ODK COLLECT

Jonathon Tai, EERI

Basic Information

Free app for Android devices Website: http://www.opendatakit.org Hosts

project websites using Google’s AppEngine Includes online database of records Online map interface

Or to webservers running Tomcat with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases

Form Generator

Features

ODK Collect

Geo-tagging

Map view of all points

Photos

Water-marking

Annotation of photos

Sketches

Audio Clips

Video Clips

Voice to text

Form (Custom-radio button and text boxes)

Three Parts

Build Creating forms

Collect Android app Download forms/collect data Upload data

Aggregate Store data (Google AppEngine or

webserver)

Build (build.opendatakit.org)

Sign in/Create an account

Add questions/fields

Questions/Fields:•Text•Numeric •Date•Location•Media•Barcode•Choose One•Select Multiple

•Group•Branch

Menu Bar

Creating a Form

• Can create simple forms

• Straight forward• Website has

many examples to learn from

• More complex forms easier to write in XML

Publishing the Form

• Aggregate goes to the host on the Google AppEngine

• Publishing XML allows the user to customize the simple form (logic, appearance, etc)

Publish to Aggregate

PPublish to XML

Creating Form in XML

Aggregate

Only considering the Google AppEngine here in presentation

opendatakit.org/use/aggregate For installation instructions

Aggregate Front Page

Aggregate: Site Access

• Allow anyone to download forms and submit data

• Create permissions with account and password

• data collector

• data viewer

• form manager

• site admin

Aggregate: Form Management

Add New Form

Two methods of form uploading:

•Upload XML file

•Uploaded when published from build

Collect

http://opendatakit.org/use/collect/Getting FormsFilling/Editing FormsSending DataDeleting Saved Forms

Settings

Viewing Data

Visualize

• Pie Chart• Bar Graph• Map

Map

Viewing Data on Map

Exporting Data

Export

• CSV• KML

Golden Guardian Exercise

goldenguardianodktest.appspot.com User name: GoldenGuardian Password: odk

Two forms Detailed Quick