New feature ideas

[ashtontec]

• Would it be possible to tie in the National Hurricane Center (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/) or other type of weather alerts.
• - a chat function for between users connected to the NOMAD server
• - An alert system that the NOMAD admin can send to users that are connected to the Project NOMAD server either across all pages of the NOMAD GUI or to the mobile devices connected to the server.
• - install Kavita (https://www.kavitareader.com/) for users to read ebooks collections
• - Audio Book Shelf (https://www.audiobookshelf.org/) for audio books to share with users of the server
• A terminal window to be able to remotely administer the server
• A Stop and Reboot button to be able to remotely Shutdown or Reboot the server

[cgodding]

• Adding a Download / Upload Button set into the content manager for kiwix Zim Files would give us the ability for Local download & upload files into the knowledge base. This makes a great difference for slow internet connections, or first time on-boarding for users who already have ZIM files on a local drive (Aka Previous Kiwix users on Raspberry pi). This truly makes the project offline, as fellow NOMADS can exchange knowledge with one another via USB Flash Drive / SD Card in the field/Networked servers*
• Under Tools, can we get the docker file browser project "https://hub.docker.com/r/filebrowser/filebrowser"
• Maps Category - Can we get upload your own Map, allowing local drive / samba share support, currently we are forced to use web address
• Maps Category - More supported formats, such as OSM PBF, MBTiles, Etc
• Maps Category - Map software toggle, similar to A.I where you can choose the model, But instead choose between OpenStreet Maps, Protomaps, LibreMaps, etc..

Concept Ideas:

• Having a "Nomad companion finder" feature, where it scans the local network subnet for other installs of Nomad server, or kiwix docker containers, etc.. and lists them out, then you can simply click it in the list to navigate to a friends nomad web server to browse and extract content from. Sort of like the IP Scanner tools built for locating your WiFi printer on network, etc..Where it assigns and finds it.

This is useful for less tech savvy users trying to link their nomad servers. Example: Emergency situation, Two fellow NOMADs meet up in a city, both with Nomad Server installed on their laptops (Portable config), they have an Ethernet cable to connect each others laptops together, but don't know how to static set their IP or find each other without a router, maybe they can click this "nomad companion finder tool" on both their localhost installs, and it runs a script to automatically static set an ip for a common used nomad subnet address (say randomise an address of the 254 available, always in the 10.0.0.xxx subnet), then it initiates a arp scan or nmap scan across the 10.0.0.xxx subnet to find the secondary computer, and lists it, auto appending the port 8080. This can also work for a traveller nomad going to a base station home, where a router is already present. it can just scan the network first, prior to making changes of the current ip (in case they have an install on 192.168.0.xxx or 192.168.1.xxx).

• Having a P2P Sharing feature for the nomad community would be huge! Having an opt in style feature on each users nomad server allowing them to share/upload their zim folder, maps folder, knowledge base directories, etc.. using p2p protocols such as DC++, Torrents, Magnet, etc publicly over the internet to other users.. This would be a really great way to increase the bandwidth for acquiring the initial files before we need them one day, As it stands now everyone is just taxing out the kiwix servers and it takes days and days to get Wikipedia downloaded, etc.. Allowing us to P2P the content with one another will reduce the kiwix server load and make content easier to acquire for future use. This also increases the amount of knowledge we can get, as some users may have lots of rare technical manuals, etc.. But aren't willing to setup a torrent account on a private tracker, configure the .torrent file and upload it, or have the skills to make a custom zim file and upload it. This feature would be a Tick Box for yes, enable opt-in p2p for knowledge base, and the technical are turnkey for everyday people. This gets more content out there. Of coarse crosstalk solutions would have to build the back-end in, maybe we have a indexing site for our own nomad torrents or something, then we use qbitorrent docker integration to achieve this. Or build it out with DC++ or something. food for thought.