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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok great, I was confused because you talked about searching "in the map",
which I guess is optional (it is mainly a text search)?

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Name searching is coming in 2.25, that is what I meant with the first
> possibility.
>
> ---
>
> 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/d
>> emo/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*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *World Health Organization*
>>>>
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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
>>>>
>>>> Kampala
>>>>
>>>> Uganda
>>>> +256 774149 775, + 256 759 800161
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Knut Staring
>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>> Norway: +4791880522
>> Skype: knutstar
>> http://dhis2.org
>>
>


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Knut Staring
Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
Norway: +4791880522
Skype: knutstar
http://dhis2.org