Sahana Disaster Management System - Humanitarian FOSS
Channel: Linux.conf.au 2010 -- Wellington, New Zealand
Date: 05/12/2014

Presenter(s): Tim McNamara
URL: http://2010.linux.conf.au/programme/schedule/view_talk/50312

The Sahana Disaster Management System provides humanitarian relief to communities all around the world. This presentation aims to introduce the system to members of the local open source community and demonstrate how they can act to enhance the level of disaster preparedness through the promotion of local use and development of the system.A few case studies will be explained, providing participants a background of the system. This may include information from recent deployments, such as efforts to unite families the Myanmar and Sichuan earthquakes. An overview of its potential use by the US military’s Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART), integrating footage and mapping from unmanned aerial vehicles may also be covered. The system provides a unique opportunity for networking specialists, gadget geeks and web developers to provide a. The presentation will move to a technical overview of how Sahana attempts to balance the needs of emergency manager who want as much data as possible within the constraints of a low-bandwidth and low-spec hardware in the developing world. This may include the use of the OASIS standard, the Common Alerting Protocol is used to maximise interoperability withAfter a technical overview, the speakers will explain how a local group of technical specialists and domain experts have converged for the benefit of New Zealand communities to form the New Zealand Sahana Cluster. The speakers will attempt to explain the process and any potential lessons from trying to integrate emergency managers into the open source model. The presentation will finish as a call to action. We will advocate for more software developers and networking specialists to get in touch to assist with the global effort. 

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