To provide on time information about the weather, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), together with Smart Communications, on Wednesday launched the mobile application of the on-time weather information on the agency’s Project Noah website.
The “Noah” or the Nationwide Operation Assessment of Hazards, is a responsive disaster mitigation program developed by DOST in partnership with the University of the Philippines.
The other government agencies in the forefront of project Noah include Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS) and other collaborating DOST agencies such as the Advanced science and Technology Institute (ASTI) and the Science and technology Information Institute (STII).
DOST Secretary Mario Montejo said that the DOST’s Project Noah mobile app would initially be available for Android devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.
Montejo said that the prototype of the mobile version was originally done in HTML5 which was developed by Rolly Rulete along his teammates Pablito Veroy and Jay Albano during the first HTML5 Hackathon organized by the Smart Developer Network in Davao City. The prototype won the “Best Use of Smart APls”.
“We choose Rolly Rulete to develop the official mobile version of the DOST’s Project Noah website for Android devices because we want Davao and Mindanao to be represented in the nationwide effort to mitigate disasters,” the DOST secretary said. [PNA]
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