Park bench and viewpoint app
Where are those park and other benches that have a great view or are fun places to sit and people watch. Use existing data and/or crowdsource where nearby (park) benches are and let people add pictures and stories about life at those benches.
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I hear sirens ...
What's the emergency?
Wherever you are, when you hear sirens, launch this app. It will use geolocation to figure out where you are, then check police, fire, 911, and other data to see what emergency activity is going on near you.
It can sort by distance, and also translate 911 jargon into plain English.
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Can I park here?
This app would use geo location and the database of city parking signs to determine if your car is legally parked.
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Camp Site Mobile Website
Washington State needs a mobile website or mobile application which allows residents to check campsite availability and also book and pay for camp sites. The program can be very quick and easy to use such as the hotels.com mobile application. Another nice feature would be to display the current temperature of the lake or river at that camp site.
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Track Local Scams
Get mobile alerts when a scam (like a door to door charity scam) is reported near me. Submit scam reports. Search recent and nearby scam reports.
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Local Blog Finder
Based on my GPS location, connect me to the nearest neighborhood blog(s) and/or event calendars.
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Neighborhood Block Watch App
A mobile app that finds my closest neighborhood block watch group, lets me join, lets me see which shifts are taken, and lets me sign up for watch shifts.
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Traffic events app
Some sort of at-a-glance app for major events which will impact traffic (sporting events, parades, maybe even planned protests and school breaks). Perhaps even events at Key Arena/Seattle Center. If feasible, road closures and suggested re-routes (i.e. Broad Street, SLU changes b/c of Mercer construction work).
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Find a Volunteer ("taskrabbit" for volunteers)
A matching service for schools and community organizations that need things done and volunteers, ready and able to do them for free. Kind of a "task rabbit" for volunteer tasks.
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Limited English Proficiency Assistance
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Legal Assistance Finder
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Data Widgets for Neighborhood Blogs
Make widgets (e.g. WordPress widgets) that let local blogs easily re-use and filter open data sets for display on their blogs. For example, show recent crime reports by zip code.
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311 (like in NYC)
what many ideas already posted point to and could use would be a two-way data gathering and dissemination system like NYC's 311. I laugh every time I see an ad for King Co's "Links by Zip" How archaic! We need 311 to digest the data. Then apps to interface with it.
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All Things Snow
--Metro Transit status
--School closures
--Requests for help by local agencies serving low-income and homeless populations
--UW campus closure... more »