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Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app by orf on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:10PM (#10362165)
That's 54 things fixed per day, that's quite a lot. Props to Detroit on making their data so explorable[1], according to the data[2] it looks like the app is working.

Also this heatmap[3] absolutely destroys my Firefox.

1. https://data.detroitmi.gov/Government/Improve-Detroit-Submit...

2. https://data.detroitmi.gov/resource/fwz3-w3yn.json?$select=i...

2. https://data.detroitmi.gov/Government/Improve-Detroit-Submit...

Edit: That's embarrassing, I originally said 5.4 things fixed a day (which is not that good)

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Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app by msujaws on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:41PM (#10362393)
How did you get 5.4 things fixed per day? They said over 10,000 issues fixed in six months.

10,000 / 182 = 54.94. It looks like you had a decimal error.

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Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app by rockarage on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:33PM (#10362341)
10,000 plus fixed issues within 6 months does not equal "5.4 fixed issues per day"
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Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app by function_seven on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:38PM (#10362371)
OP clearly meant to say 5.4*10^1 issues per day. :P
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Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app by mcnnowak on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:25PM (#10363052)
This would be a lot more powerful if they posted an 'after' picture as well. Good to see all that data though.
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Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app by benberkowitz on Friday October 09, 2015 @08:45PM (#10364004)
you can do that through the app! Thoughts on how we could encourage residents to do that?
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Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app by orf on Saturday October 10, 2015 @06:24AM (#10365082)
Make it part of the process, send a push notification once their issue has been fixed and ask them to take a photograph of the fixed tree/rubbish free space etc to "verify that the work was done".
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