Map & Geo-Coverage Investigation¶
Clicking on the View on Map button in the Configuration Settings, after selecting a Tracking Round, will open the map view. The GTS dashboard includes tools for geo-coverage analysis across different aggregation levels when Targeted Areas have been configured at the Tracking Round level.
Note
By default, the map will open in Geo-Coverage Investigation mode when Targeted Areas have been assigned.
Overview¶
GTS Map Overview
The map layout consists of three main components:
### 1. Header The header contains key elements for navigation and data interaction, arranged from left to right:
1 Current Tracking Round: Displays status, name, date, and associated Field Activity.
2 Date Picker: Allows filtering data by date.
3 Global Indicators: Provides key performance metrics for the selected Tracking Round.
4 Public Link Icon: Generates a shareable public link for the displayed data.
5 Export Icon: Enables downloading and exporting data from the Tracking Round.
6 User Profile Information: Displays details of the logged-in user.
7 Hamburger Menu: Provides access to additional settings and tools.
8 Indicator Calculation Status: Shows the current processing status of key indicators.
9 Search Icon: Allows quick searching within the dataset.
10 Investigation Sidebar & Map Controls Icons: Toggles visibility of the sidebar and additional map tools.
### 1. Investigation Sidebar¶
The Investigation Sidebar in the Geo-Coverage Investigation mode provides users with tools to analyze geospatial coverage across different aggregation levels.
This feature allows users to: - Assess geo-coverage based on predefined aggregation layers. - Summarize and report indicators across multiple levels of aggregation. - Group results dynamically using pre-configured grouping criteria. - Sort and filter data to refine the displayed results for more precise analysis. - Monitor team reporting, ensuring field teams’ activities and progress are tracked effectively. - Interact with the map to highlight specific selections and automatically zoom to relevant areas for a more detailed view.
By leveraging these tools, users can efficiently explore spatial data, adjust focus based on needs, and extract meaningful insights for campaign monitoring and evaluation.
Investigation Sidebar¶
Drilldown breadcrumb trail¶
The Geo-Coverage Investigation inset panel provides for drilling down through the base layers and targeted areas attributed to the tracking round.
Click on the
control to return to the highest level at any time will performing analysis.
Click on the aggregation name in blue to return to the specific level.
The base layer item currently selected is depicted with blue underscores and the selected area is indicated on the map with the same blue dashed line.
Download data¶
Click on the download control (point**1** in the figure below) to the right of the drilldown breadcrumb trail to open the download options popup form, from with the form select the data format desired MS Excel, ESRI Shapefile format, or Keyhole Markup Language (kml) used with Google Earth.
The downloaded files will be filtered to include only those items at the drill down aggregation level, in the example below only items belonging to the third deepest aggregation level will be included in the download.
Tip
Consider drilling down first, if the download of only a subsection of targeted areas for a tracking round is required. Drilling down to the required level before downloading may result in substantially quicker download times and the use of less bandwidth.
Excel¶
When downloading targeted areas in MS Excel workbook format, each base-layer assigned to the targeted areas and the targeted areas appear on separate worksheets within the Excel workbook.
Download Options for Targeted Areas¶
Caution
The option to include Targeted Areas or not is included because downloading targeted areas may potentially require much bandwidth and could take considerable time.
The number of fields that appear in the Targeted Areas worksheet, if “Export Targeted Areas” is selected, depends on the number of base layers attributed to the Targeted Areas for aggregation, as well as the number of sum indicators assigned if any.
The table below depicts the fields that would appear in the targeted areas worksheet if three base layers and one sum indicator are attributed to the targeted areas layer.
Data field name |
description |
|---|---|
Organization |
Name of the Organisation containing the field activity (assigned by GTS). |
Field Activity |
Name of the field activity (assigned by Organisation Focal Point). |
Tracking Round |
Name of the Tracking Round (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
BL3 ID |
ID of the Base Layer (assigned by GTS). |
BL3 Label |
Label of the Base Layer (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
BL2 ID |
ID of the Base Layer (assigned by GTS). |
BL2 Label |
Label of the Base Layer (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
BL1 ID |
ID of the Base Layer bottom most base layer- contained by other other base layers (assigned by GTS). |
BL1 Label |
Label of the Base Layer (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
Targeted Area ID |
ID of the Targeted Areas set by the GTS system |
Targeted Area Label |
Label of the Targeted Areas (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
Visited |
True/False whether the targeted area is considered visited based upon accountability rules |
Sum Indicator |
Sum Indicator of the targeted area such as population there may be more than one sum inidcator |
X |
Longitude of the centroid of the Targeted Area polygon |
Y |
Latitude of the centroid of the Targeted Area polygon |
The table below depicts the fields that would appear in the base layers worksheet for the highest level of aggregation if three base layers and one sum indicator for population are attributed to the targeted areas layer.
