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Learning lessons from ReliefWeb Labs

By Andrew Footner

As another ReliefWeb Labs project - ReliefWeb Lite - is 'decommissioned', this post explains why that can happen, even with successful projects, and the benefits of abandoning prototypes that don't quite fit.

Since 1996, ReliefWeb has seen a lot of changes and for the past six years, Labs has been the place for trying out new ideas. It is also used to inform the humanitarian community about other...

Posted
9 Jul 2018
Tags
  • API
  • labs
  • mobile

ReliefWeb Lite - thinking about low bandwidth-countries Progressive Web App

By Amy Benson

UPDATE: In July 2018, ReliefWeb Lite was decommissioned and replaced by an enhanced mobile version of ReliefWeb.

Mobile usage continues to grow across the world and browsers are introducing new features that enable web developers to introduce app-like features on their website. ReliefWeb has been no exception - the usage of mobile devices to access our content has been steadily growing, now...

Posted
26 Dec 2017
Tags
  • labs
  • mobile

ReliefWeb Data Snapshots: RW usage analysis powered by ReliefWeb API and Google Analytics

By Miguel Hernandez Rivera

**PLEASE NOTE the Data Snapshots have been discontinued. Learn more about the reasons for decommissioned project on our Labs Page

ReliefWeb received, on average, about 1.3 million visits a month in 2016. Our users visit the site to search for the latest crisis information, job announcements and opportunities to brush up their skills and knowledge. They access the site from the field and...

Posted
19 Dec 2016
Tags
  • API
  • data
  • filter
  • jobs
  • labs
  • mobile
  • Statistics
  • training
  • Trends

ReliefWeb Developing Four Mobile Apps

By Birat Lekhak

Mobile visitors to ReliefWeb have increased significantly in the last few years. In 2015, mobile visitors to our site increased by an overwhelming 71%, of which over 90% were new visitors. The biggest increase in mobile users came from countries such as Kenya, Indonesia, Turkey and Uganda

To meet this growing demand and make information more accessible on the go and in the field locations,...

Posted
30 Jun 2016
Tags
  • labs
  • mobile

ReliefWeb API documentation revamped

By Miguel Hernandez Rivera

Do you want to use real-time ReliefWeb content and data directly in your app or page? We are happy to announce the public release of a new version of the API documentation.

The first version (version 0) of the API was launched in 2014. After some years of increasing use, it evolved to the actual version and now, it is receiving more than half a million requests per day.

With this new update to the...

Posted
28 Jun 2016
Tags
  • API
  • data
  • labs

What have humanitarians been reporting on over the past decade?

By Andrew Kobylinski

** UPDATE Please note the ReliefWeb Content Trends is not available anymore. More about our decommissioned projects here

Over the past 17 years ReliefWeb has collected and stored more than 545,000 pieces of humanitarian information, diligently tagging them with taxonomy for crises and disasters, content type, sources, themes and vulnerable groups. This bank of structured information provides a...

Posted
25 Mar 2014
Tags
  • API
  • interactive Map
  • labs
  • Trends

Introducing ReliefWeb Mobile

By Shuichi Odaka

Suppose you are at a bus stop and have two minutes of idle time. You pull out your phone, go to ReliefWeb and find out what's happening in the humanitarian world (OK, maybe after you've checked your timeline on Facebook or Twitter). This scenario - two minutes at a bus stop - is what we had in mind when building ReliefWeb Mobile.

As noted on ReliefWeb Labs, we've been working quietly on a version...

Posted
20 Mar 2013
Tags
  • API
  • labs
  • mobile

Now open: ReliefWeb Labs

By Shuichi Odaka

If you’ve been visiting ReliefWeb for a while, you probably know ReliefWeb as a go-to place for humanitarian updates and jobs. A website like ours takes a good deal of effort just to keep it running, so we tend to focus on doing a few things well rather than spreading ourselves too thinly. But we don’t live under a rock either, and as the world around us changes, we constantly ask ourselves where...

Posted
26 Nov 2012
Tag
  • labs

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