NextMap Disaster Management

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About

Every year, thousands of people in India are displaced by massive floods as a result of torrential rains during monsoon season. Lack of infrastructure during these times lead to significant delays in communication with relief workers and, as a result, aid delivery. NextMap is a mobile communication platform that supports bi- directional broadcasting and data collection. Unlike existing mobile systems that are proprietary or custom-developed, NextMap aims to create a general, open toolset that can be leveraged across various scenarios from disaster management to environmental conservation in remote locations.

Partners

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
InnovGreen

Project Team

ROLES TEAM MEMBERS
Students Sreya Sengupta
Vijay Umapathy
Jeffrey Warren
Anonymous MIT student
Video journalists
(from Emerson College)
Nicholas Vaky
Max Wagenblass
Advisor Rich Fletcher

Project Documentation

Slides are presented courtesy of the students, used with permission. Videos are from nextlab on Vimeo, and are not covered by our Creative Commons license.

DELIVERABLE VIDEOS AND SLIDES
FINAL PROJECT
Summary

Telmex Fellows Forum final video Fall 2008 from nextlab on Vimeo.

DEMONSTRATIONS
Catholic Relief Services – disaster assessment

CRS disaster assessment DEMO from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

InnovGreen - NextMap

Innovgreen Demo Video from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

Final Class Presentation

Disaster Management Final Presentation from nextlab on Vimeo.


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MILESTONE PRESENTATIONS
Milestone 1: Elevator Pitch

Milestone 1 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.


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Milestone 2: Needs Assessment

Milestone 2 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.


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Milestone 3:  System Design and Initial Implementation

Milestone 3 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.


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Milestone 4: Sustainability

Milestone 4 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.


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PROJECT EPISODE VIDEOS
Episode 1: Introduction

Episode 1 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

Episode 2: "Addressing the needs of CRS"

Episode 2 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

Episode 3: "Elevator Pitch"

Episode 3 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

Episode 4: "A Skype conversation with Innovgreen in Taiwan"

Episode 4 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

Episode 5: "A Coding Session"

5th Video from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

Episode 6

Episode 6 from Disaster Management on Vimeo.

Other Materials

Compiled status entries from "News" section of project blog

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