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==Group Members==
 
==Group Members==
  
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Foss2serve contact: Cam MacDonell
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Ushahidi POSSE Alumni:
  
 
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==Installation Instructions==
 
==Installation Instructions==
  
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The [[Ushahidi_Installation_Instructions | installation instructions]] are now available on [[Ushahidi_Installation_Instructions | a separate page.]]
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We will use a virtual machine to install Ushahidi
  
 
==Some Installations of Ushahidi==
 
==Some Installations of Ushahidi==
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Exercise: Find some deployments and post links to the Etherpad.
 
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[https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Deployments+of+the+Week Ushahidi's "Deployment of the Week"]
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There are usually some on the [https://www.ushahidi.com/blog/ Ushahidi Blog]
  
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[http://www.oilspill.labucketbrigade.org/main Witness Pollution Map (Louisiana)]
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[https://www.ushahidi.com/blog/2017/03/28/tracking-hill-clearing-activity-in-penang-through-the-penang-hills-watch-deployment Penang Hills Watch]
  
 
[http://www.greatlakescommonsmap.org/ Great Lakes Commons]
 
[http://www.greatlakescommonsmap.org/ Great Lakes Commons]
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[http://sidewalks.latimes.com/ LA Times studies sidewalk problems.  Incorporated within a site.]
 
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[http://ushahidi.bigsocialdata.org/ - This is a test implementation of ushahidi that Sean put on his server.]
 
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More need to be added from [http://titanpad.com/posse2a TitanPad]
 
  
 
==Playing with the API==
 
==Playing with the API==
  
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Here's a suffix to add to the URL ... api?task=incidents&resp=xml
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That gives you XML of the first 20 incidents or so.  You can play with what the tasks are or how the response is formed (xml or JSON).
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More info [https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Ushahidi+Public+API Ushahidi Public API]
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Dealing with these data can be done in any language.  (XML may be more human readable, JSON is a bit more computer readable.)
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There's a nice opportunity to turn these things into objects.
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==Assignments==
 
==Assignments==
  
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===Due June 13===
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Download the [[Media:Zombie_reports_data.csv.txt | Ushahidi Zombie Data Set]].  Then incorporate it into your Ushahidi installation.
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Optional: Set up a [https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Configuring+Twitter+on+a+deployment Twitter feed for your Ushahidi installation].
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Develop some preliminary ideas for how you might be using Ushahidi in your class.
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===Due June 20===
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Everyone: Try to connect with the Ushahidi user or developer community.
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===Due June 27===
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Sam: Prepare report on building and installing the Ushahidi App.
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Everyone (optional): Write and share an assignment.
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==Meetings==
 
==Meetings==
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===The Future of Ushahidi===
 
===The Future of Ushahidi===
  
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Ushahidi is going through a fairly significant rewrite, so it will look different in awhile.  However, they are really making a push to document their development process for the forthcoming version 3.0.
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Ushahidi has completed a fairly significant rewrite over the past few years. The new version is quite stable now and features iOS and Android applications all of which are open source.
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'Some of us want to use Ushahidi in the context of courses in which Java is the main programming language.  However, Ushahidi is written primarily in PHP and SQL.  One option is to use the [https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Ushahidi+Public+API Ushahidi Web API].  There is even [https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Java a Java warpper for that API].  Another is to work with the Android App, which like most Android Apps, is written in Java.  We've started [[Ushahidi_Android_Application | a short guide to building the Ushahidi Android App]].
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 14 April 2017

This page is intended as a place to put notes from the POSSE Ushahidi group. This page is under active development as we start to get ourselves organized.

Contents

Group Members

Foss2serve contact: Cam Macdonell


Ushahidi POSSE Alumni:

  • Monisha Pulimood
  • Alan Rea
  • Samuel A. Rebelsky

Installation Instructions

We will use a virtual machine to install Ushahidi

Some Installations of Ushahidi

Exercise: Find some deployments and post links to the Etherpad.

There are usually some on the Ushahidi Blog

Penang Hills Watch

Great Lakes Commons

Playing with the API

This will be demonstrated at the POSSE

Assignments

Assignments will be decided on at the POSSE

Meetings

Miscellaneous Notes

The Future of Ushahidi

Ushahidi has completed a fairly significant rewrite over the past few years. The new version is quite stable now and features iOS and Android applications all of which are open source.

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