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[Jan Henrik Øverland <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx>]

So let's go for two completely unrelated indicators (different indicator
group and period) per facility? That will not be any harder, it's just a
matter of GUI as datamart export (aggregatedindicatorvalue) will have to be
transfered twice anyway.


On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the functions in ArcGIS is the ability to use values to
> "normalize" the data. This is essentially the same as an indicator in
> DHIS.
>
> I think we have to be careful about allowing sort of any and all data
> to be visualized in anyway, which could lead to situtations that do
> not make sense. Sure, we could compare "Fully immunized childred" data
> element to "Female population", but of course this does not make sense
> to do so. I think keeping the visualization within the confines of
> indicators is a good idea, as it allows more control over what is
> actually available to display on the map. But, having the ability to
> create indicators on the fly, without having to go necessarily through
> the data mart would be a great feature.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Agree very much with Jason that it looks great! We also have plans to
> extend
> > this with different types of symbols (not just circles) and labels (the
> need
> > for labels can be covered by popups on hovering which we already have
> when
> > interactive, but may be needed especially for printing).
> > I would say that a very typical need would be to see the number of cases
> > compared to "semi-permanent" data in the form of type of health facility
> or
> > services available. Some of that will naturally be definable as
> indicators,
> > but not all, and this interface could even be helpful in exploring data
> to
> > see what kind of indicators would make sense to follow - given that we
> can
> > also display raw datavalues in this view (currently the GIS can only
> display
> > indicators).
> > Knut
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jason Pickering
> > <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jan,
> >> This looks quite advanced. I would say however that there would be a
> >> need to display two completely unrelated indicators, but perhaps not
> >> necessarily from different time periods. I produced a very similar
> >> looking map in Tableau comparing data submission rates (to date) with
> >> monthly fully immunized children coverage indicator for a particular
> >> month. I could imagine other cases when you want to compare say
> >> "Bednet coverage rate" with "Malaria incidence rate". These might not
> >> be in the same indicator group, and would likely not have the same
> >> time period.
> >>
> >> However, this seems to be somewhat outside of the 80% for what I would
> >> think the web based GIS would do. You might need to pull the data into
> >> Tableau or ArcGIS for this type of analysis. Displaying facility
> >> coverage rates would be just fine (for now) for here anyway.
> >>
> >> Looks great!
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Jason
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jan Henrik Øverland
> >> <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > In the attached image, each point (facility) displays the value of two
> >> > different indicators (color and size). Is it sufficient to select
> those
> >> > two
> >> > indicators from the same indicator group and within the same period
> (GIS
> >> > GUI):
> >> > INDICATORS
> >> > Indicator group
> >> > Period
> >> > Indicator 1
> >> > Indicator 2
> >> >
> >> > .. or is there a need to display unrelated indicators (different group
> >> > and
> >> > period):
> >> > INDICATOR 1
> >> > Indicator group
> >> > Period
> >> > Indicator
> >> >
> >> > INDICATOR 2
> >> > Indicator group
> >> > Period
> >> > Indicator
> >> >
> >> > Jan
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> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Knut Staring
> >
>