OpenGeoSMS

!OpenGeoSMS is a simple format for encoding Latitude & Longitude into a text message (SMS/Email/Twitter).

It sends as a GoogleMaps URL:

• The LatLon can be manually copied to a GPS, if the recipient is on a non-SmartPhone or has no Internet access from that location.
• If they have a SmartPhone then they can click on the URL to see the location being discussed on a map
• If they have the Android application then they can get additional functionality to support Incident Reporting, Task Dispatch & peer to peer Team Communications ("I am here", "Where are you?", "Where shall we meet?")

Android source developed by ​ITRI Taiwan is available on Github:

• ​https://github.com/SahanaOpenGeoSMS/Sahana_OpenGeoSMS

Binary:

• http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/downloads/SahanaGeoSMSerV2.apk

SDK:

• ​http://code.google.com/p/ogs-sdk/

Sahana Eden has outbound support is in modules/s3/s3msg.py:

• msg.prepare_opengeosms(self, location_id, code="S", map="google", text="")
  • S = Sahana
  • ST = Sahana Task Dispatch
  • SI = Sahana Incident Report
• Eden also supports OpenStreetMap URLs as a future extension

This will be useful for:

• Bombeiros - dispatch functionality in IRS
• CERT - deployment functionality in HRM events

ToDo (Sahana)

• support for Inbound SMS to IRS
• include replies with URL of resource to upload photos/videos

ToDo (Android)

• Map not working with v2
• Work with phone book entries as well as manual entry (currently these give 'the phone number is unusable')
• Rename 'Task Dispatch Inbox' as just 'Task Inbox'
• 'About' help text for "Where shall we meet?" appears on all map screens
• Should be possible to report Incidents for locations other than where the reporter is currently
  • Incident Reports Inbox for the acks (Incident Reports goes here if there are acks, along with a big button to 'Report New Incident'?)
• Support acknowledging Tasks Dispatched
• Support uploading Photos/Videos to an Incident
• Support OpenStreetMap URLs
• Allow to be moved to SD Card
• About page with Version
• Configuration settings for default number to send incident reports to
  • Can be embedded easily into downloadable app for preconfiguration of a Sahana instance
  • Can be easily hidden to prevent users from overriding (& alsdo the IRS number in general)