Water Point Mapping is a process for monitoring the distribution and status of water points in rural and urban areas. It supports local level planning and can improve accountability for water sector performance at local and national levels.
It uses the Google Earth application to visualise data. Once Google Earth has been installed, it can be run offline.
Benefits:
- It requires minimal training
- It is free
- It is user-friendly
- It can be used offline in the field without an internet connection
- It can generate a wide variety of different maps that can be used by local staff
- It can display photographs of mapped water points
- It can be configured to work in different countries
- It works with shape data as well as point data
- It is compatible with other national and international level mapping tools
- It is compatable with PDA or paper form based data collection
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