08-17-2009

Councilman Announces iPhone App With Carnegie Mellon Tie

A new iPhone application, iBurgh, is expected to be announced today, according to Councilman Bill Peduto's Web site. The application will work to improve government response to constituent services, such as snow removal and fixing potholes. Councilman Peduto and YinzCam Inc., a company run by Priya Narasimhan associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and co-director Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Mobility Research Center, have worked together to make this launch possible.

This application will allow constituents to use their iPhone to take a picture of a pothole, or other concern, and instantly submit a picture and location along with the complaint to the city's 311 system.

Pittsburgh is the first major city in the county to utilize this type of government integrated iPhone application.

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