[Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[alyssa wright]

Thank you Spencer for your thoughts!

Speaking from my own experience, I come to OSM with many blind spots and I
rely on others to help me understand what those blind spots are.

Perhaps that is one best ways academic research can contribute to OSM -- to
let us see  something new that we were not able to see before.

And thanks to Spencer for being brave enough to share your recessive eye
color [1][2].

 ;)
Alyssa


[1] Did you know that green is recessive to brown but dominant over blue?
Hope you weren't mapping during bio classes.

[2] I think it's super creative that Spencer combined the "mapping blind
spots" and "eye color" in the same thread! Yay! OSMers are so creative!

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:36 PM Spencer Gardner <spencergardner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My thoughts are:
>
>    1. The negative reactions to the study seem to be putting the cart
>    before the horse. If our goal is to make OSM the most accurate and complete
>    map on the planet, it makes sense to me that we would want to understand
>    where our blind spots might be, whether they're due to differences in
>    participation by gender, ideology, etc. I would expect a vigorous debate
>    and passionate disagreement about what (if anything) to do about a blind
>    spot if one is found, but that's not really the question at hand. Let's
>    cross that bridge when we come to it. Of course, I'm willing to entertain
>    arguments for why someone shouldn't pursue this line of inquiry but I don't
>    see a compelling reason.
>    2. Thanks to the OSM community (esp. Ian, Alyssa, and the rest of the
>    board) for encouraging open, respectful conversation. I find my own
>    feelings on topics like this to be more complicated than either of the
>    screaming sides so I believe it's critical to ensure many voices are heard,
>    even from those whose perspective we find difficult.
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
> (green eyes)
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:47 PM, alyssa wright <alyssapwright at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Re your question about 👁🌍
>>
>> If you are doing an academic study on eye color and OSM/VGI contribution
>> -- I'd be happy to moderate a townhall as well.
>>
>> For what it's worth, I have blue eyes (and glasses).
>>
>> Alyssa.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Joel Holdsworth <joel at airwebreathe.org.uk
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Could we have one eye colour, also? ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/09/17 17:03, Ian Dees wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Let's continue the conversation on this new thread, keeping in mind
>>>> that we all need to keep our mind open and have productive and positive
>>>> conversation.
>>>>
>>>> I reserve the right to add a moderated cooling off period if we get too
>>>> hostile towards each other again.
>>>>
>>>> -Ian
>>>>
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