[Osmf-talk] Release - OpenLitterMap.com Paper now Published Online [ OPEN ACCESS ]

[Seán Lynch]

Hi Michael,

The frontend of the site incl call to action and everything else needs a
massive redesign - as does the backend and much more. I am a self-taught
developer and this is my first project. You might notice that I don't have
a logo, or a video. When I get something to work, I have no choice but to
move on to the next task as my todo list is growing faster than I can get
things done. Thankfully, it works but I haven't revisited the front-page
since the launch over 1 year ago. It's supposed to say "crowdfund me". I am
hoping that society might think open data on plastic pollution is important
and worth supporting? So far that hasn't been the case but if you think
that developing technology to educate society about plastic pollution with
open data is important then I think €5 a month is pretty good value for
money if you are any way seriously inclined about plastic pollution and
would like to see technology developed independently without waiting for
grants and having to deal with IP related issues from government
procurement tenders etc. I have applied for many grants, but not even the
mighty pineapple fund - who I would have been honoured to put on my paper -
thought open data on plastic pollution with blockchain rewards was worth
supporting (which really makes me question myself) and instead I am left
with no option at the moment but to continue asking for support as I would
like to hire another developer and maybe even pay myself a living wage.

Similarly the terms and conditions, and privacy policy need legal advice
and they need to become a lot clearer. I don't claim to have any legal
expertise and if I had funds then I could consider options but right now I
am focusing on a first grant, which takes a lot of time, and getting the
technology to work. I have not yet registered anything and I want to get
that done this summer. I would like to set up a limited company to try and
make a profit with the open data (anyone can) and I would also like to
register a non-profit to cater for community work and capacity building but
I am not sure on the legal technicalities of that. As it stands the code
and the platform is mine and all of the data is open. You can see the open
database licence at openlittermap.com/terms

` OpenLitterMap data is Open Data, licensed by the Open Database Licence
<https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/> (ODBl -
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Any rights in individual
contents of the database are licenced under the Database Contents License:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/
This means that anyone is free to copy, distribute, share and use our data,
as long as you credit OpenLitterMap and its contributors with "©
OpenLitterMap & Contributors". `

I don't understand what you mean by the data isn't free or open. If you
visit this url, openlittermap.com/maps/Ireland/download you can download
all of the data for Ireland, for free, all of which has been manually
verified, and you don't need an account. Could you please tell me, how
could I possibly make the data more free and open than that?

I was not aware that I needed any permission from anyone in any other
community or organisation to go ahead with my own independent project
OpenLitterMap to make data on plastic pollution available to anyone for
free as open data. Can you provide further information?

Thanks,

Seán

On 13 June 2018 at 19:00, Michael Reichert <osm-ml at michreichert.de> wrote:

> Hi Seán,
>
> Am 13.06.2018 um 15:17 schrieb Seán Lynch:
> > I thought some of you might be interested to know that my paper is now
> > online
> >
> > Lynch, S., (2018).,* OpenLitterMap.com <http://openlittermap.com/> -
> Open
> > Data on Plastic Pollution with Blockchain Rewards (Littercoin)*., *Open
> > Geospatial Data, Software, and Standards., *3:6.
>
> It's nice to see your achievements to make the world a cleaner place but
> where is the open in your map? The website just says "Open Litter Map by
> Seán Lynch, M.Sc, M.Sc., B.A. All rights reserved." at the bottom. The
> About page (https://openlittermap.com/about) doesn't mention a license
> either.
>
> OpenLitterMap is not a free and open project. Its data isn't free (see
> https://opendefinition.org/od/2.1/en/ for a definition of open).
>
> If I go to https://openlittermap.com/signup, you ask to pay/donate for
> premium accounts. I understand that servers needs to be paid but other
> free and open projects use the term "donation".
>
> Don't you think that your project should be called TheLitterMap
> WorldLitterMap or LitterLocationsDirectory instead of creating the
> impression of being a real open data project or an OpenStreetMap
> subproject by borrowing OpenStreetMap's good trademark?
>
> Best regards
>
> Michael
>
>
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M.Sc. Coastal & Marine Environments (NUIG, 2015)
M.Sc. GIS & Remote Sensing (UCC, 2014)
B.A. Geography & Economics (UCC, 2011)
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