[OHM] OHM for Knight News Challenge?

Thu Oct 22 04:30:26 UTC 2015

I love your positive energy Susanna!

–Tod

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:10 PM, Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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