[Talk-ca] Defining a local mapper group

[Martijn van Exel]

If you’re interested in forming local mapper groups based on actual contributions to OSM you are free to use the Meet Your Mapper tool I built a little while ago.

You can draw a bounding box and retrieve a list of mappers who contributed there. It generates some basic stats such as number of nodes / ways / relations and tries to classify mappers in a few categories. 

Some more information here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/44833 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/44833> and the tool lives at https://mym.rtijn.org/ <https://mym.rtijn.org/> 

Martijn

> On Mar 19, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Jonathan Brown <jonabrow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ideally, a local mapper/group would be one that contributed data to an open digital map that can be verified and used to solve a problem (e.g., food security, fresh water, climate change, etc.). The local mapping group should be able to contribute data via satellite imagery, open data, and/or a physical location. The challenge is how to cultivate and maintain local mapper groups based on volunteer work. 
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> Jonathan Brown
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> From: John Whelan <mailto:jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 10:01 AM
> To: Jonathan Brown <mailto:jonabrow at gmail.com>
> Cc: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Local groups as part of import plan
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> The problem is defining and contacting a local group.  Once defined then they can make the decision.
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> I've seen as few as two people make a local group decision on an import before now although normally it is done over coffee.
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> Also we get into who is a local mapper.
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> Many people have an interest in seeing the data imported but I'm under the impression only those with a OpenStreetMap userid who have contributed count.
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> Would anyone care to define a local mapper or group?
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> Thanks John
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> Jonathan Brown wrote on 2019-03-15 9:46 AM:
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> Could we get Stats Can to support a few local groups who want to use a common framework for a collaborative research project that addresses a sustainable development goal outcome (e.g., the OSM fresh security challenge https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Food_security <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Food_security> and https://www.usda.gov/topics/food-and-nutrition/food-security <https://www.usda.gov/topics/food-and-nutrition/food-security>) ? 
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