# Tracker: capture coordinates **URL:** \ **Category:** Support - Assistance technique\ **Created:** [17 March 2016 00:48 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/tracker-capture-coordinates/3336 "2016-03-17T00:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GROUT\_Lise](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@GROUT\_Lise](https://community.dhis2.org/u/GROUT_Lise)\ **Post date:** [17 March 2016 00:48 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/tracker-capture-coordinates/3336/1 "2016-03-17T00:48:29Z")
Dear DHIS2 users, One question. I would like to use tracker to track villages. I would like to capture coordinates once at time of registration (rather than inside programs, so that we have only 1 set of coordinates for all programs and all stages). But I don’t see any option to capture coordinates for a tracked entity or though attributes. Is there any mean to do it? Thanks ! Lise. ---
**Author:** ![Abyot\_Gizaw](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.dhis2.org/abyot_gizaw/32/40289_2.png) [@Abyot\_Gizaw](https://community.dhis2.org/u/Abyot_Gizaw)\ **Post date:** [17 March 2016 07:58 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/tracker-capture-coordinates/3336/2 "2016-03-17T07:58:53Z")
Dear Lise, You are correct, we do not have that feature. We can implement it for the upcoming release. > **···** > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:48 AM, GROUT, Lise [groutl@who.int](mailto:groutl@who.int) wrote: > > > Dear DHIS2 users, > > > > One question. I would like to use tracker to track villages. I would like to capture coordinates once at time of registration (rather than inside programs, so that we have only 1 set of coordinates for all programs and all stages). But I don’t see any option to capture coordinates for a tracked entity or though attributes. Is there any mean to do it? > > > > Thanks ! > > > > Lise. > > > * * * > > > > Mailing list: [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > Post to : [dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net](mailto:dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net) > > > > Unsubscribe : [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > More help : [https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp](https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp) > > * * * > > Thank you, > Abyot. ---
**Author:** ![GROUT\_Lise](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@GROUT\_Lise](https://community.dhis2.org/u/GROUT_Lise)\ **Post date:** [17 March 2016 08:05 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/tracker-capture-coordinates/3336/3 "2016-03-17T08:05:40Z")
That would be great Abyot, so that different programmes visiting the same village (or school or helth facility) just have to record it once when registering the entity. Have a nice day Lise > **···** > > On 17 Mar 2016, at 07:59, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw [abyot@dhis2.org](mailto:abyot@dhis2.org) wrote: > > > Dear Lise, > > > You are correct, we do not have that feature. We can implement it for the upcoming release. > > > * * * > > > Thank you, > > Abyot. > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:48 AM, GROUT, Lise > > [groutl@who.int](mailto:groutl@who.int) wrote: > > > > > Dear DHIS2 users, > > > > > > One question. I would like to use tracker to track villages. I would like to capture coordinates once at time of registration (rather than inside programs, so that we have only 1 set of coordinates for all programs and all stages). But I don’t see any option to capture coordinates for a tracked entity or though attributes. Is there any mean to do it? > > > > > > Thanks ! > > > > > > Lise. > > > > * * * > > > > > > Mailing list: [ > > > https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > > > Post to : [dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net](mailto:dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net) > > > > > > Unsubscribe : [ > > > https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > > > More help : [ > > > https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp](https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp) > > > ---
**Author:** ![Abyot\_Gizaw](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.dhis2.org/abyot_gizaw/32/40289_2.png) [@Abyot\_Gizaw](https://community.dhis2.org/u/Abyot_Gizaw)\ **Post date:** [17 March 2016 08:13 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/tracker-capture-coordinates/3336/4 "2016-03-17T08:13:25Z")
Yes, can have value type coordinate for both attributes and data elements. This allows you to record coordinate at the time of tracked entity instance registration and also during data entry for program stages. You can decide where and how many coordinates to record - this depends on how many attributes and/or data elements of type coordinate that you have defined. One thing you need to keep in mind is, we do not have yet a means to visualize these coordinates in our mapping tool. But we can start with recording… > **···** > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:05 AM, GROUT, Lise [groutl@who.int](mailto:groutl@who.int) wrote: > > > That would be great Abyot, so that different programmes visiting the same village (or school or helth facility) just have to record it once when registering the entity. > > > > > > Have a nice day > > > > > > Lise > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 17 Mar 2016, at 07:59, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw [abyot@dhis2.org](mailto:abyot@dhis2.org) wrote: > > > > Dear Lise, > > > > You are correct, we do not have that feature. We can implement it for the upcoming release. > > * * * > > Thank you, > Abyot. > > * * * > > Thank you, > Abyot. > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:48 AM, GROUT, Lise > [groutl@who.int](mailto:groutl@who.int) wrote: > > > Dear DHIS2 users, > > > > One question. I would like to use tracker to track villages. I would like to capture coordinates once at time of registration (rather than inside programs, so that we have only 1 set of coordinates for all programs and all stages). But I don’t see any option to capture coordinates for a tracked entity or though attributes. Is there any mean to do it? > > > > Thanks ! > > > > Lise. > > > * * * > > > > Mailing list: [ > > https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > Post to : [dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net](mailto:dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net) > > > > Unsubscribe : [ > > https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > More help : [ > > https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp](https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp)