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[Terje Aksel Sanner <tasanner@xxxxxxxxx>]

In general it is not in our spirit to develop tools that easily lend
themselves to task force surveillance.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:56 AM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Moreover, it has privacy implications, and obviously, people would need to
> be informed they are being tracked. I don't like it and think it should
> require the explicit action of the user.
>
> Having said all of that, we have also implemented the "Coordinate" data
> value type, which is also meant to be able to allow recording of coordinate
> data in aggregate data sets (possibly tracker as well) which might be a
> distinct coordinate from the one of the event. I do not think it has been
> implemented as a feature in any of the clients at the moment, but it has
> been a requested feature to do this from some people.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Rangarirai Matavire <matavirer@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> 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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