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Community mapping is a proven procedure for identifying public health issues and threats - see the Wikipedia article on John Snow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow_(physician)). This application provides an interface for mapping villages and communities, so that data can be collected and analyzed about them.
Community mapping is a proven procedure in epidemiology for identifying public health issues and threats - see the Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow_(physician) John Snow]. This application provides an interface for mapping villages and communities, so that data can be collected and analyzed about them.




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1. Modify for installation and operation on OLPC
1. Modify for installation and operation on OLPC
2. i18n
2. onionskin so that different people can have maps of same village
2. Implement vector drawing (e.g., drawing roads, rivers, etc)
2. Implement vector drawing (e.g., drawing roads, rivers, etc)
3. Make "smart" icons - ones that react to each other and provide warnings/dangers
3. Make "smart" icons - ones that react to each other and provide warnings/dangers
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5. Modify for use on PDAs
5. Modify for use on PDAs



See a demo
http://unicef.entropyfree.com:8080


Get the code
Get the code
svn co http://mobiled.mepemepe.com/svn/village-mapper/trunk
http://something




Latest revision as of 16:01, 29 March 2008

Community mapping is a proven procedure in epidemiology for identifying public health issues and threats - see the Wikipedia article on John Snow. This application provides an interface for mapping villages and communities, so that data can be collected and analyzed about them.


Languages/Technologies 

   *     Application - Python
   *     Front end - JavaScript, X/HTML, CSS


Tasks 

  1. Modify for installation and operation on OLPC
  2. i18n
  2. onionskin so that different people can have maps of same village
  2. Implement vector drawing (e.g., drawing roads, rivers, etc)
  3. Make "smart" icons - ones that react to each other and provide warnings/dangers
  4. Create internationalization framework
  5. Modify for use on PDAs


See a demo 

   http://unicef.entropyfree.com:8080

Get the code 

   svn co http://mobiled.mepemepe.com/svn/village-mapper/trunk


Tags 

   maps, python, javascript, html, xhtml, vectorgraphics, pda, icons
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