Saralcare Ambulances

Open source

The Saralcare Ambulance Directory is open source — not just licence, process. The dataset, the schemas, the verification protocol, the decisions, the moderation queue, and the failure modes are all on GitHub. Fork it, mirror it, audit it, cite it.

60

providers

25

hospitals

1

user reports

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

data licence

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Source repository

The canonical home — every record, every commit, every issue, every decision lives here.

github.com/Ashwask/SaralcareAmbulanceservices

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Issues / moderation queue

Pending reports, dead-number flags, new-provider submissions, corrections, takedowns, disputes.

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Discussions

Governance proposals, methodology debate, contributor onboarding. Open conversation, public archive.

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Commit history

Every record change with diff, author, and date. The audit trail. See /changes for the in-site view.

Data + API

• /v1/providers.json — every provider, slim shape, suitable for ingestion
• /v1/hospitals.json — every hospital with affiliation pointers
• /v1/freshness.json — current verification counts, generated each build
• /v1/changelog.json — recent commits from git log
• data/ — raw YAML records (the source of truth, not the JSON)
• data/affiliations/edges.csv — provider × hospital affiliation graph
• schema/ — JSON Schema 2020-12 for every record type

Licences

• Data: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — see LICENSE-DATA
• Code: MIT — see LICENSE-CODE
• Content: CC BY-SA 4.0 — see LICENSE-CONTENT
• License page · LICENSE-FAQ.md — what counts as commercial

Process documents

• README.md — what this is, how to use it
• CONTRIBUTING.md — verification phone-call script, PR rules, moderator flow
• GOVERNANCE.md — single-maintainer v1 → editorial council v2 transition
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md — Contributor Covenant adapted for civic-data work
• SECURITY.md — responsible disclosure, scope, timeline
• CONTRIBUTORS.md — opt-in recognition
• Disclaimer · Corrections · How this site works

Decisions (ADRs)

• 0001 — Why CC BY-NC-SA over ODbL or CC0
• 0002 — Why pseudonymous, and what that does and doesn't buy
• 0003 — Why no real-time GPS tracking
• 0004 — Pan-India scope from launch, not Bangalore-only

Forks, mirrors, federation

• CITY-TEMPLATE.md — 90-minute guide to fork for another city or country
• MIRRORING.md — 30-minute guide to spin up a read-only mirror
• CHANGELOG.md — versioned release notes

Contribute

Pick a path:

• I'm in distress and a number didn't work: tap "✗ Number didn't work" on the provider card. Done.
• I want to add a provider: /providers/new or open a [NEW PROVIDER] issue.
• I run an ambulance service and want to claim my listing: /claim or open a [CORRECTION] issue.
• I want to verify a provider by calling them: read the verification phone-call script, make the call, open a PR.
• I want to translate the site into an Indian language: open a [GOVERNANCE] issue — i18n infrastructure is planned for v1.5.
• I want to fork for my city/country: read CITY-TEMPLATE.md and tell us when you ship.

Attribution

If you use the data anywhere — a research paper, a news article, an embed on your hospital's intranet, a thesis — the attribution string is:

Source: Saralcare Ambulance Directory (https://ambulance.saralcare.com),
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.