ODK Survey

Configure GIS data collection applications to create a surveys by using ODK with Cartoview and GeoNode.

Requirements

• Cartoview
• ODK Aggregate Server
• ODK Connector App

Author your survey form

ODK supports only xml format, and you have two options to create xml form:

• You can use ODK form builder to generate your form http://build.opendatakit.org/
• You can create your form in xls format then convert it to xml format by using the online xls to xml converter http://opendatakit.org/xiframe/ For more details about creating XLS Form visit the following link https://opendatakit.org/use/xlsform/

Upload your form to ODK Aggregate through selecting "Form Management" tab and click "Add New Form" button then browse your form to be uploaded

Download and configure ODK Collector on your mobile

• Download and install ODK Collect from Google Play
• After installation open "General Settings" from setting menu and select "Configure platform settings" and fill the fields as the following:

URL: http://<Tomcat Server URL>/<ODK Aggregate Instance name>   // Cartoview default tomcat server on http://localhost:4041
Username: <ODK Aggregate Userneme>
Password: <ODK Aggregate Password>  // defalt password is aggregate

• Back to home menu and click "Get Blank From" button to get the forms from the server
• Click "Fill Blank Form" and select the form and fill it
• Click "Send Finalized From" to send the completed forms

Basic useful features

• Perform Survey easly from your mobile
• Create survey form in a few minutes
• View your result in GeoNode and ODK Aggregate
• Export data as shapefile or kml