OpenGeoSMS

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

It sends as a GoogleMaps URL (our implementation also supports OpenStreetMap).

• 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?", "Let's meet here")

Android source is available on Github:

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

Binary:

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

Our 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

This will be useful for:

• Bombeiros
• [BluePrintCERT CERT]