Data field name |
description |
|---|---|
BL3 ID |
ID of the Base Layer (assigned by GTS). |
BL3 Label |
Label of the Base Layer (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
# Visited |
Number of targeted areas visited in the base layer |
# Targeted Areas |
Number of targeted areas in the base layer |
Percentage |
Percentage of targeted areas in the base that that were visited |
X |
Longitude of the centroid of the Targeted Area polygon |
Y |
Latitude of the centroid of the Targeted Area polygon |
Population visited |
Estimated population visited in the base layer |
Population total |
Estimtaed population of the base layer |
Population percentage |
Percentage of estimiated populationin the base that that were visited |
Subsequent base layer worksheets will add fields for their own base layer ID and Label and will adjust other data to represent detail at that level. The table below depicts the fields that would appear in the base layers worksheet for the second-highest level of aggregation if three base layers and one sum indicator for population are attributed to the targeted areas layer.
Data field name |
description |
|---|---|
BL3 ID |
ID of the Base Layer (assigned by GTS). |
BL3 Label |
Label of the Base Layer (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
BL2 ID |
ID of the Base Layer (assigned by GTS). |
BL2 Label |
Label of the Base Layer (assigned by Organisation/Field Activity Focal Point). |
# Visited |
Number of targeted areas visited in the base layer |
# Targeted Areas |
Number of targeted areas in the base layer |
Percentage |
Percentage of targeted areas in the base that that were visited |
X |
Longitude of the centroid of the Targeted Area polygon |
Y |
Latitude of the centroid of the Targeted Area polygon |
Population visited |
Estimated population visited in the base layer |
Population total |
Estimtaed population of the base layer |
Population percentage |
Percentage of estimiated populationin the base that that were visited |
The number of fields and records will increase with each subsequent aggregated base layer, ending with the targeted areas layer as the lowest aggregation level.
Shapefile¶
Select “Zipped shapefile” to download a .zip archive of the ESRI shapefile components of the Targeted Areas that may be opened in a GIS application such as ArcMap or QGIS.
Download Options for Targeted Areas¶
The Shapefile download contains the same data fields as those included in Targeted Areas worksheet of the Excel download.
Caution
A warning message appears when “Zipped shapefile” is selected if “Export TA in Excel (by default)” is not selected by the administrator when configuring the targeted areas. This message is to remind users that although the Excel download may have a smaller size by omitting the Tarageted Areas worksheet, this is not the case for ESRI shape file format downloads and they may take considerable time depending on the number of tarageted areas included in the layer.
KML¶
Select “kml” to download a Keyhole Markup Language file of the Targeted Areas that may be opened in a GIS application such Google Earth.
Download Options for Targeted Areas¶
The Shapefile download contains the same data fields as those included in Targeted Areas worksheet of the Excel download.
Caution
A warning message appears when “kml” is selected if “Export TA in Excel (by default)” is not selected by the administrator when configuring the targeted areas. This message is to remind users that although the Excel download may have a smaller size by omitting the Tarageted Areas worksheet, this is not the case for kml format downloads and they may take considerable time depending on the number of tarageted areas included in the layer.
Hide/Display tracks¶
To improve display performance tracks are by default not displayed on the Geo-Coverage Investigation map, to male the tracking point appear on the map, check the “Display tacks” box found at the left of the inset panel just below the tracking round name.
Hide/Display tracks control¶
Grouped Indicators¶
The GTS provides for grouping of targeted area polygons to enhance analysis. Grouped indicators are qualitative attributes configured by the organizational or field activity focal points when uploading the targeted areas layer to the GTS. Grouping indicators are defined by attribute fields in the targeted areas data set groups based on values in those fields.
In the example below, one attribute in the targeted areas dataset labelled “sett_type” has been designated as the grouped indicator and the values for this attribute may be either “Built Up Areas”, Small Settlement Areas” or “Hamlet Areas”.
Grouped Indicators¶
Select the tabs for ‘Ungrouped’ or the name of the group assigned, the GTS Geo-Coverage Investigation mode can handle multiple grouping attributes individually across multiple grouping tabs.
Sum Indicators¶
The GTS provides for adding quantitative values to each targeted area, and can sum or average indicator values at each aggregation level.
Click on the 
control located in the upper right corner of the inset to horizontally collapse the inset to display only
Targeted Areas and hide quantatative attributes such as population rendering a greater portion of the map visible, click on the
same control to expand the inset to its original size.
Using quantitative values may provide more meaningful analysis than the number of targeted areas visited. In the example below, each targeted area has been attributed a value for estimated under 5 years of age population “Under5”. In the example while only 70% of targeted areas may have been visited in a particular state, these targeted areas compromise 87% of the estimated Under5 Population, this information may be of greater value in certain circumstances such as vaccination campaigns .
Control to collapse or expand the Geographic Coverage Investigation inset.¶
Aggregation Levels¶
The GTS Geo-Coverage Investigation mode features analysis at levels aggregation across nested base layers such as administrative boundaries to which targeted areas are attributed.
Selecting Base Layer Aggregation Level¶
To investigate a base layer for deeper analysis, hover the mouse cursor over the base layer name. The name
will change colour to blue to indicate that it is a link and a magnifying glass icon 
will appear to
the right of the name.
Highlighting a base layer¶
Click on the base layer name to drill down or click on the magnifying glass icon to zoom the map to the
layer delineated the with a blue dashed line (click the magnifying glass icon again to remove the dashed line
delimitation).
Drill down into an Aggregation Level¶
Clicking on base layer item names drill the analysis deeper to more details levels, with the lowest level being the Targeted Areas. To return to a higher level click on its name in the path (current level designated with a dashed blue underline higher levels appear in blue as clickable links)
