red cross app for tanzania
# tanzania_app
red cross app for tanzania
This is the tanzania red cross app, whereby via old articles current weather events can be evaluated for risks before they happen.
The base data from the articles is a xml file. This will be read by a python script and is made available via pywps.
A simple frontend makes it possible for the user to search the data based on certain inputs (configured at the back-end)
For the usage of this app the following disclaimer needs to be approved:
TANZANIA RED CROSS EXTREME WEATHER IMPACT AWARENESS APP – User Agreement
This Tanzania Red Cross Extreme Weather Impact Awareness App aims to provide TANZANIA RED CROSS workers a basic
understanding of the possible impacts of forecasted extreme weather in a given province of Tanzania.
And is for use for use by the Tanzania Red Cross Society and those persons who are entitled to its use by the Tanzania Red
Cross Society.
It shows historical impacts from flood events that occurred under similar meteorological conditions in the past in a specific
province. These impacts are automatically harvested from online media content.
User acknowledges and agrees
a. NEVER TO INTERPRET THE RESULTS OF THIS TANZANIA RED CROSS EXTREME WEATHER IMPACT APP AS A
FORECAST, NEiTHER A WEATHER FORECAST, NOT AN EXTREME WEATHER IMPACT FORECAST; and
b. NEVER TO COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THIS TANZANIA RED CROSS EXTREME WEATHER IMPACT APP AS AN
EARLY WARNING TO THIRD PARTIES; and
c. always, when communicating the results of this TANZANIA RED CROSS EXTREME WEATHER IMPACT APP to
third parties, insert the text “communication of results” below; and
d. to interpret the results of this TANZANIA RED CROSS EXTREME WEATHER IMPACT APP with care to ensure not to
conclude false understanding of possible impacts. And to turn to the provided URL to read accompanying media
sources in case of doubt about the correctness of the predicted possible impacts.
DISCLAIMER
USE OF THE TANZANIA RED CROSS EXTREME WEATHER IMPACT APP AND OF …