business
model.

10. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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Development and Next Steps
• Complete current phase.
• Further stakeholder engagement to better define representation
and information and data of interest.
• Develop business model – software, data and/or service
provision, process.
• Further research and development towards deployable
demonstrator followed by full product deployment.

11. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
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In action

12. Over 70% funding from regional sources
Competition to host regional Centres of Excellence (CoE) was launched in
December 2013, with the first three Centres operating from April 2014.
The North East
Lead: Business Durham
Focus: Maritime and Transport
The East Midlands
Lead: University of Leicester
Partners: University of Nottingham
British Geological Survey
Focus: Transport and Sustainable Living
Scotland
Lead: University of Strathclyde
Partners: University of Edinburgh
Focus: Offshore Energies & Maritime
Regional Centres of Excellence

13. The Role of the Regional Centres of Excellence
To reflect the aim and vision of the Catapult, each Centre will:
• Support industry and academia across the UK to accelerate
the growth of satellite applications
• Create a focal point of activity linking the science base,
industry and academia across the UK
• Enable the development of applications and solutions
through engagement with the wider end user markets
• Act as a representative and ambassador for the Catapult in
their local regions.
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