We’ve reached the finish line. While the Apps for Democracy competition that this was built for may be over (we’re currently awaiting the results), we’ve built an application that has real value to DC.
It’s Live!
The DC government is taking the Open311 API live today, so starting this afternoon, you’l be able to actually start submitting requests.
For that reason, I’ve taken time to clean up the interface, ensure cross-browser compatibility, build in some more error handling, and generally ensure smooth operation with DC’s 311 system. We’ve also added a marketing slideshow, to explain how we work.
Did I mention we have a big map now too?
And it’s open!
As part of the contest, the resulting project is open source. Go ahead and feast!
http://github.com/skeevis/FixMyCity/tree/master
And don’t forget, I wrote a Ruby gem for the DC Open311 and Geolocation APIs
