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

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I guess we need to clarify this once and for
all :)

EPSG:4326, aka WGS84, is [x, y] where

x = the east-west position = longitude

y = the north-south position = latitude

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:45, Jason Pickering
<jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I think the default format is latitude/ longitude as well,so be sure you
> enter it this way.
>  On Nov 30, 2011 12:29 PM, "Knut Staring" <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Jan Henrik Øverland <
>> janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:55, Sam Kasozi <kasozis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Bogere, Tonny <inx3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:36 AM
>>>> Subject: Health Facility coordinates in DHIS2
>>>> To: kasozis@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>> I have an inventory of health facilities with longitude and latitude
>>>> values stored as decimal degrees. I entered some longitudes and latitudes
>>>> of some health facilities but they do not display in the map as points when
>>>> i generate the thematic layers and the facility layers
>>>> Questions:
>>>> 1. How do i import all the coordinates to the coordinates field into
>>>> DHIS2
>>>>
>>> This process is documented in chapter 17 of the user manual:
>>> http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch17.html
>>>
>>
>> The process is a bit cumbersome and needs to be improved. It assumes that
>> your data are in ESRI Shape format which can be converted to GML using for
>> example ogr2ogr. (It also assumes that you have made sure the names in your
>> file match exactly the names you already have in DHIS2)
>>
>> In order to convert a CSV file or spreadsheet to the shape format, you
>> can make use of Quantum GIS
>>
>> http://support.mapbox.com/kb/mapping-101/using-quantumgis-converting-a-spreadsheet-with-coordinates-for-use-in-tilemill
>>
>> If you are comfortable with MS Access, may be faster to link both the
>> coordinate table and  the Postgres organisationunit table into Access using
>> an ODBC connection, but you have to make sure you enter in the right format
>>
>> Knut
>>
>> 2. How do i get the facilities to display as points in the GIS module in
>>>> the thematic and health facility layers after adding them manually.
>>>>
>>> If you enter longitude and latitude for facilities through the
>>> organisation unit module interface they are ready to use in the GIS
>>> immediately. If you enter the coordinates directly in the database you will
>>> have to restart the server.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Knut Staring
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>>
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