[Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Andres Muniz Piniella]

Thank you Zoe,
I think this is great! I am sure other openData projects would be
interested in your results. I've done the survey, literally takes 30
seconds or less,just as I like them. But you don't mention if your
results will be published under a free culture licence. I have been a
scientist during some time and I am now frustrated that some of my
publications are behind a paywall.  It would be great if your data is
shared under a compatible licence with OSM?
On Mon, 2017-09-04 at 11:38 +0100, Zoe Gardner wrote:
> 
> 
> > Dear OSM talk-gb subscriber
> >  
> > I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at
> > the University of Nottingham, interested in participation biases in
> > geospatial crowdsourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered
> > Geographical Information (VGI) projects. My current research
> > project is concerned with the way in which participation biases in
> > OSM may potentially affect the usability of the data that is
> > collected and subsequently what is available to location based
> > service providers which use OSM as their primary geospatial
> > database.
> > The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong
> > male bias in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that
> > various geospatial knowledge could be under represented or poorly
> > recorded on the map. However, the actual consequences of this bias
> > remain little explored or reported. By collecting information about
> > contributors to OSM, which can then be analyzed along with their
> > editing patterns, the impacts of this bias might begin to be
> > measured and therefore better understood. I have therefore
> > published an online survey designed to collect information directly
> > from OSM editors and I would like to invite as many of you as
> > possible to participate. The survey is anonymous and takes a couple
> > of minutes to complete.
> > If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like
> > to participate in the study, please click on the link below, which
> > will take you to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will
> > find more information and an opportunity to participate in the
> > survey. As a small incentive, at the close of the survey in a few
> > weeks’ time, 60 respondents will be drawn at random to receive a
> > £15 Amazon voucher.
> >  
> > To participate in the survey, click on the link below:
> >  
> > https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles
> >  
> > Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge
> > about the way participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will
> > enable new strategies to be developed to address any resulting
> > voids in the geospatial information provided by amateur mappers. In
> > turn this could strengthen the role played by platforms such as OSM
> > in urban planning and sustainability and raise the profile of the
> > important mapping work that you all do.
> >  
> > In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my
> > research activities or the project, please visit my University
> > webpage (link below) and do not hesitate to get in touch directly
> > or via the OSM messaging service.
> >  
> > https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner
> >  
> > Thank you
> > Zoe
> >  
> >  
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Andres (he/him/his)

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