[diversity-talk] Anyone with an interest in history should not contribute to OSM?

[Clifford Snow]

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Following up some of my recent discussions with the people I met at SOTM
> 2013, I recently proposed the addition of some historic maps of towns in
> Scotland to OSM's main editors. So far this request has been batted away.
>
> To me this is a shame as the National Library of Scotland has, to date,
> had a good relationship with OSM. I know they are keen for us to make us of
> their maps. Although the maps are old now, they may still contain some
> great snippets of information for modern day mapping. Furthermore, they may
> attract a wider, more diverse community to collaborative mapping. Yes, some
> of these people may prefer to  contribute to the Open Historic Map
> database, but others may also start mapping in the main OSM database.
>
> Over the last year, I've come to realise that despite OSM having the
> appearance of a large community (1million registered members, no paid
> employees and a very hands off Foundation), it is actually controlled by a
> small few people. I know these people do a heck of a lot for OSM, however
> if someone has the access to our servers/ability to accept contributions
> from new developers, then they should try to encourage a wide and diverse
> community. At minimum they should at least reply to emails.
>

Rob,
I suggest you investigate gwhat.org and openhistoricalmap.org. Their
purpose is creating historical maps. The project is new and looking for
contributors.

-- 
Clifford

OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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