Inspiration
Stolen Stuff Hawaii primarily deals with a massive amount of photo and video data that isn’t available outside of Facebook Groups. In addition, the information is locked into a vertical feed of scrolling and keyword searches that can be cumbersome to navigate.
This makes it difficult for offline law enforcement agencies, organizations and non-members to assist with locating stolen items, returning lost and found property, and reuniting missing persons and pets with their loved ones. Also, with no clear ability to promote a call to action, many stories are left unresolved.
What it does
The Stolen Stuff Sleuths mobile web application allows both members and non-members to view group posts in a greatly expanded gallery format that focuses on delivering content quickly and efficiently with topics acting as categories while also using other predefined listing parameters.
After identification, the application will promote direct interaction with law enforcement, and other outside agencies as well as strengthen the community by encouraging non-members to join the Facebook group.
How we built it
The application was built using React, Node, MongoDB, Facebook Graph API and is currently hosted on Heroku.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into difficulty acquiring group data from the Graph API due to the current restrictions.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud of being able to work with a diverse team, focus on solving real problems affecting real people and making a palpable impact on our community by using the leverage of the existing Facebook platform.
What's next for Stolen Stuff Sleuthes
Potential upgrades included integrating analytics for the data collected within the group, transferring and expanding into other states and communities, and adding new features such as crime mapping and identifying criminal hot spots using the aforementioned data.
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