A compendium of descriptions and specifications for projects that would be useful, primarily for humanitarian action in low-income settings.
A mobile application for crowdsourcing digitization of features from aerial/satellite imagery. Intended to support humanitarian mapping efforts in low-income and vulnerable settings.
MapSwipe 2.0 MapSwipe website: mapswipe.org
Medical records on locally appropriate devices in low-income settings without reliable power, connectivity, and educational infrastructure (technologically and cognitively constrained environment).
Buendia website: projectbuendia.org
TODO: flesh this out
A free software professional application for mobile data collection, integrated with QGIS and compatible with the OpenStreetMap ecosystem. Specifically intended for sophisticated surveying, not basic collection of favorites.
Why put up with low precision from inexpensive devices when we can use differential correction to improve it substantially without buying expensive hardware?
Differential correction for mobile device GPS units
Um, like this: ODK Aggregate on Intel Edison
A small web server running on an Android device that serves as an offline access point and aggregate server for OpenDataKit. Intended to facilitate large-scale data collection in low-income settings with minimal hardware dependencies and maximum use of locally available resources.
Android-based server for mobile data collection
Why do we need cell towers if we're all in the same village?
A system to allow small but critical amounts of data to be reliably exchanged with rural African areas using HF-band radio. Intended to facilitate epidemic monitoring, humanitarian asset tracking, financial inclusion, and requests for emergency response.