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

Mon Sep 18 11:50:07 UTC 2017

I have memories of this being in a talk at SOTM 2013 in Birmingham.

Phil (trigpoint) 

On 18 September 2017 12:04:01 BST, Harry Wood <mail at harrywood.co.uk> wrote:
>So I guess you're looking for : https://vimeo.com/44870758  
>SheepCamp 2012, Monica Stephens
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>
>There's a pretty big list of articles and talks on the Diversity wiki
>page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Diversity
>
>Harry
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>From: Zoe Gardner <zoegardner3 at gmail.com>
>To: Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> 
>Cc: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
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>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM
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>Hi Dave
>
>Here is a link to the article you are talking about. The author is
>Monica Stephens. It may be tricky to access if you're not affiliated to
>an institution that subscribes to the journal. However, you should be
>able access the abstract. I haven't seen her presenting this work but
>with the info from the link you may be able to find something. 
>
>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10708-013-9492-z
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>
>Hope its what you were looking for. 
>
>Zoe
>
>
>On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com>
>wrote:
>
>Hi
>>My Youtube history got cleared. Does anyone have a link the video of
>   a woman giving a lecture about contribution discrepancies in open
>   data projects. She used OSM brothels & childcare as examples.
>>
>>Ta
>>DaveF
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>>On 04/09/2017 11:38, Zoe Gardner wrote:
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>>>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.onlinesurve ys.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/e ngineering/people/zoe.gardner
>>>> 
>>>>Thank you
>>>>Zoe 
>>>> 
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