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

[Zoe Gardner]

Hi Andres and thanks for your support. I'm all for Open Access publishing
and when the time comes will endeavour to do this. Will keep the community
posted on this as well as the results. Best wishes, Zoe

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Andres Muniz Piniella <
a75576 at alumni.tecnun.es> wrote:

> 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?
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> On Mon, 2017-09-04 at 11:38 +0100, Zoe Gardner wrote:
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> Dear OSM talk-gb subscriber
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> To participate in the survey, click on the link below:
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> https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner
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> Thank you
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> Zoe
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