Real-Time Beach Occupancy App (Platges de Mallorca)
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Palma's beach app promised sensors and water-quality readings. What Mallorca actually built after taking it over in 2021 is a lifeguard-reported occupancy tracker — real, but far less automated than advertised.
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The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ Palma city profile · 🏞️ Public space guide · 👥 Society projects
Palma's 2020 pandemic-era beach app — anonymous check-ins from visitors within 50 metres of a beach, cross-checked against lifeguard reports — was taken over by the Consell de Mallorca in June 2021, renamed Platges de Mallorca and expanded to cover every Mallorca beach with lifeguard service. It reports occupancy and bathing conditions; it does not use water-quality sensors.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Real-Time Beach Occupancy App (Platges de Mallorca)” — Palma, Spain. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/balearic-mallorca-iot/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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