UPDATE: In an email conversation with Yaw, he pointed out a few additional noteworthy things about the Open Data Kit.  

Here is how our client is different:

OK, so maybe you aren’t a Microsoft MVP for .NET or maybe you think Java is an island of Indonesia (we are all Geographers of course) . But darn it, you know how to work with the Google Maps API or you dream about jQuery. Does that mean you don’t get a “professional” magazine of [...]

Information Technology (IT) has sped up the pace of globalization and transformed business practices world wide. In the past few years, the IFC, UNESCAP and UNDP have all cited the need for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries to adopt IT to create new business opportunities and remain competitive in the global environment.

From time to time, someone will stand up and proclaim themselves above “stacks“.  I’ve done it and I’m sure you also do it.  The reality is that we apply our preferences on our own GIS Stacks. Should you fear a stack?  As I often like to say, the best solution for the best problem.  This [...]

IN BRIEF: Mobile Phones and International Development

Why Mobile: Mobile phones are the one ubiquitous technology found all over the globe -if the goal of Ushahidi is to let ordinary people submit reports during a crisis and know of incidents happening around them, then we must ensure that any phone can be used for this purpose. 

I was just talking to someone today about web applications for ArcGIS Server 9.3 and they were surprised that I was using the Web ADF to create an application after my post earlier this week on the JavaScript API. I feel like I need to clarify some things about that post. It wasn’t so much [...]

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