FrontlineSMS - Ushahidi Nairobi Hack Day

Ushahidi and FrontlineSMS software are often used together.

Ushahidi (http://ushahidi.com/) is information collection, data visualization and interactive mapping software.

FrontlineSMS (http://www.frontlinesms.com/) lowers barriers to social change using mobile technologies. It enables users to send, receive and manage SMS over a mobile network

Ushahidi and FrontlineSMS function well together with version 1 of FrontlineSMS. (The current workflow for version 1.) (https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/How+to+Set-up+FrontlineSMS+and+Ushahidi) The goal of this event is to develop code to connect Ushahidi and FrontlineSMS Version 2.

The hack day plan:

Get the Web Connection feature in FrontlineSMS 2.0 to push incoming SMSs to an Ushahidi deployment/Crowdmap For contacts in FrontlineSMS that have location information, append this to the SMS before its pushed to Ushahidi Using FrontlineSMS for sending out alerts; two-way communication for SMS (incoming and outgoing)

Who should attend:
Software developers
Ushahidi and FrontlineSMS community users to test