Gathering crisis information from the general public can provie insights into events happening in near real-time. Allowing easy intake, visualization and mapping of this information can be very valuable. To this effect, the goal is to have an open source application so intake and visualization methods are customisable and deployable in a wide variety of settings.
Ushahidi is a platform that allows anyone around the world to set up their own way to gather reports by mobile phone, email and the web - and visualize and map them. It is being built so that it can grow with the changing environment of the web, and to work with other websites and online tools.
- Google Map Visualization of Reports
- Integration with SMS input, FrontlineSMS, various Web tools
- Admin panel and Web Input of externally validated stories
- Other planned features
- Various smartphone applications to upload data to Ushahidi
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Gathering crisis information from the general public can provie insights into events happening in near real-time. Allowing easy intake, visualization and mapping of this information can be very valuable. To this effect, the goal is to have an open source application so intake and visualization methods are customisable and deployable in a wide variety of settings.
Ushahidi is a platform that allows anyone around the world to set up their own way to gather reports by mobile phone, email and the web - and visualize and map them. It is being built so that it can grow with the changing environment of the web, and to work with other websites and online tools.
- Google Map Visualization of Reports
- Integration with SMS input, FrontlineSMS, various Web tools
- Admin panel and Web Input of externally validated stories
- Other planned features
- Various smartphone applications to upload data to Ushahidi
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