Seentags

The challenge:

Many people want to report data via SMS, Twitter and other means, but users find it hard to remember and accurately type in complex syntaxes.

The tool:

Seentags accepts incoming messages from Geochat — or any other application — and ‘parses’ the message into data fields. To do so it uses a combination of algorithms that ‘forgives’ many common mistakes in data being sent — such as the use of separators, ordering of fields, etc. In addition, a user can provide feedback to train Seentags so that it correctly interprets new report formats that may not comply with the original specification.