New app helps Indonesians fit their lifestyle to their surroundings

Pinpointing pollution: The Nafas app indicating almost all areas of Jakarta have unhealthy levels of air pollution. — The Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA and its satellite cities are so notorious for their air pollution that the public health issue has become a reluctantly accepted part of daily life for residents.

While avoiding pollution altogether is impossible, a locally made app called Nafas (breathe) seeks to present easily accessible, real-time data to help people fit their lifestyle to their surroundings.