Environmental degradation is one of the biggest problems humanity currently faces. We are beginning to realize that excess pollution in any one place threatens our entire planet. Therefore everyone on the planet has a right to know, and a responsibility to control, the level of this threat that poisons our environment. Given that a large proportion of humanity lives in urban areas, it is important that urban environmental degradation is understood and curtailed. Acquiring the vast amounts of data that define urban pollution and getting people involved in the process is a major challenge; collecting data from the entire planet is a very intimidating idea and the cost of the infrastructure and human resources required for such a project would be exorbitantly high. Moreover, in developing nations, where it is difficult to implement legislation and enforce that legislation through regular monitoring, a cheap and effective monitoring solution is required. This is where the volunteer internet-based environment watch (VIEW) comes in. The project VIEW is an innovative take against the urban pollution problem using a combination of software, a social network of volunteers, and the Internet. The goal of the project is to provide an autonomous, low-cost urban air pollution monitoring infrastructure. The software would analyze the data that is collected by the volunteers which comes from the Data Acquisition Devices (DAD). The software would provide a complete and comprehensive visual (maps), statistical (reports) and graphical (trend graphs) analysis. The software would also keep a record in its archive, which would be useful in not only giving the past situation of the monitored area, but would also be useful in the future planning and development of that locality.