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[Rangarirai Matavire <matavirer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seem I just waded into a storm. Notwithstanding, I stand unconvinced about
the necessity of such a feature. I do not think the aim was ever to track
healthworker locations. It was to track disease incidents. I do not think
anyone can provide evidence that such a feature has improved health work.
Knowing where someone is at a point in time is definitely distinct from
ensuring a service is provided adequately. I think there are better ways.
On 10 Mar 2016 15:55, "David Hagan" <david.hagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ranga,
>
> I can think of a multitude of reasons, here’s a couple:
>
>    - In large campaigns (e.g. Polio campaigns) where a large mobile
>    workforce are asked to go out to specific locations (villages, streets,
>    homes), you want to MAKE SURE that you’re not being ‘gamed’ … so an
>    automated unalterable location capture on a simple anonymous event survey
>    form, fulfils that monitoring purpose
>    - In conflict areas, you might want to set up (we may be looking at
>    this) a simple self-contained polling app that auto-captures GPS
>    coordinates every 30 minutes or so
>    - Just to save time for busy users who have queues of patients
>    - ….
>
> I would also ask this functionality (a configuration option) to
> auto-capture reporting date/time as well! In one of our scenarios … data is
> only ever entered ‘live’ - so being able to capture both of these fields
> automatically saves time.
>
> Cheers
>
> David
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:40 PM Rangarirai Matavire <matavirer@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Why would that be necessary if when capturing data a user can simply
>> press a button to get co-ordinates?
>> Thanks,
>> Ranga
>> On 10 Mar 2016 14:56, "David Hagan" <david.hagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I second the request!
>>>
>>> Our users would also like that ability for the Android Event Capture and
>>> Tracker Capture Apps (perhaps a configuration setting we can specify?) to
>>> allow the auto-capture of GPS coordinates.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:47 PM Erling Fjeldstad <erling@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>> The Android Event Capture app and Android Tracker Capture app allows
>>>> you to collect GPS coordinates. However, this is not automatically, the
>>>> users needs to manually press the 'coordinate button' and then the Android
>>>> system fetches your GPS coordinates.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Erling - DHIS2 Android Team
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Simon Muyambo <smmuyambo@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I want users to auto load coordinates when capturing data on location
>>>>> using tablets. Anyone know if there is suitable app or set up to achieve
>>>>> this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Regards*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Simon Muyambo*
>>>>>
>>>>>
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