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Mobile Phones and Water Point Mapping

Several software applications incorporate recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) to improve information gathering about water points. Among these applications, FLOW (Field Level Operations Watch) is not able because it wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kazadi, Joy, Kleemeier, Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AUTHORIZED USERS
BACK UP
BLOG
CAPABILITIES
CAPABILITY
COLLABORATION PLATFORM
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA TRANSFER
DATA TRANSMISSION
E-MAIL
ELECTRICITY
EXPORT
FUNCTIONALITIES
FUNCTIONALITY
GPS
ICT
INTRANET
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT PLANNING
MATERIAL
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
NETWORKS
ONLINE DATABASE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
RESULT
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SAFE WATER
SITES
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
SOFTWARE APPLICATION
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SPREADSHEET
USES
VIDEO
VIDEO CLIPS
WATER POINT
WATER POINTS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SUPPLIES
WEB
WEB SERVER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/08/14776635/mobile-phones-water-point-mapping
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11058
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Summary:Several software applications incorporate recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) to improve information gathering about water points. Among these applications, FLOW (Field Level Operations Watch) is not able because it was developed specifically for water point mapping. With FLOW, enumerators use android phones to enter data about each water point, and take its picture and Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates. The data can be analyzed and visualized using additional capabilities of FLOW. Another software option is EpiSurveyor. It is easy to use and the free on line version is adequate for most data collection needs. The data could then be imported into FLOW, which has better analysis and visualization capabilities, or into another specialized application such as SPSS or Tableau.

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