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[Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>]

Name searching is coming in 2.25, that is what I meant with the first
possibility.

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Thank you,
Abyot.
(sent from mobile)

On Sep 14, 2016 10:06, "Knut Staring" <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am thinking that actually there could be another possibility as well,
> though it is probably not quite availble yet, namely to use the name search
> service which is already integrated in the new GIS module (second button
> from the bottom up on the right hand side here: https://play.dhis2.org/
> demo/dhis-web-mapping/)
>
> AND/OR it could also be interesting to be able to populate option sets
> based on the place names (with coordinates attached) provided by that
> service.
>
> Knut
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Lise,
>>
>> One possibility is to use our new (coming in 2.25) coordinate capture UI.
>> It uses mapzen <http:///> that allows you to search for areas directly
>> in the map and capture their coordinates. This could help in capturing
>> consistent coordinates.
>>
>> An issue though is, will all your villages be in mapzen's area database.
>> See here for more https://mapzen.com/documentation/search/data-sources/
>>
>> A second possibility is to use option sets. How many villages are you
>> expecting? We are not loading options in drop down all at once. We use
>> paging+searching and each time we will only have a maximum of 30 options
>> displayed in the dropdown.
>>
>> --
>> Abyot A. Gizaw.
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 8:28 AM, GROUT, Lise <groutl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Alex,
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your answer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I already have a data element as coordinate in the form (actually it is
>>> rather an attribute). But each time your register a patient, even if he
>>> lives in the same village than a former patient, you will record slightly
>>> different coordinates, the point will be slightly different. What I would
>>> like is to be able to record the village of residence in a way that make it
>>> useful for analysis (if it is free text, it cannot be used directly).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lise
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Alex Tumwesigye [mailto:atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx]
>>> *Sent:* 14 September 2016 08:25
>>> *To:* GROUT, Lise
>>> *Cc:* DHIS 2 Users list
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Dhis2-users] Tacker villages
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Lise,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can create an attribute or data element of value type 'coordinate'.
>>> This will allow  you to capture coordinates.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 5:35 PM, GROUT, Lise <groutl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am working on several Tracker programs, and we will be recording the
>>> village of origin.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tacker enables to captures coordinates, but they will be (most probably)
>>> different from one case to the other as it is designed to be able to map
>>> the exact location of the entity. And I know you can then use the new
>>> cluster  features in GIS.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But I would like to aggregate the cases by villages of provenance.
>>> Having one free text box to indicate the village name is not useful for
>>> this. So I am wondering if any of you have already found wise ways of doing
>>> it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here are my first ideas, but would like to have your opinion before
>>> testing them:
>>>
>>> 1)      Create org units for each village, but:
>>>
>>> a.      I fear the org unit will be very long to charge then
>>>
>>> b.      The cases are registered at health facility level in the org
>>> unit tree, not village level
>>>
>>> 2)      Create an option set with villages, but:
>>>
>>> a.      I fear it will be impossible to load…
>>>
>>> b.      Don’t know if it can be dynamic (if you choose a district, you
>>> just see the villages of this district) (I think I was told it was not
>>> possible to do)
>>>
>>> 3)      Create a program to register the villages, and use the
>>> relationship feature (my favourite idea so far, anyone tried it?)
>>>
>>> 4)      Create a program to register the villages, and use them through
>>> another path. I know Uganda HISP showed something in Oslo, but I imagine
>>> this require coding?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Looking forward to reading your ideas!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lise
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Lise Grout
>>>
>>> *Epidemiologist*
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Alex Tumwesigye
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Technical Advisor - DHIS2 (Consultant),
>>> Ministry of Health/AFENET  | HISP Uganda
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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> Knut Staring
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