[OHM] OHM for Knight News Challenge?

[Susanna Ånäs]

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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