Using GIS app you need to have coordinates on each event most of the time in order to use Thematic Layer and/or Event Layer
on maps and in the case we consider all the events take place at the facility where the events get registered, It would be helpful for the clerks who introduce the events data into the system to not have to introduce the same coordinates over and over for each patient they register. So my question is, is there any way (maybe using custom forms??) to make the facility coordinates as a default value for the event coordinates?
Any suggestion to achieve this will be appreciated.
Regards.
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Sergio Valenzuela
Fundación EHAS
Telemedicina para países en desarrollo -www.ehas.org
E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación A.101-9L. Ciudad Universitaria 30, 28040 Madrid - España
Hi Sergio (again),
I guess I am missing the point of registering the coordinates at all. If they all occur at the same place, why do you even ask the clerks to record them? They all are considered to be at the same location, and you already have that location from the organisation unit’s coordinates.
The event layer is supposed to be used for events which occur at undefined locations really. Using the new features of clustering, you can then cluster these events together, but in your case, they seem to all be considered to be occurring at the same place. You should thus be able to achieve the same simply by using the facility’s coordinates.
Maybe give a bit more information of why you chose to collect the coordinates in the first place and how you are planning on actually using them for analysis?
Using GIS app you need to have coordinates on each event most of the time in order to use Thematic Layer and/or Event Layer
on maps and in the case we consider all the events take place at the facility where the events get registered, It would be helpful for the clerks who introduce the events data into the system to not have to introduce the same coordinates over and over for each patient they register. So my question is, is there any way (maybe using custom forms??) to make the facility coordinates as a default value for the event coordinates?
Any suggestion to achieve this will be appreciated.
Regards.
Sergio Valenzuela
Fundación EHAS
Telemedicina para países en desarrollo -www.ehas.org
E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación A.101-9L. Ciudad Universitaria 30, 28040 Madrid - España
For the GIS app, we do in fact not base the thematic mapping on event coordinates at all. In later versions you can render aggregated data from program-based data elements as thematic layers, however that aggregation is based on the org unit (e.g. facility) of the events, not the coordinates.
However, for the event layer, we do of course render events based on the event coordinates. We have been thinking about supporting a an option in GIS where you could base the clustering on the coordinate of the org unit (facility) instead of the event itself. This makes sense and will not be very hard to do. Blueprint for 2.25 here:
Note that in my mind this really only makes sense for clustering of events - for rendering of non-clustered events, you will basically end up with one single point hiding a large number of points at the location of the facility
Using GIS app you need to have coordinates on each event most of the time in order to use Thematic Layer and/or Event Layer
on maps and in the case we consider all the events take place at the facility where the events get registered, It would be helpful for the clerks who introduce the events data into the system to not have to introduce the same coordinates over and over for each patient they register. So my question is, is there any way (maybe using custom forms??) to make the facility coordinates as a default value for the event coordinates?
Any suggestion to achieve this will be appreciated.
Regards.
Sergio Valenzuela
Fundación EHAS
Telemedicina para países en desarrollo -www.ehas.org
E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación A.101-9L. Ciudad Universitaria 30, 28040 Madrid - España
I was about to answer Jason explaining use cases, but with your last message all my questions are now solved.
First of all, I was wrong with the thematic layer issue, I thought you were basing the thematic mapping on event coordinates so I thought that in order to render the (for example) number of malaria diagnosis for each district I had to force the clerks to introduce event coordinates for each event they registered, otherwise the events would not count on the aggregation. I understand that it is the same for the Facility Layer, right? The program indicators appearing for each facility are aggregated with the facility coordinates, not the event coordinates.
And for the clustering of events It makes total sense to me the blueprint you just have created. This is what I was asking for in the first place. An example for this, is that we want to create a map with the number of deaths clustered at different levels (province, district, facility …), so with this new option we won’t need to capture coordinates for each event separately.
Thanks for your help,
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2016-05-23 12:44 GMT+02:00 Lars Helge Øverland lars@dhis2.org:
Hi Sergio,
thanks for raising this.
For the GIS app, we do in fact not base the thematic mapping on event coordinates at all. In later versions you can render aggregated data from program-based data elements as thematic layers, however that aggregation is based on the org unit (e.g. facility) of the events, not the coordinates.
