12 Days of iPhone Apps – Day 8: CitySourced
By NikNik · December 18, 2009
On the 8th Day of iPhone Apps,
MyTechOpinion blogged to you…
Take civic responsibility….
Use CitySourced to report graffiti!
About CitySourced:
I was talking with Dan Mirsky recently about our favorite and “just plain cool” iPhone apps. He directed my attention to a new local app for the city of San Jose that I immediately thought was pretty handy! It’s called CitySourced and it’s available for free to all San Jose residents. The city paid $4500 for the app’s development. With it, city constituents and residents can report graffiti, abandoned vehicles and other neighborhood blight to the proper city departments.
San Jose City officials hosted a “download day” to teach constituents how to use the app when patrolling their neighborhoods in search of potholes, broken streetlights, and other city maintenance issues. Anyone in the Bay Area can use the app to report issues which are sent via email. But city workers have a special portal which routes complaints to the specific city department.
This type of app is the first of its kind in the Bay Area. Any interested city looking to do the same can visit CitySourced online to learn more and inquire about the development process.
Why we like CitySourced:
With so many foreclosures and vacancies popping up in neighborhoods across the country, crime and suspicious acts like squatting have also risen. Additionally, most of us care a great deal about the our neighborhood’s appeal, and would like to help improve or at least maintain our market value. And as a real estate agent, you also have vested interest in the local markets you work in. This type of app gives power to the people “in your neighborhood”!
I know that when I go to the park with my kids and find gum in the drinking fountains or a broken sprinkler wasting water…I would like to do something about it! And now I can, by taking a picture and reporting the issue directly via the CitySourced iPhone app!
Cost: FREE
A quick video intro about CitySourced:
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If you are looking for an app that is free for both cities and citizens anywhere in the world for reporting these types of issues you can download SeeClickFix
As well you can report issues from the SeeClickFix.com website from your pc or mobile phone.
Try it out!
Nice Work in San Jose City Sourced.
NikNik- Hello! Thanks for love we’re super pumped on the response we’ve getting. Would love to keep in touch and hear how we could improve our app.
Happy Holidays!
from @kurtyD and the @citysourced crew
The City of Boston has a similar app – Citizens Connect (city of Boston). Recently one of our local news stations tested it and sadly there wasn’t a prompt response. I’m sure it just takes some time for the cities to catch up on the instant “getification” that people expect when using technology versus the mundane process of call in, write up work order, issue work order, etc, etc.
Luvin’ your blog here in Boston and working on getting mine together since my return from NAR convention in SD. http://www.BostonConnect.com