There has been integration before between InSTEDD and OSM. Mikel wrote a blog post about it: http://brainoff.com/weblog/2009/08/10/1435
-Kate On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Julio, > > I just found out about InSTEDD (http://www.instedd.org/) and think it might > interest you to have a look at what they offer. > > As a recent example of their activity, they technically supported the > emergency short code SMS system in Haiti. > > In particular, InSTEDD GeoChat was apparently designed as a communication > means for "major humanitarian crises". (http://www.instedd.org/geochat) > > > A quote from http://www.instedd.org/technology_overview follows: > (I do hope nobody takes offence that there might be some common points > between crisis situations anywhere in the world and common situation in the > developing world) > > "InSTEDD GeoChat is a unified mobile communications service designed > specifically to enable self-organizing group communications in the > developing world. The service lets mobile phone users broadcast > location-based alerts, report on their situation, and coordinate around > events as they unfold, linking field, headquarters, and the local community > in a real-time, interactive conversation visualized on the surface of a > map. Once you create a GeoChat group, you may use it as the text equivalent > of a push-to-talk radio: send the group a message on the Web, by email, or > by SMS, and the rest of the group receives it. GeoChat allows information > to flow over multiple messaging channels, including dedicated SMS servers, a > cell phone plugged into a laptop, a satellite phone, and even Twitter. You > may learn more about InSTEDD GeoChat here. Please join the online community > around GeoChat here. GeoChat is hosted "in the cloud" via Amazon, so there > is no server to deploy. GeoChat has global SMS coverage through Clickatel, > has a US domestic SMS shortcode, and may easily be integrated with gateways > of local carriers. Users have referred to GeoChat as “Email for the Bottom > Billion”." > > GeoChat is in Beta. > > I do not know whether it is easy to have OSM as the map used in GeoChat > (example pictures display Google maps), but since it is free and open source > (GPLv3), it would certainly be possible to adapt it if necessary. > > > I am just learning about InSTEDD, so there may also be other potentially > interesting things on their website (like http://www.trackernews.net/, for > instance). > > Hoping this helps, > > Jean-Guilhem > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > _______________________________________________ Talk-cl mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-cl
