Upload exiting data base info

[Ulrika]

Hi,

I am working on a project conducted in West Africa where we are
collecting data on thousands of individuals. We now want to do a data
collection pilot using PDAs instead of paper questionnaires.

My first question is: Is there anyway to upload the "list" of the
unique identity numbers of the people we wish to contact to the ODK
Collect platform? I.e. how do you import data from e.g. excel or text
files to the ODK collect forms?

My second question is as follows: does anybody have any suggestions on
what device to use? Most of the data collection occurs out doors, it
is hot, sometimes humid and sometimes very dusty. It would be nice
with fairly large screen sizes bur from what I understand, Android
tablets are not really on the market yet.

Kind regards,
Ulrika Eriksson

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[yanokwa]

hi ulrika,

the forms themselves are text (xml) based, so the easiest way to add
the list is to copy and paste them into the form. you will have to
massage them into the right format and i'm glad to help get you
started on that. if you want people to pick from a list of thousands,
you will likely run into problems, so maybe we can discuss what
exactly how you imagine your pilot working. maybe you can send a
description of what exactly you want to do to
http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit-implementers and we can
iterate there.

as to phone choice, see
http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions for
some phones we recommend. most people go with the dream (keyboard) or
the magic (no keyboard).

yaw

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On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 06:29, Ulrika wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on a project conducted in West Africa where we are > collecting data on thousands of individuals. We now want to do a data > collection pilot using PDAs instead of paper questionnaires. > > My first question is: Is there anyway to upload the "list" of the > unique identity numbers of the people we wish to contact to the ODK > Collect platform? I.e. how do you import data from e.g. excel or text > files to the ODK collect forms? > > My second question is as follows: does anybody have any suggestions on > what device to use? Most of the data collection occurs out doors, it > is hot, sometimes humid and sometimes very dusty. It would be nice > with fairly large screen sizes bur from what I understand, Android > tablets are not really on the market yet. > > Kind regards, > Ulrika Eriksson > > -- > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en >

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