This document discusses a solution to the problem of finding available parking spots in San Francisco using a service called Automatic. It proposes a system that would allow drivers parking their cars to share details like location and time they will be leaving so others can find available spots. However, it notes the city already has a similar program called SFPark but the proposed system could cover broader areas and provide more specific details on available spots.

1. API Days San Francisco
!
Better parking experience
with Automatic
Yohei and Rama
6/5/2014
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2. Problem
• Difficult to find available
parking spots in SF
• Looking for parking spot for
a long time is wasting time
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3. Solution
• Provide easy way to share
available parking spots and find
them without much effort
• You can to do it with Automtic
• https://www.automatic.com/
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4. OMG, SFPark already did it?
• But my solution can cover broader areas and
specify which cars are leaving soon…
They can only show
availability of parking
spots that their
meters are set up.
For more details:
http://sfpark.org/
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5. Demo
- You can find
available
parking spots
on a map.
- Color of icon
can show
priority by
distance to a
parking spot.
Details of the
available parking
spots (location,
distance, time to
be available, car
model)
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6. Architecture
Location,
Vehicle
Location ID,
Vehicle ID, Time to
leave
Check
availability
Available
Parking spots
A guy who is parking
Check
availability
Input
location, time to
leave
A lady who is looking for
a parking spot 6