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2. crowdsourcing crisis information

4. The team that started it all.
juliana rotich erik hersman ory okolloh david kobia

5. mobile.crisis.reporting.

11. J2ME

12. iPhone

13. Android

14. Android

15. Android

17. if it works in
africa
it will work
anywhere

18. What
are we
trying to
achieve?

19. Ensuring that others don’t
have to start from scratch,
like we did.

21. Input Methods Output Methods
Data Types
Citizen
Map
Generated
News Media SMS Timeline
Email
Web form
NGO data SMS Alerts
API Ushahidi
RSS Crisis Mapping
MMS
Government Engine RSS
Public APIs Email
Flickr
YouTube
Twitter

22. Free
Open Source
Platform

23. Ushahidi
Historical Benchmarks
Jan 2008 - Initial deployment in the Kenya crisis
Apr 2008 – Deployed Ushahidi to South Africa
May 2008 – Won the NetSquared mashup challenge
July 2008 – Started the CrisisMappers group
June 2008 - Began gathering developers for the open source rebuild
July 2008 - Ushahidi v2 development starts
July 2008 – Receive initial funding from Humanity United
Aug 2008 - Integration with FrontlineSMS and iPhone application designed
Sep 2008 – Featured in Technoloy Review magazine
Sep 2008 - We get a new website

24. Ushahidi
Historical Benchmarks
Oct 2008 - Launched our alpha software, Ushahidi Engine v0.1 (“eldoret”)
Nov 2008 – Founding member of the Open Mobile Consortium
Nov 2008 – Deployed alpha version into DR Congo
Nov 2008 – Translation features launched
Nov 2008 - PeaceHeroes uses Ushahidi to find people who helped do positive things
during and after the post-election violence in Kenya
Dec 2008 – Featured in Forbes magazine and the BBC print/radio/TV
Dec 2008 – Won a WeMedia GameChangers Award
Dec 2008 - Top 3 USAID mobile challenge finalist
December 2008 - Al Jazeera tests Ushahidi in Gaza

25. Way forward
* Grow the community that supports Ushahidi.
* non - profit software organization
* More technology features and Development.
* Mobile
* Smart phone integration and applications (J2ME, Android, iPhone)
* Freedom Fone (Interactive Voice Response – IVR)
* InSTEDD’s SMS GeoChat
* RapidSMS
* JavaRosa (forms)

26. Way forward
* More technology features and Development.
* Web
* API v2
* Laconica( an open source Twitter clone )
* Better news clustering and feed customization
* Custom map title solution
* Better 3rd party API integration for Twitter and Flickr
* Open translation process v1
* Huridocs integration
* InSTEDD’s Mesh4x
* Wiki tools and integration

27. Questions

28. Thank You