[OSM-talk] user rankings

[Tobias Knerr]

Stephan Knauss wrote:
> On 08.09.2011 12:54, Tobias Knerr wrote:
>> Instead of rankings for individual contributors, I prefer attempts to
>> measure progress towards meaningful goals. A "completion" statistic for
>> road names, for example, does encourage mappers to work towards the
>> goal, but at the same time _encourages cooperation_.
> 
> I like this idea. Do you already think about some metrics?
> I know the "Straßenliste" in Germany where street names are checked for
> completeness.
> Or the matrix that was used for the aerial mapping in the Oberpfalz.

The best examples are probably the "Straßenliste" tools (many of which
have, unfortunately, shut down recently).

Besides several short-lived project-specific statistics, there have also
been attempts to do completion checks for individual cities in the wiki,
see e.g. http://wiki.osm.org/G%C3%B6ttingen#Status
The problem is that these need to be updated manually.

Often, the challenge with providing useful completion metrics is
that there needs to be something to measure against - such as lists of
street/poi names, housenumbers etc. These would, in many cases, have to
be acquired from local institutions or companies by the community.

> Are there building blocks available to create custom statistics?

None that I know of.

Tobias