Civic Web Applications: from Hacks to Maps

civicapps

# Civic Web Applications: from Hacks to Maps

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# surprise:
### application design == product design

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# define the problem:
###_one is pleeeenty_

- like any soft product, it should:
	- meet a need
	- solve a problem
	- in short: _remove 'pain'_

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# what are the data dependencies?
#### examples:
- is there open data available?
- if you plan to map, is it geospatial?
- if not, is there related geometry available?
- would you/are you able to create it yourself, if not?
- how painful would that it be?
- will you need to manually generate other data?
- can you ask nicely: unreleased gov sets, or privately-held sets
          IF NONE OF THE ABOVE,
- can you build your own / automate data collection?

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## Licensing
- if you have data from a private source, what are the terms/licensing?
    - are you allowed to charge moneydollars to access?
    - derivative works permitted?
    - attribution required?
    - redistribute publicly?

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# Idea validation

- are you the only one feeling this 'pain'?
- [Google Trends](https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=parking&geo=US%2C%20US-PA%2C%20US-PA-504&cmpt=geo&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4)
- Reddit: pain points?
- Social Media


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# MVP requirements

- build fast
- iterate with feedback 
- [this could really just be a map](http://laurenancona.com/parking)


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# [CASE STUDY 1](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15xq3Oj2mn6XFH7rs1Hk55AwoN9Z-78VjQ6tzGx4kMdw/present?slide=id.p)
### [PhillyPopeMap](https://phillypopemap.com)
- [Source](https://github.com/laurenancona/philly-pope-map)


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# [CASE STUDY 2](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I24ERFWnE0SGl8O3jslKChQdKi9ESn8mbQBpdIHe5nU/present?slide=id.ge22ae0057_0_120)
### [analytics.phila.gov](http://analytics.phila.gov)

- [Worker](https://github.com/CityOfPhiladelphia/analytics-reporter)
- [Static Front End](https://github.com/CityOfPhiladelphia/analytics.phila.gov)

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# evaluate success
Does it solve for the defined problem?

- solicit feedback from +++ channels
	- in-app feedback form (Google, Jotform, et al)
	- social media
	- user testing
- analytics

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# Resources

- https://github.com/laurenancona/data-resources
- https://github.com/laurenancona/unified-analytics
- https://github.com/vzvenyach/nginx-ssl