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[Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Abyot A. Gizaw.
Senior Engineer, DHIS2
University of Oslo
http://www.dhis2.org

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:59 AM, GROUT, Lise <groutl@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Being able to look for villages in the map will already be a big plus, but
> still the coordinates will be different.
>

No, the coordinates will not be different. If you have searched for the
same village name and picked from the system - you will always get the same
coordinate.


>
>
> Maybe ideally, we could mix:
>
> -        Org unit data type for admin 1 (region), admin2(district) as
> they will be in the org unit tree (coming in 2.25)
>
> -        Search in the map for villages (coming in 2.25). But it would be
> good to be able to extract the name of the village from there (so that it
> can be used in the analysis) and also to see if a patient has already been
> captured from the same village (so that you can should to use the exact
> same coordinates).
>

Our long term vision is to store village names together with coordinates.
The reason we are doing this is to display nice names - than coordinates -
in reports and the like.

>
>
> How do you see this?
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
> Lise.
>
>
>
> *From:* Knut Staring [mailto:knutst@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* 14 September 2016 10:34
> *To:* Abyot Asalefew Gizaw
> *Cc:* DHIS 2 Users list; GROUT, Lise
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Dhis2-users] Tacker villages
>
>
>
> 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/
> 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 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
>
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> Dr. Lise Grout
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> *Epidemiologist*
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> --
>
> Alex Tumwesigye
>
>
>
> Technical Advisor - DHIS2 (Consultant),
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>
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>
> Uganda
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> Knut Staring
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> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>
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>
> --
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> Knut Staring
>
> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>
> Norway: +4791880522
>
> Skype: knutstar
>
> http://dhis2.org
>