India's Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is incentivizing local governments to achieve open defecation free status, but the data available is often overlooked and inadequately verified. The proposed solution aims to improve data collection and accuracy through better geocoding methods and integration with health and population data. Next steps include further development of geocoding tools and collaboration with relevant stakeholders like UNICEF and governmental bodies.

1. MAPPING OPEN DEFECATION
STATUS IN INDIA Sunday, December 2, 2012
Flickr user Kyle Lease’s photo under Creative Common license

2. Team
Indian Bunnies
>> Sarah / Jessica Rabbit
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>> Thomas / Bugs Bunny
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>> Juan / Bionic Bunny
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>> Dan / White Rabbit
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3. PROBLEM STATEMENT
India's Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is rewarding
local governments for achieving open defecation free status.
However, this data, while publicly available, remains easily
overlooked and partly unverified.
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4. Proposed solution
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10. End Users
Flickr user Sustainable sanitation’s photo under Creative Common license

11. End Users
>> General Public
>> Media / Advocacy Groups
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>> Policy Makers
>> Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
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12. Challenges

13. Challenges
Data start in an annoying format
>> Manual scraping
Big geocoding services don't support India well
>> Less precise but more accurate geocoding method
Understanding mSewage API
>> Skyping with the main developer in Canada
Staying awake and focused
>> Coffee + Soul Music
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14. Next Steps
>> Better geocoder (Geonames)
>> Overlay more health and population data for UNICEF
>> Send to Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
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15. THANKS!
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