[OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

[Eleanor Tutt]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 4:07 AM, moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> What I've been mulling over is the "home location" data on the
> profile. Right now it's close to useless. I'd like to be able to set
> multiple areas (not points) and rate them "can survey / good local
> knowledge / particularly interested".
>
>
^^^ This is an excellent idea and a feature I would definitely use.

Also, this thread is of great interest to me, but I'm entering it quite
late and many points have already been discussed. I'll just say a few
things:

1)  I am thankful to Erica Hagen for her original post, as I think these
are critical things to think about.

2)  Hagen's point that "there are degrees of local that we are failing to
account for" reminds me of many discussions I've had in my own community
about what it means to be "from a place," whose voices are viewed as
representative of a neighborhood, who has access to power, etc. While much
of the discussion here has been in the context of
international/humanitarian mapping, these same questions play out on a
micro scale in cities and neighborhoods. It is worth thinking about who is
mapping in your own community and whether you are working to involve
neighborhood residents, do offline outreach, etc. at home.

Thanks,
Eleanor
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