How would you like to learn more about developing Titanium Mobile applications while contributing to Gulf Oil Spill disaster relief at the same time?
As a result of an April 20th oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, thousands of barrels of oil are leaking into the Gulf of Mexico every day, causing a severe environmental and economic crisis across the Gulf region. Today we are announcing that Crisis Commons, Intridea and Appcelerator are working together to provide Titanium-based applications that support the Gulf recovery effort. The first two applications are now available through oilreporter.org:
- Oil Reporter is a data collection application for iPhone, Android, and iPad that enables collection of time-stamped and geo-tagged eyewitness accounts of oil sightings and injured or dead wildlife. Users can also attach a photo or video and tweet their sightings.
- Oil Tracker, a complementary heat map app available for iPhone, Android and iPad, leverages Google Maps and Oil Reporter data to show where there is the greatest concentration of dead or dying wildlife.
Oil Reporter and Oil Tracker are open sourced, with source code available on github. The Oil Reporter APIs are documented at oilreporter.org so you can get to work building mashup applications using the data.
Attend the Tuesday June 1 Webcast "How Intridea Built Oil Reporter and How You Can Extend Oil Tracker" to learn more about building mobile apps with Titanium and working with Oil Reporter data.
You Can Help
There is much more to do, which is why we are reaching out to the community of more than 45,000 Titanium Developers to participate in several ways:
- Attend the Tuesday June 1 Webcast "How Intridea Built Oil Reporter and How You Can Extend Oil Tracker" to learn more about building mobile apps with Oil Reporter data.
- Volunteer to Develop New Apps. Recruited developers will be matched with government agencies and animal rescue organizations for a coordinated effort to better identify hotspots for crisis mitigation and protection of the natural environment, wildlife, etc. Upon registering for an Oil Reporter API key, you’ll be given the option to volunteer to customize an application for a response organization.
- Get Oil Reporter and Tweet your support for the initiative. "RT @appcelerator Announcing OilReporter: How Developers Can Aid Gulf #OilSpill Recovery http://bit.ly/9WMoRa". Live in the Gulf Region? Volunteer as a data collector through the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command.
- Donate the proceeds from a Titanium Professional subscription. Through June 30th, with your new Titanium Professional subscription, Appcelerator will donate the 100% of the first month’s proceeds to the National Wildlife Federation.
Please visit www.appcelerator.com/save-the-gulf/ to learn more.
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