Live civic platform
Calgary Watch
A real-time, community-powered incident map that helps Calgary and Edmonton residents understand what is happening around them.
Case file 01
Record
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- Status
- Live civic platform
- Services
- Product strategy
- Custom software
- Interactive mapping
- UX and UI design
- Industries
- Civic technology
- Nonprofits
- Technology
- React
- TypeScript
- Firebase
- Leaflet
- Live at
Reasoning
Three moves, in order.
Every project here starts as somebody’s stuck process. This is the path from that to the build above.
Challenge
What needed to change
Turn live public alerts, community reports, and neighbourhood context into one fast experience that remains understandable during urgent moments.
Approach
How the problem was framed
Treat the city as a living information system, with a clear path from discovery to the live map, incident reporting, verification, and local context.
Solution
What took shape
A responsive civic platform with live incident mapping, community reporting, official data layers, neighbourhood views, and mobile-first field controls.
Field evidence
A city becomes the interface.
The live map, public reporting flow, and river-level signal system make Calgary itself the organizing canvas.
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