hahahana / wildcard

Wildcards

Spec

Wildcards allows you to *card (read: wildcard) locations on a map along with an optional comment. The user is first presented with a simple screen with a few common *cards as buttons. These buttons serve as a method to quickly tag a situation via a *card. Users can then visualize one or multiple *cards of their choosing on a map. Also, we will provide a map interface so users can *card locations by dropping a pin. The app should post to facebook, twitter, google+ when a user *cards something. *cards are not restricted to suffixes of '', they can be prefixes, suffixes, or any combination thereof (e.g. ahole, pthole, 311issue). The location of the '' has no bearing on the meaning of the tag. For example, ahole is equivalent to ahole and 311issue is equivalent to *311issue. Each*card consists of the *card itself, gps coordinates, and an optional comment.

Technology

The application will be built as an html 5 app supported by EmberJS on the frontend and rails json api on the backend.

A native iPhone client is a stretch goal. The rails api should be written such that integration is simple.

potential use cases

• 311 would like to view recent reports of incidents (water main damage, potholes, trash)
• Bob wants to tell 311 that his trash wasn't picked up so they *card 311*trash
• Bobbette is standing in a long line at Torchy's longing for the short wait of Istanbul so she *cards "long*line at torchy's, wish I had gone to Istanbul :("
• Make lists of wildcards (sushi happy hours)