VOST4Crowd - Project Description

[JorgeMiguelGomes]

CONTEXT

• Crowdsourcing can be problematic but it's a good source of information when there is none
• VOST Portugal's crowdsourcing projects like the one used for the Fuel Crisis showed that the information is useful to populations and official entities alike
• To design a new platform each time there is the need to collect data is time consuming

SOLUTION

• To develop an all-in-one platform that allows to, via backoffice, to configure what kind of crowdsourced data is needed including attachments (pictures)
• To deploy this platform in a micro-website dedicated to the activation (ex: sms.vost.pt)

REQUIREMENTS

Admin site

• Allow the admin to create entries for data needed
• Allow the admin to upload the icons used for the maps
• Allow the admin to set a title for the microsite to be displayed in the header along with the VOSTPT logo

Dashboard

• Graphics showing total number of entries, entries per district, entries per council
• Graphic showing evolution during time of entries
• Export data to JSon & CSV button
• List of entries updated in real time
• Map of entries updated in real time

FrontEnd

• Map based interface with forced geolocation (without geolocation the user won't be able to add information
• Ability to visualize entries by others but with no personal data showing
• Popup asking for data when clicking on an empty space in the map
• Data validation and entry

[ClaudioVarandas]

Initial tasks:

• Laravel framework install / config
• db schema (migrations)
• backend api scaffolding
• admin / frontend scaffolding
• ...