[Sahana_proj] Re: New module concept

Fri Sep 29 16:14:26 EDT 2006

Hi Turner,
These are good ideas and we would like to encourage you to plan on focusing on this line of thought or another idea that could incorporate GIS capabilities. I would suggest you and Bach talk it over and see what both of you are interested in doing. We can figure a way for you to work on a project along those lines. 

I will have a copy of the iso for the live cd up on our server later today so you can burn a copy and run it. The features you mention are somewhat incorporated as part of the shelter registry and the situational awareness modules, they are by no means complete. We can bring this up for discussion at the meeting on Monday.

Trishan

Trishan de Lanerolle'04
Computer Science/Engineering
Technology Coordinator
Systems and Networking
LITC B35
Trinity College
(860) 297 5313

-----Original Message-----
From: Turner Hayes [mailto:thayes at wesleyan.edu]
Sent: Wed 9/27/2006 4:15 PM
To: de Lanerolle, Trishan R.
Cc: Morelli, Ralph A (E); sahana_proj at tarzan.cc.trincoll.edu
Subject: Re: [Sahana_proj] Re: New module concept

Hi Trishan and Prof. Morelli,

    Thanks for your feedback. I realize that it is a fairly large-scale 
project. I mainly mentioned it as a general suggestion, not necessarily 
as a project for this semester. However, I personally (I don't know 
about Bach) would like to work on it, especially as it might give us a 
chance to work with the Google maps API, which I think would be pretty 
interesting. If this were to be a project for some team this semester, 
could that team simply aim for limited implementation? For example, just 
aim to implement a medical facility registry and/or the mapping feature? 
And maybe the implementation could be completed next semester? Also, I 
think the project is made more feasible by the fact that much of the 
implementation is already somewhat encapsulated in other modules (camp 
registry/organization registry, inventory management...), so those 
modules can be used as templates.

    Trishan, you mentioned a pandemic customization in a recent version 
of Sahana. Is this essentially what I had described? That is, would the 
module I suggested be redundant, or basically already implemented? Or do 
you think it might still be a worthy pursuit? I'm eager to look at the 
new live CD, which I imagine will answer some of these questions.

Thanks,
    Turner

de Lanerolle, Trishan R. wrote:
> Hi Turner,
> This is a good idea and I would encourage such thinking. Do share your thoughts on our mailing list. The features you mention are somewhat incorporated into a pandemic customization that was done by Sahana. We used this for the first time during the Strong Angel Disaster simulation. Its part of a situational awareness module that tells you the bed availability in various locations. As prof.Morelli mentioned this might be a little too much to work on this semester. However I would encourage you to explore the ideas further and share your thoughts with everyone. 
>
> I recently acquired a ISO of a live CD version of sahana which was used for another demonstration recently of Sahana, which has this capability. I will try and make the ISO available later this week for everyone to take a look at. As its a live CD version all you have to do is boot of the CD and you are up and running.
> Trishan
>
>
> Trishan de Lanerolle'04
> Computer Science/Engineering
> Technology Coordinator
> Systems and Networking
> LITC B35
> Trinity College
> (860) 297 5313
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sahana_proj-bounces at lists.trincoll.edu on behalf of Ralph Morelli
> Sent: Wed 9/27/2006 9:00 AM
> To: sahana_proj at lists.trincoll.edu
> Subject: [Sahana_proj] Re: New module concept
>  
> Hi Turner,
>
> Trishan can probably give  you better feedback than I, especially as  
> concerns
> the international version of Sahana itself.   But unless it's  
> included somewhere else
> in Sahana I think the idea of a medical facility registry sounds like  
> a good one. In addition
> to knowing where they are, knowing whether they are functioning or  
> out of commission
> or over burdened, etc. would be useful information.
>
> In  terms of scope, however, I think a module such as this might be  
> too involved to attempt
> this semester. Among other things, an idea such as this would require  
> vetting by the core
> Sahana team, which takes time.  So perhaps, this could be something  
> we explore during
> the semester, then maybe get started on it toward the end of the term  
> or during the semester
> break and then work on its development during the spring???
>
> By posting this response on the list serve, I'm hoping we can get  
> Trishan and others
> to weigh in on it.
>
> Thanks for bringing it up.
>
> Best,
> -- ralph
>
> On Sep 26, 2006, at 12:25 AM, Turner Hayes wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi Trishan and Prof. Morelli,
>>
>>    I was just thinking about possible additions to Sahana, and I  
>> thought I might have an idea for something that could be useful.  
>> During or after a disaster, it would probably be useful to know  
>> where medical facilities are, to take care of the wounded. So maybe  
>> there could be a medical facilities registry, mapped on the Google  
>> map with the camps registry, so that one could easily see nearby  
>> facilities to a camp or other location. Also, each medical facility  
>> could have associated with it a list of staff and of available  
>> services or something, and supplies could be requested for a given  
>> facility.
>>
>>    Now, this might be better implemented as a part of the camps  
>> registry and inventory management modules, respectively (or maybe  
>> it has little to no use in practice, for instance if such  
>> facilities are generally not permanent enough to merit special  
>> notation). But it might be useful, so I thought I'd throw it out  
>> there. Comments? Thoughts?
>>
>>    Also, is this the kind of thing I should send to the listserv in  
>> the future, or maybe suggest to Sahana themselves?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>    Turner
>>
>>     
>
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