One of the functions in ArcGIS is the ability to use values to "normalize" the data. This is essentially the same as an indicator in DHIS.
I think we have to be careful about allowing sort of any and all data to be visualized in anyway, which could lead to situtations that do not make sense. Sure, we could compare "Fully immunized childred" data element to "Female population", but of course this does not make sense to do so. I think keeping the visualization within the confines of indicators is a good idea, as it allows more control over what is actually available to display on the map. But, having the ability to create indicators on the fly, without having to go necessarily through the data mart would be a great feature. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree very much with Jason that it looks great! We also have plans to extend > this with different types of symbols (not just circles) and labels (the need > for labels can be covered by popups on hovering which we already have when > interactive, but may be needed especially for printing). > I would say that a very typical need would be to see the number of cases > compared to "semi-permanent" data in the form of type of health facility or > services available. Some of that will naturally be definable as indicators, > but not all, and this interface could even be helpful in exploring data to > see what kind of indicators would make sense to follow - given that we can > also display raw datavalues in this view (currently the GIS can only display > indicators). > Knut > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jason Pickering > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Jan, >> This looks quite advanced. I would say however that there would be a >> need to display two completely unrelated indicators, but perhaps not >> necessarily from different time periods. I produced a very similar >> looking map in Tableau comparing data submission rates (to date) with >> monthly fully immunized children coverage indicator for a particular >> month. I could imagine other cases when you want to compare say >> "Bednet coverage rate" with "Malaria incidence rate". These might not >> be in the same indicator group, and would likely not have the same >> time period. >> >> However, this seems to be somewhat outside of the 80% for what I would >> think the web based GIS would do. You might need to pull the data into >> Tableau or ArcGIS for this type of analysis. Displaying facility >> coverage rates would be just fine (for now) for here anyway. >> >> Looks great! >> >> Best regards, >> Jason >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jan Henrik Øverland >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > In the attached image, each point (facility) displays the value of two >> > different indicators (color and size). Is it sufficient to select those >> > two >> > indicators from the same indicator group and within the same period (GIS >> > GUI): >> > INDICATORS >> > Indicator group >> > Period >> > Indicator 1 >> > Indicator 2 >> > >> > .. or is there a need to display unrelated indicators (different group >> > and >> > period): >> > INDICATOR 1 >> > Indicator group >> > Period >> > Indicator >> > >> > INDICATOR 2 >> > Indicator group >> > Period >> > Indicator >> > >> > Jan >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Cheers, > Knut Staring > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
