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CIVIS Venezuela
Venezuela's free disaster platform: quakes, floods, NASA
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Venezuela's free disaster platform: quakes, floods, NASA
8 followers
Plataforma ciudadana de emergencia en Venezuela tras el terremoto: reporta daños, busca y reporta personas desaparecidas, pide ayuda con SOS y encuentra refugios y puntos de abastecimiento. Gratis, en tiempo real y sin conexión.
Una idea: agregar un botón para compartir la ubicación exacta vía WhatsApp o SMS, así cualquier familiar con un celular básico puede recibir coordenadas aunque no tenga la app instalada. Sería un salvavidas para abuelitos o personas en zonas rurales sin datos.
@alperen397545 Love this, and good news: it's already there! We have an "Emergency Circle" feature: when someone hits SOS, the server automatically messages their registered contacts via WhatsApp with the live location, no app install needed on their end, just a WhatsApp message with a map link. Exactly built for the "grandparent with a basic phone" case you're describing. Thanks for flagging it, it tells me it's a real, obvious need.
Sería genial que integraran un botón de "estado de batería" compartido, así cuando alguien reporta desde el celular con poca carga, los voluntarios saben que ese reporte es urgente y temporal, priorizando esos casos en el mapa antes de que el dispositivo se apague.
@veyseljstf This one's already live too! Every SOS check-in ("latido") reports battery level alongside heart rate and movement, and operators see it right in the report view (🔋 XX%) precisely to flag "this device is about to die, prioritize now." Great instinct, glad it matched what we built.
Sería genial que añadieran un botón para compartir la ubicación exacta por WhatsApp con un solo toque, así alguien con poca señal puede avisar a su familia rápido sin tener que copiar y pegar coordenadas.
@abdulkadirc80x Same as I just told Alperen below, this exists! SOS triggers an automatic WhatsApp message with live location to emergency contacts, no app needed to receive it, just WhatsApp. One-tap on the sender's side too. Appreciate you calling out exactly the right problem.
the offline-first approach here is honestly really smart for a crisis like this, especially when networks are unreliable or totally down. whoever thought about making it work without internet basically built something that actually matters when people need it most.
@cemreozome60888 Really appreciate that, thank you. Offline-first wasn't a nice-to-have for us, it came from watching Venezuela's networks fail during the exact moments people needed them most. If the connection can't be trusted, the app can't depend on it either.