[OHM] OHM for Knight News Challenge?

Thu Oct 22 11:10:31 UTC 2015

Many thanks for all you hard work on this, perhaps we'll be in a good
space for next years applications!

Cheers,

Tim

On 22 October 2015 at 05:30, todd.d.robbins at gmail.com
<todd.d.robbins at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>
>>>>>> 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>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>  Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting
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