Produce UI design for crowd source image collection project

[corneauf]

The website for the crowd source image collection project (we need a better name by the way) needs some actual UI design. I have create some basic prototypes just to have something from which to work from but in the grand scheme of things, if we want to use this project for more than floods, we will need to think about this. Here is a list of the main functionality I think the website should possess:

• Usable through a web page or a mobile app. We will use React Native for this. I have the Android part covered, however, even though React Native create the necessary files to build a project for iPhone, we still need a Mac, a XCode license, an Apple Developer license and to tailor the app for the AppStore guidelines.
• User can upload one or more picture(s) from their phone or take one using their camera.
• User can read about who we are, the goals of the project and legal stuff for their images.
• Once a user has uploaded their image(s), they can preview what they will send and delete those they do not want to send anymore.
• The user can send their image(s) or cancel.

For me, this is the bare minimum. Now, if we want to scale this to other type of natural disasters, my concerns are as follows:

• We can either leave the website as is. This will allow us to quickly promote it and hopefully reach an audience. However, we will need to skim through all the pictures ourselves to organize them by natural disaster.
• We can add a description box. But then the user needs to enter text and the process is slower and more tedious which might make them less inclined to use it.

Edit:
Suggestions to be RGPD compliant:

• Handling creation of an account.
• Provide the user with a unique ID associated with the images. They can then contact us by email to get their images removed.

[sashavor]

For the licensing thing, check with Leonard, he has both an Android dev and an Apple dev license

[sashavor]

I think for now we should keep it at the bare minimum. The UI @DatCorno shared yesterday was good, I would just make the upload and take picture icons bigger and more salient.

[sashavor]

Instead of a description box, I would suggest categories (flood, fire, drought, smog,... talk to @mukkavilli about the different options), and ask people to label the images they upload

[sashavor]

Leonard also brought up a good point yesterday, that we should give people the ability to take back images that they uploaded. He said that it would be necessary if we want ppl from Europe to use it (to be compliant with the new legislation)

[corneauf]

This would require the handling of account creations. Maybe we could have an anonymous no-takeback and the possibility of creating an account to take back your uploads? Because people will be less willing to share their photos I think if they have to go through hoops.

[sashavor]

Yeah I realize it's pretty complicated :-/ just something to keep in mind, I guess.

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[vict0rsch]

Yep, being RGPD compliant is going to be painful.

Workaround: display an ID to every user and tell them to use it in any request by email they'd have to get their data back/deleted

[sashavor]

That's doable

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On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:02 AM Victor Schmidt ***@***.***> wrote: Yep, being RGPD compliant is going to be painful. Workaround: display an ID to every user and tell them to use it in any request by email they'd have to get their data back/deleted — You are receiving this because you were assigned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#52 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADMMIITOO5X3VJPA6CGX53DPTGPGVANCNFSM4HJTRPFA> .

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[corneauf]

I like that.

[gcosne]

Hi there, I spent some time looking for already existing approach to collect an image dataset. Not finding a ready-made solution, I turned to what exists in the open-source community regarding image hosting scripts : photo-hosting-scripts

Please have a look at Chevereto. A Flickr-like free image hosting script that already handles account creation with social media, and a lot of features. It has quite a community behind and I believe It could be a good starting point.

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[vict0rsch]

@sashavor @DatCorno thoughts?