Cox's Bazar District - Refugee Camp WASH Infrastructure Coding 2019

In early 2019, UNICEF and the Cox's Bazar WASH sector identified a need to comprehensively map key WASH infrastructure using physical unique identifier (UUID) tags, in order to produce a database containing information about each piece of infrastructure across the camps. The objectives of this effort were to facilitate accurate, consistent spatial identification of unique infrastructure by all interested actors, to provide a baseline ‘snapshot’ of WASH infrastructure functionality at the time of coding, and to establish a common dataset to be used by all partners. The core infrastructure being covered by this exercise includes tubewells (complete), latrines, and bathing facilities (both ongoing). This dataset contains UUIDs, attributes, and data analysis for tubewells only.

This zip folder contains KML files with the tubewells and their barcodes per camp. These KML files can be loaded into navigation software such as Google Maps or MAPS.ME on tablets and smartphones and used to navigate to specific tubewells in the field. See guidance note on how to upload these files to your smartphone.

This document describes how to load KML files onto portable devices such as smartphones and tables.

In order for the Tubewell Coding database to stay up to date and relevant, it requires frequent updating in case tubewells are decommissioned. This Standard Operational Procedures describes the process of how the Tubewell Coding database will be updated when facilities are being decommissioned.