1. mGeos COLLECT & SHARE M4DEV, Mobile Technologies for Development Kristoffer Rosberg 17.03.2010, Hanoi,Vietnam Being efficiently able to provide health, educational and humanitarian aid or even most industrial service is critically dependent on knowing where to provide these services. Basic location information about points-of- interest (POIs), routes to them and areas to service are missing from the countries in most of need to improve public services. In particular, in developing countries, critical map and location information is largely incomplete, outdated or missing.

2. mGeos introduction Low cost mobile phones with GPS are entering the market with the capability of replacing both traditional pen&paper, and in many cases, dedicated GPS devices mGeos is an end-to-end solution for comprehensive data collection, management, visualisation and sharing mGeos is suitable for rapid low-cost deployment for areas such as health, wellbeing and sports humanitarian and environmental work, industry(forest/agriculture/infrastructure)

3. The Challenge In Africa, (digital) maps are often incomplete or unavailable. Example from Google Maps: Small place in North of Finland (Kittilä). All the connecting roads and village streets mapped and visible. Small place in South-East Kenya (Mubuko). Only name visible.

4. The Solution: mobile location information collection Point of Interest: E.g. location of a school: Go next to school, use the GPS-device to save the location. Save as category ”building” and name in e.g. ”Mukubo Secondary School”. Route: E.g. Road: Start recording with the GPS-device at the beginning of the road, walk/drive to the end point and save the route as category ”road” name name is e.g. ”Embu Road”. Area: E.g. Community boundary. Start recording an area at one point of the boundary, walk/drive around the community via the boundary and save the area as category ”community” and name it e.g. ”Kimadzo”. Additional information can be attached later by using internet browser (easier for editing and typing with larger screen, keyboard and mouse)

5. Fully hosted & managed SaaS solution Core engine ‘s features allow fast service setup Integrated into any external portal/internet service by using service REST API As mGeos is a an internet service, data can be collected and accessed anywhere on the planet Location data; Route/Area/POI Structured data; Survey & form data Multimedia; Images/video/audio a) Within own organization b) With other organizations; eliminate duplicated location data collection c) with community Data management Portal/Social media Front-end End-user MANAGE SHARECOLLECT mGeos Portal CORE ENGINE DATABASE REST API Location data Other information systems; analysis & reports & GIS tools Social Media 3 rd party Portal Multimedia Structured data mGeos Service Platform 1. MOBILE (browser/java client ) 2. Laptop/PC (browser)

6. mGeos key features Supports collection of structured data as numbers, text, exclusive and multiple choice and images location data including points-of-interest, routes and areas Has multiple front-ends: standard internet browsing for laptops and large screen smart phones, mobile browsing (xHTML/WAP) and a dedicated application for GPS enabled mobile phones Includes an authoring tool for defining forms and corresponding database model for storing the collected data Has an open API for accessing the stored data Is based on a modern SaaS, software as services, model

7. Several areas have been identified to benefit from mGeos solution 2. Forestry Deforestation/Reforestation related location data collectiion Illegal logging monitoring initiatives 2. Forestry Deforestation/Reforestation related location data collectiion Illegal logging monitoring initiatives APPLICATION AREAS 1.Health Surveying Collection of health and wellbeing status of selected population 2. Chronic Disease management Daily collection of treatment data by patients and monitoring by healthcare professionals 1. Mobile Geoservices Global NGO Field personnel solution with Plan International 2. Road&traffic conditions Documenting general conditions and identifying traffic jam causes & locations 3. Wildlife conservation Capturing wildlife movement location and related data projects 2.Crisis and relief work a)Rapid situational assessments and generating reports in real time b) Humanitarion mapping Health&Wellbeing Humanitarian & Development Forestry&Agriculture Environment & Climate change 1. Farm land/Property information management 1.Environmental assessment work Biodiversity & Preservation related projects