[OSM-talk] DWG survey on organised editing

[James]

Also does organised mapping include groups that hold little mapathons?
Example a local mapping group from Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal or Ottawa
decide to say map sidewalks in their city. It's an organised event. Would
they be included as well?

The terms used in this survey seem a little vague and can be left to
interpretation.

On Sep 20, 2017 7:09 AM, "john whelan" <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the case of organised mapping such as the Statistics Canada organised
> efforts whom would you like to respond?
>
> Remembering that some of the terms used in the survey such as change set
> are such that a senior manager wouldn't have the faintest idea of what the
> term means and some of the players may have moved on to other projects?
>
> Perhaps one question might be did you consult with local mappers before
> the project?
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 20 September 2017 at 00:51, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> The Data Working Group is conducting a survey as part of its work on a
>> policy covering paid mapping.
>>
>> When OpenStreetMap started, it was largely a project of hobbyists
>> contributing to OSM in their spare time. They chose freely what to map
>> and which tools to use, and they took individual responsibility for
>> their contributions.
>>
>> The continuing growth and popularity of OSM have also brought more and
>> more organised mapping efforts, mostly in the form of companies setting
>> up paid data teams to improve OSM data in specific regions or for
>> specific use cases, but also unpaid groups like school classes that are
>> directed to work on OSM.
>>
>> These organised mapping efforts are an integral part of today's OSM
>> contribution landscape and, when done well, help make OSM better and
>> more widely known.
>>
>> In order to ensure good communication, and a level playing field,
>> between individual community members and organised editing groups, the
>> OSMF Data Working Group has been tasked with developing guidelines for
>> organised groups. These guidelines will above all set out some
>> transparency requirements for organised groups - things that are already
>> voluntarily followed by most groups today, like informing the mapping
>> community about which accounts edit for the team.
>>
>> We have prepared the following survey with a few questions about such a
>> policy to give us a better understanding of what the mapping community
>> expects from such a policy. The survey is aimed at everyone editing (or
>> planning to edit) in OSM, whether as individual mappers or as part of a
>> team, and your answers will help us in fleshing out a draft policy.
>>
>> Within the scope of the survey, and the policy to be written, we define
>> paid mapping (or paid editing) as any editing in OSM performed by
>> someone who is told by a third party what to map (and potentially also
>> how to map it) and who receives money in exchange. We define other
>> organised mapping (or editing) as any editing that is also steered by a
>> third party, but where no money is paid.
>>
>> The survey is available at https://osm-dwg.limequery.org/741554
>>
>> --
>> Paul Norman
>> For the OSM Data Working Group
>>
>>
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