Also, we're hoping to open source it and release as a Django project for others to hack on. Should be cool.
Type in your address.
We figure out the coordinates.
We place those coordinates in all their relevant political "zones" (neighborhood, district, ward etc.) and give you maps of what they look like, just like the Times.
We show you everyone representing you in those zones with links to the homepage, wikipedia page, twitter results, flickr results, youtube results etc
We show you a newsfeed of their appearances in mainstream press.
Very cool, I had a similar idea for a "scorecard for politicians" type of app - input either your location or a politician's name, see some info on what laws they've voted on and if possible, boil it down to a scorecard of where they stand on issues (pro guns, pro choice, etc).
Looks like we're going to build it at the eventual live URL so I'd rather not give that out just yet. My buddy's doing all the heavy lifting on this one. I'm just tracking down shape files and representative listings and so forth.
Type in your address.
We figure out the coordinates.
We place those coordinates in all their relevant political "zones" (neighborhood, district, ward etc.) and give you maps of what they look like, just like the Times.
We show you everyone representing you in those zones with links to the homepage, wikipedia page, twitter results, flickr results, youtube results etc
We show you a newsfeed of their appearances in mainstream press.
Should be cool.