What is Point Mapper?
Point Mapper allows for a number of locations (called point collections) to be added and viewed on a map using Wazimap NG.
Figure 1, below, is an example of such point mapping, and shows the location of Water Treatment Works within the City of Cape Town Metro of South Africa.
The first step towards creating such a map is sourcing and understanding your data, and knowing what you are trying to display using your data. This is often the hardest part, and requires collaboration between Data and Profile Administrators. It is also important to know a dataset’s Terms of Use or Licence, and what this allows you to use the data for.
Wazimap NG uses .csv files to display point collections, and these .csv files require a particular shaping (formatting) to be properly understood by the Wazimap NG platform. This is the first step towards creating your map.
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