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A method for routing, through a geographic region over a time interval, a sensor platform mounted on a vehicle is described. The method includes receiving a precision level for at least one constituent of an environment measured by a sensor of the sensor platform. The precision level corresponds to a mean concentration of the constituent(s) over the time interval. A reference dataset corresponding to the geographic region and the time interval is selected. From the reference dataset and the precision level, at least one minimum number of distinct samples for a plurality of geographic segments of the geographic region is determined. The method also includes determining a number of passes for the geographic region over the time interval using the minimum number of distinct samples for each of the plurality of geographic segments. Each pass of the number of passes is part of a route for the vehicle.
