Title :
An Open Civic Platform
Author :
Anna, Utlik ; Kateryna, Iermakova ; Maik, Thiele ; Wolfgang, Lehner
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. Sci., Dresden Univ. of Technol., Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
The development of the Open Civic Platform is considered in the article. It includes a mobile application which is based on Android OS, a web application that is created using the Google Maps Javascript API and persistence data storage based on CouchDB. The platform provides a set of user-friendly tools to increase citizen´s participation one the one side and to improve governance effectiveness on the other side.
Keywords :
Java; application program interfaces; mobile computing; operating systems (computers); public administration; Android OS; CouchDB; Google Maps Javascript API; data storage; governance effectiveness; mobile application; open civic platform; Cities and towns; Databases; Global Positioning System; Government; Libraries; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Telecommunication Technology (CriMiCo), 2011 21th International Crimean Conference
Conference_Location :
Sevastopol
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0883-1
