15. 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 workflow.
Where these reports can be followed up and acted
upon, while engaging citizens and communities."
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20. Where?
● Uganda - Ministry of Local Government/World Bank
● Zimbabwe - Initial Planning Phase World Bank
● Dar Es Salaam - TBA
http://www.taarifa.org
http://dev.taarifa.org - Development with Ugandan dataset
http://ugtaarifa.org - Ugandan Ministry
https://github.com/taarifa/ - GitHub Source
27. Problem Domain
3.41 million people die from water, sanitation and hygiene-
related causes each year1
1 Toilet for 93 people, in Tandale alone2
Scarce data
No pathway into government/other structures
Use and develop open standards (Open311, OGC etc...)
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http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/saferwater/en/index.html
2 Open Street Map
30. "Gary’s law of conference failures is now codified as never
work with children, animals, sweet soul music or live
demos. And before you ask, I’ve learnt the hard way, never,
ever, to do a live demo, because what can go wrong, will go
wrong." -http://www.vicchi.org/2012/05/02/garys-law-of-conference-failure/
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33. Future
● More Sensor Integration (UAVs, Water Analysis)
● Landuse use identification and vernacular boundaries
● Improved requirements public services and water
access