Temperature Indexes Life Quality for the Ageing Population

From 1998–2017, heatwaves caused over 166 000 deaths, including more than 70 000 during the 2003 heat in Europe. The TILQ-AP platform uses satellite data to create near-real time temperature distribution maps providing a better understanding of ‘heat islands’ in cities.​

Source: WHO

TILQ-AP – is a cloud based platform which calculates temperature distribution maps for cities in near-real time. It uses high resolution spatial imagery which are converted to Air Temperature (AT) maps by dedicated algorithms. Through its API it provides a better understanding of “heat islands” formations in cities that intensify summer heat waves, especially dangerous for elderly people. With the use of an algorithm that combines satellite data (meteorological, thermal satellite imagery, etc.) with terrestrial data from weather, landform and terrain data (especially urban development) and resident statistics - it is possible to monitor and analyse city heating up in a continuous and repetitive way. All this can help users (e.g. local governments, medical services and local communities and NGOs) to identify areas that are particularly hazardous to elderly people during heatwaves, to counteract heat and to check their effectiveness.