Intergraph has released Intergraph Mobile Alert, a new mobile application for crowdsourcing incident information. Intergraph Mobile Alert simplifies reporting for citizens. Cities benefit by enlisting the everyday users of assets to help define and pinpoint issues, such as road or utility line damage.

With crowdsourcing to collect data about city infrastructure growing in popularity, Intergraph’s Mobile Alert allows citizens with GPS-enabled smartphones to play an active role in their regions by immediately sending incident information to authorities.

“This new offering is designed to enable local governments to foster more citizen involvement in community improvement efforts,” said Vince Smith, product line executive – GIS, Intergraph. “Now, citizens can simply take a photo of an asset or an event and send it to a hosted system where it can be acted upon in near real-time by their local government authorities.”

Interested citizens can register issues involving anything from graffiti and illegal rubbish dumping, to road problems such as potholes, missing streetlights, or broken signage. The app, downloadable from app stores like iTunes and Google Play, has an intuitive interface that allows users to complete a report and send it to the appropriate authorities in just a few minutes.

For resource-thin public works agencies, Mobile Alert offers a reliable, cost-effective means of collecting actionable data from any citizen source. Local government agencies and utility companies simply subscribe to receive the crowd-sourced information by email or through OGC web services.

Originally developed in collaboration with local governments in Europe, the Mobile Alert client app has already been downloaded by more than 30,000 people worldwide and was ranked #1 on the Danish iTunes store for utility apps.

To learn more about Intergraph’s Mobile Alert, click here.