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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

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 2: Needs Assessment
PROJECT EPISODE VIDEOS
Episode 2: “Addressing the needs of CRS”
Episode 5: “A Coding Session”
Episode 6

 

Other Materials

Compiled status entries from “News” section of project blog

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