Weekly: Philippines map, 2.7 release & Mobile Updates

We've got Code Release updates, code to test, digital security tips from Mexico and a request to vote for Webbies in this Week's Ushahidi Community Report.

Deployment of the Week

Congratulations to our deployment of the week from the Philippines. The upcoming mid-term elections are on May 13, 2013.

Into the Code

Ushahidi Community Developer call

This week's Ushahidi Community Developer call was rocking with a Crowdmap Demo. You can download the audio track to hear the latest in development, including an amazing project update from Argentina.

Ushahidi core: v2.7

Testing is already ongoing for v2.7 of the platform. Jump in to help! The release moved to May 2nd, 2013, to give room for more testing and time to work on bug fixes Key Dates: Community Testing: April 18th – 25th , 2013 Bug fixing: April 26th-29th , 2013 Crowdmap Updated with new code: 29th -April 30, 2013 2.7 Release: May 2nd, 2013

Ushahidi 3.0

API work is still ongoing. Alpha release scheduled some time soon. Jepchumba has also been working on some fantastic mockups for v3, based on work done by Gabriel White, which we’ll share with you all soon!

Mobile

Henry has been working hard to fix github issues posted on the Ushahidi Android app. He’s also Polishing up on some UI/UX design changes for the Ushahidi Android App. OSM/MapBox support is also expected for the next release. Ushahidi iOS 3.4 was submitted to the App Store including a fix for bug parsing media types. Thanks Dale!

SwiftRiver

It's all systems go for the SwiftRiver community event to be held at iHub Nairobi tomorrow. We’re working on recording this for the virtual folks (Google + Hangout on Air). Remember, there will be a larger online event on May 11th, 2013. Team swift is also working on documenting the installation process for swift.

Community Voices

Did you see the Community Update for April 2013? We've summarized all things Ushahidi for the past month.

Mapping in Mexico

"A new survey of 102 journalists and bloggers in 20 Mexican states shows nearly 70 percent have been threatened or have suffered attacks because of their work." Jose Luis Sierra has lead a number of map projects in Latin America. See his latest project about protecting journalists in Mexico. He wrote an important guide: Digital and Mobile Security for Mexican Journalists and Bloggers.

Can you lend your Webby vote for : The Power and Pitfalls of Big Data?

The Power and the Pitfalls of Big Data from Ford Foundation on Vimeo.

This video features Ethan Zuckerman (Ushahidi Board member) and includes a screenshot of Reclaim Naija (election monitoring for the Nigerian Elections.)

Articles of note

Socialbrite mentioned Ushahidi in their piece: "Is your nonprofit using responsive mapping?". Crowdsourcing is not so new. One last thing, did you know that SEPTEMBER has been renamed MAPTEMBER? Well, start saving your coins to get to the UK for some big mapping events. Happy week!