[OSGeo-Discuss] WAP SMS in GIS

Tue Sep 10 18:49:59 PDT 2013

Dear Mr. Ravi

This concept we had implemented for event reporting, which includes any epidemic outbreak or any other problem. We authorised the register mobile users to report the event as sms, which we geolocate for visualization and query from database.
A paper on this is also presented in healthGIS 2011 international conf. you may like to refer for further details.
We had used open source technologies to implement it. This concept is demonstrated to NDMA and assam as pilot study for Disaster event reporting. 

--With Regards
Vinod Kumar Sharma

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 From: Rashad M <mohammedrashadkm at gmail.com>
To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org; Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48 at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WAP SMS in GIS

Hi,you dont need internet to do this. Web mapping can be detached from the whole thing. But we dont want to do that because primary users of this need to be accessed on web. Since we are not pushing everything from local db to server db as the last step. A net connection is not required as long as the parser and database is running on the same system where the Modem is connected.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Rashad M <mohammedrashadkm at gmail.com> wrote:

>sorry discuss-list was not in CC
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>From: Rashad M <mohammedrashadkm at gmail.com>
>Date: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WAP SMS in GIS
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>To: Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48 at yahoo.com>
>Cc: panwarnaveen9 at gmail.com, varunsaraf14 at gmail.com
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>Hi,
>sorry for the delay.
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>1. All open source. there is a web interface for NGO to login and create a project eg: livestock
>here they create the project with attribute info they are sending along with a code to identify location.
>Here is the list of packages used
>PHP -> server side scripting
>PostgreSQL -> database
>Apache -> web server
>A GSM modem -> connected with a system (we used Linux)
>smstools -> read sms from a GSM modem
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>VRParser -> A custom parser developed to parse the SMS and push the data to VRGeo database. NGO's can later login to vrgeo hosted on lsi server and view gis data. Each project comes as  a seperate layer and each sms comes as feature on the corresponding layer.
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>a sample sms would look like 
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>gac500032.ls.gt.sp.10
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>the first code is for the location its tied with pincode + three letter from the place, Gachibowli here in example.
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>ls -> live stock
>gt -> goat
>sp -> small pox
>10 -> affected number
>but for some cases you can specify decimals using comma 
>10,5 -> 10.5 used for mapping in borewells
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>we use . (dot) as seperator for fields which is easily accessible on phone with keypad.
>and , (comma) is used in decimal numbers
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>This is a very simple explanation but I can give you a document explaining everything in detail. I am putting Naveen and Varun in CC who has been in charge of the implementation of the web interface.
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>2) Interface is automatic. As soon as an SMS is received it is passed to VRParser which parses and pushes the data to an internal database. (we sync these database with the one hosted on server on a periodic basis. (this can be automated using some cron job. But as we are not getting too much data for now, we are doing this sync manually.)
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>On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Hi Rashad,
>>I was sure to get this mail of yours. Tell me 
>>1. OS software used / integrated
>>2. Interface with GIS.. is this automatic ??
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>>Is there a blog explaining all this..
>>Are you in France..
>>CheersRavi Kumar
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>> From: Rashad M <mohammedrashadkm at gmail.com>
>>To: Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48 at yahoo.com> 
>>Cc: K S Rajan <rajan at iiit.ac.in> 
>>Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 7:17 PM
>>Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WAP SMS in GIS
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>>SMS part of VRGeo (VRGeo-SMS) has been doing this for some NGO's in Hyderabad. They used to send sms to map borewells, animal disease etc. But basically it can be used in other scenarios. The good thing is it doesnt need a smartphone. Any phone which can send sms is the only requirement. 
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>>On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Dear all,
>>>As part of a small Indian city GIS wish to integrate SMS (phhone) messaging for registering 
>>>complaints, using say
>>>Ward number --> (ward is an administrative unit) indicating the polygon of interest
>>>Street name --> to further localise the complaint to the intersection of the street with its ward
>>>and so on..
>>>If any body can share such designs already used it will be of a great help.
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>>>CheersRavi
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>>-- 
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>>Regards,
>>   Rashad
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>Regards,
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>Regards,
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   Rashad
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