The group Code for Miami aims to develop data- and technology-based solutions to local quality-of-life challenges. On Saturday, as part of a "National Day of Civic Hacking," they're inviting other local programmers and civic-minded volunteers to help them tackle some of South Florida's pressing issues.
Susan Jacobson, a journalism professor at Florida International University and a longtime Code for Miami participant, says this weekend鈥檚 event will include coding projects on transit and ocean pollution as well as sea-level rise.
The list of Code Miami's previous projects includes an app called "" To create it, programmers combined maps with tidal data from NOAA to provide users with a calendar that can help them avoid saltwater damage to their cars and the inevitable traffic headaches that come from inches or feet of water in the streets.
"It gives you a heads up as to when the highest high tides are going to be in your neighborhood," Jacobson said.
If You Go
When: The Code For Miami "National Day of Civic Hacking" event takes place this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: 6th Floor Cafe at the Cambridge Innovation Center, 1951 NW 7th Ave., Miami, FL 33136.
It's free, but to participate you have to .
