DocumentCode
1709977
Title
FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi - a demo
Author
Banks, Ken ; Hersman, Erik
fYear
2009
Firstpage
484
Lastpage
484
Abstract
FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi are both free and open source tools which allow for the collection, dissemination and visualization of data collected to and from the field. This paper outlines details of live demonstrations of the tools at the ICTD 2009 conference in Qatar.
Keywords
data visualisation; information dissemination; mobile computing; public domain software; FrontlineSMS; Ushahidi; data collection; data dissemination; data visualization; open source tools; Africa; Collaborative work; Communications technology; Data visualization; Electronic mail; Information analysis; Mobile handsets; Portable computers; Search engines; Testing; FrontlineSMS; SMS; Ushahidi; data; messaging; mobile; open source tools;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Doha
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4662-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4663-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426725
Filename
5426725
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