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<DIV>One-place studies (OPS) are a branch of family history with a focus on the
entire population of a single village or community, not just a single,
geographically dispersed family line (per Wikipedia). There are two main
websites about OPS (oneplacestudy.org and one-place-studies.org), and several
hundred people involved. There are of course also many others who do something
similar even if they do not call it a "one-place study".</DIV>
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<DIV>As a "one-placer" I am researching how we should do mapping, both for
myself and others. As part of this I am creating a forum for one-placers to
discuss our needs and desires, as well as to share how we might go forward.
Although I personally have 50 years of using computers, most of us are not very
technical, being more interested in history and genealogy.</DIV>
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<DIV>We are also very diverse and tackle our studies in many different ways.
Some example use of maps on our websites are:
brattonclovellyops.com/wp/?page_id=3384, evesham-mapped.org.uk,
springhillhistory.org.uk/page20, and hcnhistory.org.uk/old-maps. Few if any of
us have mapping expertise.</DIV>
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<DIV>Our new forum currently comprises mainly just my own musings in order to
give it structure, and we are only now going to invite other one-placers to
contribute their views. However I hope that in a few months time we will
have a better view of what we all want (rather than just what I want), so we
will be in a better position to have an informed discussion with people with
mapping expertise.</DIV>
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<DIV>My natural inclination is towards open source/ open data so I was excited
when I found OHM. However I am unclear about its viability and future (the
longer term plan at wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OHM/Plan is about 2013, I do not
see any time-slider on the map itself, and I cannot see any postings to the
mailing list in 2016). If it has a promising future I would like to have a
fairly in-depth discussion at some point about how what you are doing might tie
in with what we want to do.</DIV>
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<DIV>My question now is how to have that in-depth conversation with the OHM
community. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV>Peter Cooper</DIV>
<DIV>www.hcnhistory.org.uk</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>