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[Samuel Cheburet <samuelcheburet@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jan,


coordinate systems] In a planar coordinate system, three coordinates that
locate a point by its distance from an origin (0,0,0) where three
orthogonal axes cross. Usually, the x-coordinate is measured along the
east–west axis, the y-coordinate is measured along the north–south axis,
and the z-coordinate measures height or elevation.




Also

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland <
janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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>>>
>>> --
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