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sites, or reluctantly, by phone, and will ignore emails (which is</span><br style="font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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default presentation for FixMyStreet).</span><br style="font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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web sites generally provide structured input, whereas FixMyStreet is</span><br style="font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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free text, and also, the web site sometimes bypasses the</span><br style="font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">A while back I did build an app to send problem reports to Hampshire county council specifically, as Hampshire had a very keen and enthusiastic staff member. However I contacted other local councils
asking for details on whether they had any APIs to send the data to, but either heard nothing or a response (as you said) that they were not so keen on input from other sources.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">A shame really, an open, standard API - and accompanying open source clients to the API - adopted by all councils for problem reporting would be a great thing to have.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Nick</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> 04 December 2020 16:49<br>
<b>To:</b> talk-gb@openstreetmap.org <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-GB] Idea - OSMUK walkers' map application</font>
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<div class="PlainText">On 04/12/2020 16:38, Nick Whitelegg via Talk-GB wrote:<br>
> However as you say council take up could be problematic. Maybe we could <br>
> provide a link to FixMyStreet?<br>
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Some councils insist that problem reports only come through their own <br>
web sites, or reluctantly, by phone, and will ignore emails (which is <br>
the default presentation for FixMyStreet).<br>
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The web sites generally provide structured input, whereas FixMyStreet is <br>
generally free text, and also, the web site sometimes bypasses the <br>
council contact centre, and goes direct to the out sourced contractor.<br>
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