Portable Open Search and Identification Tool (POSIT) is an Android-based mobile application for disaster management. POSIT serves as a search and rescue tool, using the phone's GPS, camera, database, and touchscreen interface to collect and save data about disaster victims and transmit the data periodically to a remote server using either an Internet or cellular protocol.

POSIT is an extensible and configurable Android prototype currently running on the G1 phone provided by T-Mobile. It demonstrates that the free and open Android platform is an accessible platform for rapid application development of disaster management applications on mobile phones.

The POSIT project is part of the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software project (http://www.hfoss.org). For further information see http://posit.hfoss.org/.