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Taarifa is an open source platform for collecting and mapping citizen reports. It allows people to submit reports via SMS, web forms, email or Twitter, and places them in a workflow where they can be followed up on. The goal is to engage citizens and communities to improve public service delivery and address issues. Taarifa is currently built on PHP/MySQL but is transitioning to a Python/JavaScript API and GeoDjango to improve its functionality as a cross-platform mobile and web app.
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- 2. Making The Invisible Visible (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA
- 3. (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA
- 5. Musings... • Maps of developing nations are coming. Be it through community engagement or other means, with OSM/H.O.T., Google MapMaker etc... • This Data can be used to engage citizens and improve public service delivery and environmental problems (among many other uses). • Citizens need to engage with governments - Taarifa provides an interface to facilitate this communication and provides another tangible use-case for maps.
- 6. Problem “The problem we are trying to solve is that the technology we design is diff cult for our users to use and i access.” Steven Feldman
- 7. What Is Taarifa? "The Taarifa Platform is an open source web application for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. It allows people to collect and share their own stories using various mediums such as SMS, Web Forms, Email or Twitter, placing these reports into a workf ow. l Where these reports can be followed up and acted upon, while engaging citizens and communities."
- 8. How? http://www.flickr.com/photos/markiliffe/6288697974/
- 10. Process
- 11. Technology Currently • PHP, MySQL, JavaScript - Built on top of Kohana • Forked from Ushahidi • LGPL 2.1 Proposed • Python and JavaScript => Taarifa API • GeoDjango
- 12. Features • Cross platform mobile and web using HTML5/CSS3/JQuery • Customisable forms • Report workf ow l • 'Better' UI/UX tweaks • Easily export data • Automatic Geolocation • Form functionality (custom forms, copyable forms etc)
- 13. Design Decisions • Transition to HTML5 Web App • Workf ow and Triage Integration l • User Feedback
- 18. Where? • Uganda - Ministry of Local Government/ Africa Urban, World Bank (AFTUW) • Zimbabwe - Pilot World Bank, Africa Urban (AFTUW) • Senegal – Planning, Global ICT, World Bank (GICT/SDN) • Far/Middle East and Eastern Europe (Coming Soon?) http://www.taarifa.org - We Need A Website! http://gm.taarifa.org - Current release http://dev.taarifa.org - Dev with Ugandan dataset http://ugtaarifa.org - Uganda Harrare Watch https://github.com/taarifa/ - GitHub Source
- 19. Problems • Governments/Organisations need to be willing to engage with citizens/users. • Inheriting licences and design decisions from Ushahidi. • Hackathon and existing code ergonomics. • Open Layers on a phone, poor UX. • Cheap phones are cheap. But getting better!
- 20. Roadmap Future • Current version as a fully featured prototype. • Better tech = happy developers = a better product = more problems solved = happier citizens. • True off ine functionality within the browser. l • Location from SMS (GeoSMS?) • Leaf et.js l • Cloud based SMS integration • Community engagement (developers and users)