Group Complete: Android Mobile Data Collection Platform Using ODK + CouchDB

A full write-up is on it's way but in the meantime, here are some more details about our project & infrastructure.

Group Complete is a new take on mobile data collection that allows collaborative & real-time sharing of forms and data between mobile workers and back-office data consumers.

Group Complete makes enhancements to the already very good functionality found in Open Data Kit (http://opendatakit.org) including a built-in XForms editor and the ability to organize forms & data by folders. The filesystem/SQLite storage layer on Android has been replaced with CouchDB-on-Android. Mobile devices connect to a master instance of CouchDB (soon to be cluster) over SSL either via replication or direct access. This allows mobile workers to build forms, collect data and make changes regardless of whether an Internet connection is available.

Management of mobile clients is accomplished using a node.js/CouchDB application server that is also provisioned via SSL.

What's available now (for Android 2.2 -- 2.1 and 2.3 support is on the way) is a technology preview, more functionality will be made available as weekly updates are released.

Radical Dynamic released a technology preview of their innovative platform Group Complete. May be of interest to those who are interested in the potential of CouchDB and Open Data Kit.