In general it is not in our spirit to develop tools that easily lend themselves to task force surveillance.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:56 AM, Jason Pickering < jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Moreover, it has privacy implications, and obviously, people would need to > be informed they are being tracked. I don't like it and think it should > require the explicit action of the user. > > Having said all of that, we have also implemented the "Coordinate" data > value type, which is also meant to be able to allow recording of coordinate > data in aggregate data sets (possibly tracker as well) which might be a > distinct coordinate from the one of the event. I do not think it has been > implemented as a feature in any of the clients at the moment, but it has > been a requested feature to do this from some people. > > Regards, > Jason > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Rangarirai Matavire <matavi...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Seem I just waded into a storm. Notwithstanding, I stand unconvinced >> about the necessity of such a feature. I do not think the aim was ever to >> track healthworker locations. It was to track disease incidents. I do not >> think anyone can provide evidence that such a feature has improved health >> work. Knowing where someone is at a point in time is definitely distinct >> from ensuring a service is provided adequately. I think there are better >> ways. >> On 10 Mar 2016 15:55, "David Hagan" <david.ha...@sagehagan.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ranga, >>> >>> I can think of a multitude of reasons, here’s a couple: >>> >>> - In large campaigns (e.g. Polio campaigns) where a large mobile >>> workforce are asked to go out to specific locations (villages, streets, >>> homes), you want to MAKE SURE that you’re not being ‘gamed’ … so an >>> automated unalterable location capture on a simple anonymous event survey >>> form, fulfils that monitoring purpose >>> - In conflict areas, you might want to set up (we may be looking at >>> this) a simple self-contained polling app that auto-captures GPS >>> coordinates every 30 minutes or so >>> - Just to save time for busy users who have queues of patients >>> - …. >>> >>> I would also ask this functionality (a configuration option) to >>> auto-capture reporting date/time as well! In one of our scenarios … data is >>> only ever entered ‘live’ - so being able to capture both of these fields >>> automatically saves time. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> David >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:40 PM Rangarirai Matavire <matavi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> Why would that be necessary if when capturing data a user can simply >>>> press a button to get co-ordinates? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ranga >>>> On 10 Mar 2016 14:56, "David Hagan" <david.ha...@sagehagan.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I second the request! >>>>> >>>>> Our users would also like that ability for the Android Event Capture >>>>> and Tracker Capture Apps (perhaps a configuration setting we can specify?) >>>>> to allow the auto-capture of GPS coordinates. >>>>> >>>>> David >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:47 PM Erling Fjeldstad <erl...@dhis2.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Simon, >>>>>> The Android Event Capture app and Android Tracker Capture app allows >>>>>> you to collect GPS coordinates. However, this is not automatically, the >>>>>> users needs to manually press the 'coordinate button' and then the >>>>>> Android >>>>>> system fetches your GPS coordinates. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Erling - DHIS2 Android Team >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Simon Muyambo <smmuya...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I want users to auto load coordinates when capturing data on >>>>>>> location using tablets. 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