FixMyStreet.org.nz

What is FixMyStreet?

• An app for submitting street issues to councils
• Original is http://fixmystreet.com from MySociety UK
• A "citizen-initiated" app, "civic apps"
• Single place to go
• demo
• Initiatives in USA, Canada, Australia, Argentina...

Bringing it to NZ

• Spokes Canterbury
• The Open Government Ninjas (Nat Torkington, Glen Barnes)
• JFDI
• Most councils have email addresses
• A few have forms: WCC, CCC, Auckland
• Nothing like it in NZ as yet

The story so far

• fresh codebase built on Drupal 6, alpha-quality - still much to do
• fun, approachable theme by Josh Campbell (josh@egressive.com)
• domain thanks to Mark Dingle (mark@evaluateconsulting.co.nz)
• maps and geocoding c/- Google
• reverse geocoding c/- Koordinates.com
• have achieved reports via iPhone, Android

How will councils react?

• In UK, Most councils supportive
• Some councils angry - Tom Steinberg¹
• Complaints of duplicate effort, bypass CRMs, increasing msgs

¹Oct 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/23/tom-steinberg-fixmystreet-mysociety

What's next?

• Finish the app!
• beta-testing, follow @fixmystreetnz
• GeoRSS
• email notifications
• Publish iPhone and Android apps
• promotion

And then...

• open source via drupal.org, GPL2
• Te Reo
• Search
• Tag cloud
• State highways c/- NZTA
• MMS?

And then... (part 2)

• AR: Expose problems as POI for Layar et al
• Mashups - http://caa.org.nz/mapping.htm
• Open 311 API (Washington, DC)
• SeeClickFix 311 draft
• Problem vs report vs issue vs "request for service"

Dark side

• spam
• abuse
• busybodies
• "Participatory Panopticon" - Jamais Cascio (May 2005)

A question of sustainability

• To date, ~80 hours, volunteered
• Funding model?
• Each council $200-500 = $15,000-$35,000
• Need NZ MySociety, Sunlight Foundation, etc.
• Apps for Democracy

Questions?

• beta-test, follow @fixmystreetnz