[OHM] OHM for Knight News Challenge?

[Susanna Ånäs]

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
>>>
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