9. TEAM: Rebecca Stevenson, Mahzabeen Mahfuz, Cyrus Khan,
Mahmoud
• Engage Manoshi guide: Tapan Bhai
• 18 hours over 3 weeks in the slum
• Divided hand-drawn map into sections
• Stay together in a group for collection
Step 2: Collect and send the data
10. TEAM: Raniya Shams, Anjali Sarker,
Rebecca Stevenson, Farah Sarwar,
Mahzabeen Mahfuz
Step 3: Store and analyze the data
12. Questions raised by this digital survey map
• Why are the health clinics clustered together in one area?
• Why does bkash center 2:4 have twice as many daily customers as
the others?
• Why do areas 3 and 4 have so few students, but twice as many
community and political offices?
• Why are the most long-standing clinics the only two that also serve
as schools?
In this case, questions are more relevant to us interns, who have no prior
experience in the slum. In an area where BRAC has little knowledge, this
particular survey would be more useful.
13. Challenges of digital data collection
• Usual data collection challenges
– Unique identifier
– Appropriate questions
– Informed survey source
• Specific to software
– Design of survey
• Make sure answers must be saved
– Dependent on internet for geocode
• Specific to this project
– Scheduling
– Conditions
– Buy-in and understanding of project goals
15. Challenges of digital data analysis,
aggregation, and dissemination
• Data storage
– Data correction impossible in ODK
– Limitation on free data storage
• Data preparation
– Multiple surveys made aggregation more time
consuming
– Difficulties due to some unsaved answers
• Making sure people pay attention!
17. Why go digital?
Data Presentation
• Easily understood
information
• Quickly understood
information
• Standard framework
for BRAC programs
• Community
Engagement
Digital maps cannot replace paper
maps, but can supplement them
18. Why go digital?
Data Presentation
Combined
knowledge
Location specific
management
Real time updates
Engage world
community
Not just a map, but GIS
19. Applications of digital maps
New projects
• Community resources
• Infrastructure conditions
• Health and sanitation conditions
• Social society maps
• Disaster/crisis management
Maintaining areas
• Continually update location of schools in slum and how
many students still attending class
• Infrastructure conditions
• Health monitoring
• Crime reporting
• Election monitoring
CEP
WASH
DECC
BEP
HRLS
Gender, Justice, and Diversity
Safe Migration
20. One Billion Rising
Crowd-mapping
the world we
want
Cheetah Camp,
Mumbai.
(External to
BRAC)
100 social innovators
across South Asia
SIL experience in GIS
21. Technology and Software
• Open Data Kit
– Accuracy 10 meters
– Cheapest smartphone in Bangladesh:
$55.80 (4,350 TK)
• GPS tracking device
– Accuracy 2-3 meters
– $100-$500 (7,795-38,975 TK)
• Open Street Map
– Online platform for sharing GIS
• Ushahidi
– Platform for mobile surveying
– Free and crowdsource
23. Methods of data collection
• BRAC field workers
• Crowd sourcing
– Open Street Map
• Barefoot researchers
– Pukar (India) http://pukar.org.in/
– Research is a right
• Mobile phone carriers
– Work with them to get geocode of
non-smartphones
– Connect to mobile survey platforms
• Awaaz.De
• Ushahidi
Pukar 2010 anthropometrics study
This means you don’t just know that there are 8 toilets out of 46 that are not functioning. You know WHICH ones. Depending on the survey, you may know what is wrong with them and how long it has been that way and who is responsible.. T The map is a starting point for fixing this problem.We can immediately see it on a map or make charts…
Gives you solid direct for further research –what should be the scope and opportunitiesHelps management make better decisions
Usual data collection challengesResponses not standardQuestions not quite rightInformants uncertain of answersGet a unique identifier!Specific to this projectSchedulingConditionsBuy-in and understanding of project goals (Explain how this may be in part a result of it being digital)
There is not much here because really, one the data is collected, it is so simple to aggregate, analyze, and disseminate the information
So why go digital:Reduces cost, Reduces time, Reduces expertise necessary, Increases access to information, Improves accuracy/ relevancy: not only of location, but time as well—can be done in real time, Standardizes multiple programs
So the point of all this project is that we now how a tool which can be shared and information that can be easily accessed. The power of the information that we have is that it is combined information.
Map of GO, NGO, and community facilitiesMap of sanitation conditionsMap of infrastructure conditionsMap of how long families have been in their housesMap of houses rented out by mazaans (slum lord)Maintaining areasContinually update location of schools in slum and how many students still attending classCondition of
Brief examples of digital mapping –as involved with BRAC. THE POINT: This has been used before to effect. Mumbai map is the inspiration for this project.