# VanHeartbeat — Metro Vancouver Live Civic Telemetry & Open Data

> Sub-second, zero-clutter, single-purpose live civic telemetry, municipal vital signs, and public utility radars for Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Overview
VanHeartbeat is a high-density, real-time civic pulse platform for Metro Vancouver residents, commuters, and visitors. All data originates from official public authorities including Environment and Climate Change Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health, TransLink, BC Ferries, DriveBC, Vancouver School Board, Greater Vancouver REALTORS®, and the City of Vancouver Open Data Portal.

- **Primary Website**: https://vanheartbeat.com
- **Geographic Coverage**: Metro Vancouver (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Surrey, Delta, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Sea-to-Sky)
- **Timezone**: America/Vancouver (PST/PDT)
- **Full Live Telemetry Feed**: https://vanheartbeat.com/llms-full.txt

## Live Utility Radars & Hubs

### 1. Microclimate Weather Radar
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/weather
- **Description**: Real-time hyper-local temperatures, 24h precipitation curves, wind & UV across Metro Vancouver microclimates.
- **Category**: outdoors
- **Badge**: Microclimate Radar

### 2. Major Sports Teams Radar
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/sports-teams
- **Description**: Live scores, game day schedules, 5-game form & TV/radio broadcast channels for Canucks, Whitecaps, BC Lions & Canadians.
- **Category**: outdoors
- **Badge**: Live Game Radar

### 3. Bridges & Tunnel Radar
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/bridges
- **Description**: Live crossing delays, dynamic counterflow lane directions (Lions Gate, Massey, Alex Fraser) & DriveBC webcams.
- **Category**: transit
- **Badge**: Live Crossings

### 4. Ferry Standby Radar
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/ferries
- **Description**: Real-time deck capacity, sailing wait times & standby odds for Tsawwassen & Horseshoe Bay.
- **Category**: transit
- **Badge**: Live Marine Radar

### 5. ER & Urgent Care Radar
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/health
- **Description**: Real-time hospital emergency department wait times, triage estimates & UPCC same-day walk-in clinic capacity.
- **Category**: daily_living
- **Badge**: Live Wait Times

### 6. Warehouse & Sample Sales
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/sales
- **Description**: Verified Metro Vancouver warehouse sales, brand sample pop-ups, outdoor gear swaps & line-up advice.
- **Category**: daily_living
- **Badge**: Sales Radar

### 7. Car-Share Safe Parking
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/parking
- **Description**: Instant 3-second parking clearance for Evo/Modo, street sweeping schedules, rush lane tow alerts & YVR/UBC lots.
- **Category**: daily_living
- **Badge**: Live Parking Radar

### 8. Wildfire Smoke & AQHI
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/air
- **Description**: Real-time Air Quality Health Index (AQHI), PM2.5 particulate levels from BAM-1020 sensors & clean-air shelters.
- **Category**: outdoors
- **Badge**: Live Smoke Radar

### 9. Mountain Snow Line
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/snow
- **Description**: North Shore freezing levels, Cypress/Seymour/Grouse status & synchronized summit webcams.
- **Category**: outdoors
- **Badge**: Live Snow Radar

### 10. Can I Swim?
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/swim
- **Description**: Real-time Metro Vancouver beach water quality, E. coli readings & safety advisories.
- **Category**: outdoors
- **Badge**: Summer Favorite

### 11. Sports, Courts & Rec Radar
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/sports
- **Description**: Sub-second recreation radar for public tennis courts, lighted pickleball, length swimming & ice rinks.
- **Category**: outdoors
- **Badge**: Park Board Rec

### 12. Local News & Alerts
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/news
- **Description**: Sub-second, zero-ad civic news wire, breaking weather warnings, transit updates & City Council releases.
- **Category**: civic
- **Badge**: Live Wire

### 13. Real Estate & Rental Pulse
- **URL**: https://vanheartbeat.com/market
- **Description**: Sub-50ms market liquidity telemetry, MLS® HPI benchmark prices, rental vacancy rates & BoC mortgage rates.
- **Category**: daily_living
- **Badge**: MLS® & Rental Pulse


## Public REST Endpoints & Feeds
- **Sitemap XML**: https://vanheartbeat.com/sitemap.xml
- **Full LLM Telemetry (Aggregated Markdown)**: https://vanheartbeat.com/llms-full.txt
- **Housing Market JSON API**: https://vanheartbeat.com/api/market
- **Sports Teams JSON API**: https://vanheartbeat.com/api/sports-teams

## Contact & Attributions
- **Contact**: contact@vanheartbeat.ca
- **Attributions**: City of Vancouver Open Data, Environment Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health, DriveBC, BC Ferries, BC Ministry of Environment, Bank of Canada.