======================================README=================================== About ==== Portable Open Search and Identification Tool (POSIT) is a Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software project (http://www.hfoss.org) , to use the Google Android phone as a platform for mobile disaster management applications. POSIT (Portable Open Search and Identification Tool) is an extensible and configurable Android prototype currently running on the G1 phone provided by T-Mobile. It is configured to serve as a portable search and rescue tool, using the phone's GPS, camera, database, and touchscreen interface to collect and save data about disaster victims and transmit the data periodically to a remote server using either an Internet or cellular protocol. POSIT demonstrates that the free and open Android platform is an accessible platform for rapid application development of disaster management applications on mobile phones. The project uses Google Android platform to build location based instances for further information check http://posit.hfoss.org/ Users ===== Users are encouraged to use the compiled .apk files that can be downloaded from http://code.google.com/p/posit-mobile/downloads/list If any problems are encountered, the issue tracker for the project will be the place to report http://code.google.com/p/posit-mobile/issues/list Developers ========== Developers are encouraged to join the mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/posit-group The documentation is available at http://twiki.hfoss.org/bin/view/POSIT/WebHome Patches must be sent to the group email as of now.