[OHM] OHM for Knight News Challenge?

[Susanna Ånäs]

OHM did not make to the semifinalists in the Knight News Challenge. Let's
head for the next challenges!

Best
Susanna

2015-09-21 11:55 GMT+03:00 Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at gmail.com>:

> A reminder of today's Hangout. See details below.
>
> Susanna
>
>
> 2015-09-16 12:08 GMT+03:00 Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at gmail.com>:
>
>> I closed the Doodle and created a Google event and a Hangout for Monday
>> 21 September at 15.00 UTC. I hope it works for all.
>>
>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OpenHistoricalMap+Hangout&iso=20150921T15&p1=1440&ah=1
>>
>> Event/Hangout: https://plus.google.com/events/cdhferab49bsnila00adr2ul29c
>> Hackpad: https://hackpad.com/OpenHistoricalMap-zqcHY8EVehs
>>
>> Let's jot down the agenda on the Hackpad. I started by collecting points
>> presented here.
>>
>> Best
>> Susanna
>>
>> 2015-09-14 18:28 GMT+03:00 Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> From earlier experience a time at UTC 15.00 works best across timezones,
>>> least in favor for people in Australia.
>>>
>>> Fo me tomorrow, Thursday, weekend and Monday next week are possible,
>>> after that it's more difficult until the end of the month.
>>>
>>> Here's a doodle: http://doodle.com/poll/auy8tt4cn2r6eu6z
>>> Here's a Hackpad: https://hackpad.com/OpenHistoricalMap-zqcHY8EVehs
>>>
>>> Susanna
>>>
>>>
>>> 2015-09-14 14:45 GMT+03:00 David Riordan <dr at daveriordan.com>:
>>>
>>>> Lets get this hangout together ASAP.
>>>>
>>>> We'll want to get a strong proposal together for the core News
>>>> Challenge, but it's not the only Knight funding option. For promising
>>>> projects, there is also the Knight Prototype Fund, where the project is
>>>> funded for 6 months at $50,000 and Knight provides a bunch of mentoring and
>>>> project support resources to get a completed prototype of the thing in a
>>>> short timeframe.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Side-note: Knight *LOVES* emphasis on communities, so defining this
>>>> element clearly will be critical. Also, we'll need to figure out how to
>>>> effectively differentiate from NYPL's Space/Time Directory, which Knight
>>>> funded in their Library challenge a year ago.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/13/15 16:08, Tim Waters wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The Knight News Challenge this year is "How might we make data work
>>>> for individuals and communities?"
>>>>
>>>> Proposals remain the same:
>>>>
>>>> The key feature I think we need is ways to better represent the data
>>>> - dynamic maps of any desired time range. Server side and client side
>>>> should be looked at.
>>>>
>>>> We can make it easier to get data in: Universities + GLAM -> OSM/OHM
>>>> of existing vectors.
>>>>
>>>> Make an OpenAerialMap thing for old raster maps - catalogue of WMS /
>>>> Tiles with time?
>>>>
>>>> Possibly add in georectification capabilities into iD editor?
>>>>
>>>> +1 for a hangout also!
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12 September 2015 at 18:00, Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at gmail.com> <susanna.anas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2) The requirements are flexible: The entity can be outside US (needing a
>>>> fiscal sponsor) or even individuals. The arrangement will be negotiated if
>>>> the project is shortlisted. https://www.newschallenge.org/faq
>>>>
>>>> 1) I would like to build enhanced online tools that can display the change
>>>> of features, draw helpful data from repositories and record the data of a
>>>> source such as map or aerial.
>>>>
>>>> ++ It would be fun to start Hangouts again and think about this over a
>>>> shared document
>>>>
>>>> Susanna
>>>>
>>>> 2015-09-12 19:38 GMT+03:00 Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> <rwelty at averillpark.net>:
>>>>
>>>> On 9/12/15 12:00 PM, Susanna Ånäs wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Do you think OHM could be proposed to Knight News
>>>> Challenge https://www.newschallenge.org/? It would be great to see it
>>>> leap forward in terms of contributions and tools.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> interesting, definitely some possibilities there.
>>>>
>>>> questions that need answers:
>>>>
>>>> 1) what would we want to propose?
>>>>
>>>> 2) we probably would really need that non-profit entity to serve as
>>>> a recipient for any grant. what are the Knight Foundation requirements?
>>>>
>>>> richard
>>>>
>>>> --rwelty at averillpark.net
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