However, for the event layer, we do of course render events based on the event coordinates. We have been thinking about supporting a an option in GIS where you could base the clustering on the coordinate of the org unit (facility) instead of the event itself. This makes sense and will not be very hard to do. Blueprint for 2.25 here:
Note that in my mind this really only makes sense for clustering of events - for rendering of non-clustered events, you will basically end up with one single point hiding a large number of points at the location of the facility
Let me know if this makes sense to you.
best regards,
Lars
Sergio Valenzuela
Fundación EHAS
Telemedicina para países en desarrollo -www.ehas.org
E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación A.101-9L. Ciudad Universitaria 30, 28040 Madrid - España
Using GIS app you need to have coordinates on each event most of the time in order to use Thematic Layer and/or Event Layer
on maps and in the case we consider all the events take place at the facility where the events get registered, It would be helpful for the clerks who introduce the events data into the system to not have to introduce the same coordinates over and over for each patient they register. So my question is, is there any way (maybe using custom forms??) to make the facility coordinates as a default value for the event coordinates?
Any suggestion to achieve this will be appreciated.
Regards.
Sergio Valenzuela
Fundación EHAS
Telemedicina para países en desarrollo -www.ehas.org
E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación A.101-9L. Ciudad Universitaria 30, 28040 Madrid - España
I was about to answer Jason explaining use cases, but with your last
message all my questions are now solved.
First of all, I was wrong with the thematic layer issue, I thought you
were basing the thematic mapping on event coordinates so I thought that in
order to render the (for example) number of malaria diagnosis for each
district I had to force the clerks to introduce event coordinates for each
event they registered, otherwise the events would not count on the
aggregation. I understand that it is the same for the Facility Layer,
right? The program indicators appearing for each facility are aggregated
with the facility coordinates, not the event coordinates.
Yes correct.
And for the clustering of events It makes total sense to me the blueprint
you just have created. This is what I was asking for in the first place. An
example for this, is that we want to create a map with the number of deaths
clustered at different levels (province, district, facility ...), so with
this new option we won't need to capture coordinates for each event
separately.
Sounds good.
One could say that this is what you use thematic maps for. From thematic
map layers > Event data items > Select program > Select deaths data
element, you can achieve this now by selecting the required org unit level.
In any case, having clustering based on org unit location I think will be
useful so will add that.
Thanks for the feedback.
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On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Sergio Valenzuela < sergio.valenzuela@ehas.org> wrote:
Thanks for your help,
*Sergio Valenzuela*
Fundación EHAS
Telemedicina para países en desarrollo -* www.ehas.org
<http://www.ehas.org/>\*
E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación A.101-9L. Ciudad Universitaria 30, 28040
Madrid - España
Tlfno. (+34) 91 488 87 41: (+34) 687 67 17 62
2016-05-23 12:44 GMT+02:00 Lars Helge Øverland <lars@dhis2.org>:
Hi Sergio,
thanks for raising this.
For the GIS app, we do in fact not base the thematic mapping on event
coordinates at all. In later versions you can render aggregated data from
program-based data elements as thematic layers, however that aggregation is
based on the org unit (e.g. facility) of the events, not the coordinates.
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However, for the event layer, we do of course render events based on the
event coordinates. We have been thinking about supporting a an option in
GIS where you could base the clustering on the coordinate of the org unit
(facility) instead of the event itself. This makes sense and will not be
very hard to do. Blueprint for 2.25 here:
Note that in my mind this really only makes sense for clustering of
events - for rendering of non-clustered events, you will basically end up
with one single point hiding a large number of points at the location of
the facility
Let me know if this makes sense to you.
best regards,
Lars
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Sergio Valenzuela < >> sergio.valenzuela@ehas.org> wrote:
Hi devs,
Using *GIS app* you need to have coordinates on each event most of the
time in order to use* Thematic Layer and/or Event Layer* on maps and in
the case we consider all the events take place at the facility where the
events get registered, It would be helpful for the clerks who introduce the
events data into the system to not have to introduce the same coordinates
over and over for each patient they register. So my question is, is there
any way (maybe using custom forms??) to make the facility coordinates as a
default value for the event coordinates?
Any suggestion to achieve this will be appreciated.
Regards.
*Sergio Valenzuela*
Fundación EHAS
Telemedicina para países en desarrollo -* www.ehas.org
<http://www.ehas.org/>\*
E.T.S.I. de Telecomunicación A.101-9L. Ciudad Universitaria 30, 28040
Madrid - España
Tlfno. (+34) 91 488 87 41: (+34) 687 67 17 62
