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diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod index abd535a92..e621aa589 100644 --- a/README.pod +++ b/README.pod @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ =head1 Welcome to FixMyStreet FixMyStreet is an open source project to develop a website for reporting -issues such as potholes and broken street lights to the appropriate authority. +problems such as potholes and broken street lights to the appropriate authority. + +Users locate problems using a combination of address and sticking a pin +in a map without worrying about the correct authority to report it to. +FixMyStreet then works out the correct authority to report it to using +the problem location and type and sends a report. It was created in 2005 by L<mySociety|http://www.mysociety.org> for reporting problems to UK councils and has been copied around the world. |