For anyone interested in developing their own mobile application for Mission Manager, there is now a API to do so. With this new API you can build a custom application that interfaces directly with MM. Some features that are exposed and should make for a very useful mobile application are:
• You can poll a list of the active missions for your team, allowing the app to let the user select what mission they are currently on.
• The ability to post GPS locations to MM just like InstaMapper does.
• The ability to post clues from the field including pictures and GPS location of where the clue was found.
• You can pole information about the team the person is currently assigned to, including team number, assignment, team members, team type, etc.
• The application can start polling the API as soon as a member arrives on scene. The phone can alert the member as soon as they are assigned to a team.
• Members can view all the important information about their team assignment without the need for a paper copy.
• Many other creative things.
Other API features will be exposed, so stay tuned
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The draft documentation can be found here:
http://www.radishworks.com/SearchManager/Help.htm#APIA simple JavaScript test page can be seen here:
http://www.radishworks.com/SearchManager/apitester.htmlIf you are a mobile developer, let's see what you can build!