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Haruyuki
Seki
Georepbulic Japan
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After a year and a few months after my child was born, I felt it was more important to connect and reach out to my neighborhood and local community. I searched the Internet and found it hard to find any information and it was also not clear how I could contribute to my community.
Around the time I decided to start sinsai.info, a web site that gathered information concerning the earthquake that occurred on 2011/3/11, and used the open source platform Ushahidi. While operating the web site, I learned first-hand how powerful gathering information from the cloud was, and the importance of visualizing local information. Based on this experience, the platform and vision for Georepbulic was born.
Assuming that the system functions well during the time, more residents will be able to indirectly and directly contribute/participate in activities to improve their communities. This will influence local authorities in how they allocate their budget and priorities, leading to resources to be optimally allocated.
The system is scheduled to be provided as an open source platform, making it possible for it to be used as a service in a different country.
Partners can gather information using the system and can optionally engage in business with local authorities and companies.
First, we will pick up a number of local authorities and neighborhood associations to which we will provide a prototype of our s
Develop a prototype system that can be used for concept tests
Select local authorities and neighborhood associations for test purposes and start the test phase
Create expansion plan according to test results
Launch a site that will replace the prototype and can be used when the service goes live. Acquire funds/financing to expand the
Develop software to be used when the service goes live
Prioritize software to be developed according to the concept test
Raise funds for infrastructure and other operating expenses
101 - 1,000
More than 10,000
Business
This project is still in its early stages. My previous project sinsai.info received a lot of attention on TV and newspapers. sinsai.info was a completely non-profit project and the biggest issue I had with it was resource allocation. A lot of user requests could not be met and to counter such, I used online communication tools (Google Docs、Yammer、Skype、Lingr) to efficiently operate the web site.
I believe mobile phones, geographical information and cloud-based innovations will become even more prominent. People will use mobile devices like sensors where various information can be entered. Also, as sinsai.info did, people will collaborate and share information to work out issues, and that will be the norm. By working out I/O interfaces and communities, I look forward to creating a system that can solve problems in the real world.
We will look to apply the service to not only social organizations and issues, but also to businesses. Reporting systems with geographical information are useful in corporations and social media analysis can be used in marketing activities of companies.
After the prototype phase completes, we will collect a service charge from local authorities. In addition, we will provide a marketing analysis tool / "Location media dashboard" which will be subject to fees.
Georepublic Japan is a part of the FOSS4G (Free and OpenSource Software for Geospatial) community and we have made a number of presentations at international conferences.
Our employees are members of OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan and we have deep insight in geographical information systems and related software.
Investment, Human resources or talent, Marketing or media, Collaboration or networking, Pro-bono help (legal, financial, etc.).
Human resources or talent, Collaboration or networking, Innovation or ideas.
We have a lot of know-how and understanding on geographical information systems and related technology. We can develop such systems, provide consulting, support and other services.
We also have a lot of beneficial business relationships (domestic and international) concerning IT support for the earthquake disaster.
We are a platform that gathers information and allows local residents to engage in activities to improve their communities.