Problem or Need:
GeoChat is intended to ensure that no one is excluded from critical information flow before, during, and after a crisis. It allows groups of mobile users and Internet-based users to set up chat groups, monitor news feeds, and keep track of who is doing what where.
When a major humanitarian crisis occurs, every second matters for the affected community – the longer it takes responders to reach them, the worse the outcome is likely to be. What is needed is a response that is agile, efficient, and effective, where diverse groups can self-organize into a coherent, coordinated whole to provide assistance.
Brief Description:
InSTEDD GeoChat is a group communications system that lets teams coordinate around events as they unfold, linking mobile responders in the field, decision makers at headquarters, and the affected local community in a unified effective response. The systems allows online and mobile users to share information, report from the field, broadcast alerts, post their locations, and chat with each other on the surface of a map using SMS text messages.
Program/Code Language:
BREW
Flash Lite
Java/Android
Java
Lazarus
MESymbian
.NET Compact Framework
Objective C/iPhone
Pocket PC and Microsoft Smartphone
Python
Organizations Using the Tool:
- Ministry of Health, Cambodia
- Ministry of Health, Ghana
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Support Forums:
http://geochat.instedd.org
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