Open Air

Gears is open source software developed by Google. It is currently only supported on a limited range of mobile devices. It will also work on many laptop computers.

To use Gears you need one of the following:

• Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 or higher, with Internet Explorer 4.01+
• Google Android device with the default browser
• Linux with Firefox 1.5+
• Microsoft Windows XP or Vista with Firefox 1.5+ or Internet Explorer 6+
• Apple Mac OS X 10.4+ with Firefox 1.5+
• Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (or higher) or 10.5.3 (or higher) with Safari 3.1.1

The following devices are currently not supported:

• Samsung i320 and i320N
• Orange SPV C600
• Motorola Q

Gears comes preinstalled on many of the mobile devices listed above. You can check it is already installed or install it on a supported device by visiting the Google Gears website.

You can enable or disable Gears for this website through the Gears Settings menu in your browser (the location of this will vary depending on the browser you are using).

To use Gears you will also need JavaScript enabled. You can check this in your browser’s Options, Preferences or Settings (the name will vary depending on the browser you are using).

At this stage BBC Open Air only includes information from the campaign Breathing Places and the Weather service. This may explain if there are limited results for a given location.

If you have any comments or questions about using Open Air you can email openair@bbc.co.uk