Seeking Anonymized Field Data Collection Datasets For An Open Benchmark

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Hi everyone,

I’m working on an initiative to create an **open benchmark dataset for field data quality assurance**.

Today, there are many excellent digital data collection platforms—such as KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO, ODK, CommCare, Survey Solutions, CSPro, and others—but there are very few publicly available datasets that developers and researchers can use to evaluate field data quality tools.

I’m looking for individuals or organizations that may be willing to share **completed, fully anonymized datasets** from field data collection projects, where they have the necessary permissions to do so.

I’m especially interested in datasets that include:

* GPS coordinates (or generalized locations)
* Interview photos
* Audio recordings
* Interview start and end times
* Submission timestamps
* Enumerator IDs (anonymized)
* Supervisor review outcomes or quality flags (if available)

These datasets will help create a community benchmark for testing quality assurance methods such as:

* GPS verification
* Duplicate image detection
* Audio quality assessment
* Interview duration analysis
* Duplicate submission detection
* Fieldwork anomaly detection

The objective is to create a resource that benefits researchers, NGOs, software developers, and the wider field data collection community by making it easier to evaluate and improve quality assurance tools.

If your organization has a completed project that could be shared in an anonymized form—or if you know of existing public datasets—I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

I’m also happy to discuss data-sharing agreements, attribution, licensing, or any requirements needed to ensure the data is used responsibly.

Thank you!