Mapping SMS Incident Reports: Review of Ushahidi and Managing News

Posted by KatrinVerclas on May 04, 2010

Mapping incidences via SMS has been in the news lately. From the swine flu to requests for assistance to election data, visualization of data submitted and collected with mobile phones and via other channels is a hot topic. We asked our special contributor, Melissa Loudon to compare two platforms:  Ushahidi and Managing News.  While different, both offer powerful capabilities for mapping reports, news of incidences, and SMS-submitted data. 

In this "How-To," we describe the installation process, SMS integration, and the mapping functionality of both platforms.  If you have deployed either one of the platforms or have others to add for future reviews, please leave a comment!  The full "How-To" article can be found here.

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