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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
The links in this table go to individual webpages containing videos, along with supporting materials like presentation slides where available. You can navigate through these pages in sequence using the links on the top of each page.
| VIDEOS AND SLIDES |
|---|
| FINAL PROJECT |
| Summary |
| DEMONSTRATIONS |
| Catholic Relief Services – disaster assessment |
| InnovGreen - NextMap |
| Final Class Presentation |
| MILESTONE PRESENTATIONS |
| Milestone 1: Elevator Pitch |
| Milestone 2: Needs Assessment |
| Milestone 3: System Design and Initial Implementation |
| Milestone 4: Sustainability |
| PROJECT EPISODE VIDEOS |
| Episode 1: Introduction |
| Episode 2: "Addressing the needs of CRS" |
| Episode 3: "Elevator Pitch" |
| Episode 4: "A Skype conversation with Innovgreen in Taiwan" |
| Episode 5: "A Coding Session" |
| Episode 6 |
Other Materials
Compiled status entries from "News" section of project blog