Hartlepool Mail lets users plot town’s rough spots on interactive maps
March 6th, 2008Posted by Laura Oliver in Newspapers
The Hartlepool Mail is using two interactive maps to back its campaigns against potholes and derelict areas of the town.
The Plot the Pots and Plot the Grots maps let users flag up of potholes in need of repair and streets and buildings requiring attention. Readers can also submit photos and update the maps when problems have been fixed.
Also worthy of note is that the newspaper’s site carries the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) kitemark-like logo and provides links for submitting complaints to the editor.
Looking through the paper’s sister sites, this seems to be a common feature across Johnston Press sites – though not common to all news publishers as requested by PCC chairman Sir Christopher Meyer last year.
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