Yup, Camp Roberts was a cool joint effort (brought lots of feedback, integration w geocommons for geocoding in some of our components, and MGRS support)
I think Jean means using OSM as the basis for the map view that makes the main GeoChat UI; Jean maybe you can clarify? ~ ej On Fri,Mar 5, 2010, at 16:06 , Kate Chapman wrote: > 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 <j...@arkemie.com> 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 >> h...@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> _____________________________________ Eduardo Jezierski, InSTEDD, VP of Engineering skype: eduardojezierski twitter: @edjez mobile: +1 425 269 8378 Iridium +88 16 32 51 61 85 _______________________________________________ Talk-cl mailing list Talk-cl@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-cl