WorldHealthOrganization / godata-ESRI-SITREP-toolbox

ArcGIS Pro toolbox to extract and transform case and contact data from a Go.Data instance

Go.Data ESRI SITREP Toolbox (version 1.0)

This is a toolbox for use in ArcGIS Pro (2.6.3, 2.7.1, 2.8.3, 2.9.2) to extract, transform and map data. Go.Data is an application which facilitates outbreak investigation, including field data collection, contact tracing, and visualization of chains of transmission. This toolbox was created to allow someone in the GIS role of outbreak emergency response to access the outbreak data from within ArcGIS Pro, and process the data to generate multiple SITREP maps. The tool automates these tasks and limits the need to learn the outbreak management database system. More information about this toolbox is located on the Go.Data github documentation site here.

For QGIS users, please find our similar offering here.

Requirements

• Go.Data URL, username and password
• Name of the outbreak you wish to extract data for
• GIS layer for mapping (optional)
• ArcGIS Pro (toolbox is known to be compatible with 2.6.3, 2.7.1, 2.8.3, 2.9.2)
• This toolbox is currently functioning with Go.Data version 40.2

Set up

• Download or clone the repo to your machine. To download a zip of this repo, go to the green 'Code' button in the top right of this page and choose download zip.
• Open ArcGIS Pro, and in the "Catalog" pane, right-click the "Toolboxes" icon and choose the "Add Toolbox" option
• Browse to where you downloaded the files and select the Go.Data toolbox

You should now see the toolbox and tool in ArcGIS Pro and you will be able to run it, given you have the requirements listed above. Please read the Helpful tidbits prior to using the tool in order to run it as smoothly as possible, especially the first time.

Help

In case you're experiencing any challenge while using this plugin, or if you have enhancements to suggest, please comment here.

About

This plugin is a part of a series of open source projects developed as part of an informal collaboration between the WHO GIS Centre for Health and the GIS focal point of the GOARN Go.Data team. The aim of the collaboration is to provide free open source tools to improve a GIS user's ability to access, transfom, analyze and visualize public health data geospatially, especially during an emergency response.

Projects:

• ESRI SITREP toolbox - released February, 2022
• QGIS Extract plugin - released December, 2022

Project team:

Developer: Adam McKay, [e-mail]
Project Manager: Amy Louise Lang, [e-mail]