From 2c81230f42e6e3b3be2c2c70b81967ec939f6d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: spwoodcock Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:11:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: flesh out faq info about commcare --- docs/about/faq.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/faq.md b/docs/about/faq.md index 40339d1e67..5d62ce65bf 100644 --- a/docs/about/faq.md +++ b/docs/about/faq.md @@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ Field survey-based data collection: - **CommCare**: technically open-source, developed by Dimagi, but built in such a way to make it quite difficult to self-host. Very good at collection of "longitudinal data" (data over time), which ODK has only recently began to - address with Entities. We should definitely look for opportunities to learn - from / collaborate into the future. + address with Entities. However the key thing missing here is that it's not + well set up to handle geospatial data. It is possible to collect a GPS point + of users in the field, but not possible to select geometries to map. Despite + this we will definitely look for opportunities to learn from / collaborate + into the future. Unmaintained projects: