Swift Haiti Twitter Tracker: http://appfrica2.com/haiti/

Working on Swift Architecture document at – https://docs.google.com/a/ushahidi.com/Doc?docid=0AXtjM3UhUoCeZGZ0azVwYjdfMWdjeDc5Y2Rj&hl=en. While I will continue to work on Haiti Tracker, I feel our team’s time is better spent getting a fully realized SwiftApp done. Working on mock-ups of final Swift app. Getting new team members up to speed by breaking down all features into smaller manageable tasks.

Swift Haiti Twitter Tracker: http://appfrica2.com/haiti/

Today I’m committing EDXL, GeoRSS and PFIF xml feeds to SULSa and working on buttons for Haiti Tracker. Namely “Delete” and “Mark as Chatter”. ‘Send to Ushahidi’ button needs to validate with a token in the database to avoid duplicates from multiple users. Working on user and admin permissions. Two dedicated volunteers are contributing a great deal of their time, which is much appreciated. Exploring options for visualization. Victor is working on an NLP tagging module which he’s testing today.

Swift Haiti Twitter Tracker: http://appfrica2.com/haiti/

Yesterday I put together what I’m dubbing the SULSa API, Server and Database. That stands for Swift User Location Services Api, which is a way for Ushahidi applications and developers to pull location info using only a users IP address. I saw this as important because currently the Ushahidi Api asks for latitude and longitude of reports as a ‘requirement’ for POST requests. For users who aren’t mapping or reports coming from micro-messaging services and SMS, this is a way of getting location data where it isn’t offered. This will allow us to offer users structured data and should we choose, we could offer data that uses EDXL and PFIF standards for specific tasks.

This databased can be used for any sort of applications or needs we might have. The documentation here will be a running guide – https://docs.google.com/a/ushahidi.com/View?docID=0AXtjM3UhUoCeZGZ0azVwYjdfMGZxY25oamhj&revision=_latest

As far as help with swift, we still need volunteers to take on any of the tasks in github at http://github.com/appfrica/haiti_tracker. Many of the tasks are only 4 or 5 hour jobs so hopefully we can find volunteers willing to just knock them out. We do have a handful of volunteers now contributing as their time permits but there have been few commits so far. Still, we appreciate all the help!