A new generation of open source data collection tools
Yaw Anokwa, Carl Hartung, Adam K. Lerer, Brian DeRenzi, Gaetano Borriello · 2009
Abstract—Organizations in low income regions need tools for collecting and reporting on data. Existing paper-based approaches are often slow and incomplete when compared to data collection tools on mobile devices. In this demonstration, we present the authors ’ Android-based system in addition to broader work by the OpenRosa Consortium – a community dedicated to building open source, standards-based tools for mobile data collection, aggregation, analysis, and reporting. Index Terms—data collection, mobile phones, ICT