Geoscience Reference
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Fig. 1
Incident report
category list (Fig.
1
). After being imported all data of incidents, organizations,
human resource, warehouses, hospitals, shelters, assets, and projects will be pre-
sented on an interactive map with different icons (Fig.
2
).
Likewise, after the incidents list was put into Ushahidi, the points were dis-
played according to their categories as shown in the list sorted in chronological
order (Fig.
3
). Figure
3
presents all of the incidents reports, which were submitted
to Ushahidi and displayed on the homepage. Based on the Ushahidi platform,
disaster managers and emergency response practitioners can track user's reports on
the map and timeline.
Regarding data input, Ushahidi platform benefits disaster managers by multiple
data streams. Ushahidi platform accepts gathering information via multiple data
stream such as text messages, email, twitter, web-forms, smart-phone both
Android and iOS. Sahana Eden (end-user version) platform limits its data input
only from Ushahidi and Comma-Separated Value (CSV) format. In response to a
large-scale devastating disaster, when a variety of formats such as ''.kml'', or
''.shp'' retrieved from field mapping, a direct import or conversion mechanism
would significantly help responders and save time.
Creating a buffer around a selected incident within specific radius can be
considered as a minor geospatial analysis function installed in Ushahidi (Fig.
4
).
To some extent, this function facilitates emergency response activities. For
instance, if the distribution of incidents in an area within specific radius shown on
