Weapons in the battle vs. potholes: The Pothole App

Posted by hoag on Thursday February 10, 2011 @01:46AM
from the boston.com dept.

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Re:Weapons in the battle vs. potholes: The Pothole App by Balsamic on Thursday February 10, 2011 @08:22PM (#2204731)

Attempting to automate and crowd source the detection of potholes using the accelerometer and GPS of smart phones is an interesting idea.

I wonder what other municipal activities could be distributed in this way?

I also wonder if the rewards (safer roads and a diluted sense of ownership) is enough to entice people to use the App?

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