Potential Issues during Community Mapping Process
Safety is number 1 priority
Make sure your smartphone is fully charged.
What if we have a storm or rain? It is for a short moment, you can wait. If not, please retreat.
Be careful driving, the passenger should be the person to be taking video and tracking the place that you are surveying. The driver should only be driving to the destination that is being surveyed.
Never go into the private property. You can take a photo as long as you are on public property (such as on the road). If you have an access to the property issue, you can skip the survey for that property.
Technical issues
Why MapplerK3 is not working with my smartphone.
Don’t panic, it happens. Please work with your partners to update data. You can also take photos and memo, and update using your computer.
Communication and coordination
What if it takes a long time to do survey?
Can take photos first, and enter data later?
Can take a video and enter data later?
When police ask you what you are doing, how should you respond? Hello, we are meharry mph students participating in our community day mapping project.
When residents ask you what you are doing, how should you respond? Hello, we are meharry mph students, gathering data for our community mapping research on the damage of tornados.
Resistance from residents: Some residents may be distrustful of outsiders, or may feel that the survey is not relevant to their needs or concerns. In this case don’t argue, just retreat (of course, saying sorry to bother them).
Data accuracy and completeness
If you can, please take more than one (1) photo of the property.
If a property is newly developed, but not on the map, please add the property on the map.
When recording the data, be sure to keep record of what place you survey, have your location on.
Address and location on the map may not match, in that case, need to find a correct address and update points on the map.
What if I can't finish all the points that were assigned? Don’t worry. You can finish by next Tuesday. 🙂