[HOT] WHO Healthcare Data

[Jaakko Helleranta]

Yes, and yes to Pierre's notes on license and accuracy evaluation!

This reminds me of where HOT started and the health facility import to OSM
after the Haiti quake of 2010. That resulted in some good data but also
some horrible crap in the database (having lived and mapped there for 3
years) that has wasted a huge amount of time later on (when trying to
figure out how to fix it) and still clutters the Haiti map in some places
in a rather ugly, by now a good amount outdated and also at times pretty
significantly inaccurate way (+/- 2km not being uncommon).

Best intentions and horrible outcomes do at times go hand in hand. That's
not the end of things in itself -- but we need to learn from experience
especially when it's been significantly sub-optimal.

This said, locals / people with sound local knowledge need to evaluate
accuracy.

Cheers,
-Jaakko


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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> arun
>
> Important to verify the opendata license. There are often restrictions and
> we cannot import unless a signed agreement. Also some evaluation has to be
> made about the quality of the data. Nama and Kathmandu Living Lab folks
> would be the best persons to answer that.
>
>
> Pierre
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *De :* Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com>
> *À :* "HOT at OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)" <hot at openstreetmap.org>
> *Envoyé le :* Lundi 27 avril 2015 13h58
> *Objet :* Re: [HOT] WHO Healthcare Data
>
> Source: https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/dataset/nepal-health-facilities-cod
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:27 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Just received shapefile data for location of healthcare facilities in
> Nepal. The source is apparently WHO, and i'm trying to find the source
> link, but thought i'll pass it on anyway.
>
> Data contains 8974 points with attributes of facility type (hospital,
> health post, health center and a few others), district name, village
> council name and code.
>
> Shapefiles:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/r7gug1x6wt4hzde/WHO%20HEALTH%20CARE%20DATA.zip?dl=0
>
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