Terris for Android

11 things about Terris

1. The user can set up the application, so that in the event an earthquake above a certain magnitude occurs, the application will attempt to rapidly prompt the user through the iOS SMS and Email systems to send either a 'Please Help (me)' request , or an 'I'm ok' confirmation notification messages to the user's registered contacts.

2. In the event that the user feels the earthquake before being prompted by the application, the user can choose to trigger the sending of the the 'Please Help' (me), 'You Ok?' or 'I'm Ok' notifications themselves.

3. The earthquakes can be searched by feed (GNS, USGS, EMSC, BGS and JMA), magnitude, depth, date and distance to quake from the user's current location to limit the results displayed.

4. A time control on the map allows the user to see how the current earthquake relates to previous and future earthquakes in the time line.

5. Note that the notion of sending a help request with location coordinates does not have to be confined to an earthquake scenario.

6. • Let your registered contacts rapidly know your status and potentially your location in the event of an earthquake hitting.

7. That seemed a bit over the top for the 99.9% of the time that one wouldn't be incapacitated by a collapsing building, so the ability to send an 'I'm Ok' or an '(Are) You Ok', as opposed to a help request, message would also be useful to send one's contacts.

8. The user can navigate into these results to see the location of the earthquake on a map view.

9. The user has the option of sending their location in the help request, to aid with their rescue.

10. After a few texts, boredom and thumb strain set in, and it struck me that it would sort of useful to have an app that would automatically text one's contacts in the event of a suitably large earthquake.

11. • Check on the status of your registered contacts in the event of an earthquake hitting.