[OSM-talk] Request to share survey of user participation in OSM

[Guilherme Spinoza Andreo]

Hello Marc,

I appreciate the criticism, please allow me to clarify your doubts.

a) The initial questions on country, gender, education, age is all optional, as such there ,is the option to "prefer not to say".

b) yes, by imagery meaning both map images, satellite imagery or any visual imagery used from OSM.

c) The concept of "wiki map" pertains to the way OSM's wiki-style collaborative editing software. Where OSM's goal is to create a free, editable map (or geographic database) of the whole world. This is referenced from the "About OSM" page on the OSMWiki and other scientific sources.

d) I believe you are referencing the "I like to contribute so I can provide accurate information of my environment"... I apologize and agree that more clarification on free and open could have been useful and even asked from the participants on what they believe these concepts are. However, in survey there is a simple definition for open data 

In general, all the questions and options proposed in the survey have a scientific foundation as to why they are being asked and a great deal of time has been put into developing them.

If anyone is interested still wants to participate in the survey, here is the link: https://tudelft.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ER7cRKlz21EQaG
And if you are interested the results of my research, it will be posted on the TU Delft scientific repository.

Thank you again for you input,
Regards,
Guilherme
 	

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc_marc <marc_marc at mailo.com> 
Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:12
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Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Request to share survey of user participation in OSM

Hello,

Le 24.08.22 à 16:32, Guilherme Spinoza Andreo via talk a écrit :
> The results will help further refine theory, practices, and policies 
> on participation in open data and open spatial data infrastructures.

I really wonder if any experience is gained from these regular surveys.

for example they continue to be done on closed platforms, which de facto irritates some participants or even leads them not to answer, thus biasing the results (the less open-minded will not be affected by this criterion, the more strict on the use of open will potentially be absent)

funny also the "no personal data" but please give country, gender, how old, education, ...

about "Why do you use OpenStreetMap? (Multiple choice)", what's "imagery" ? you mean a map ?

about "Why do you participate in OSM?", the first answer ("I belive in in the goal of OSM for a free wiki world map"shows that the author is unfamiliar with osm (osm is not a map, it is a database whose one of the uses is to produce a visual in the form of a plan. as for the "wiki map", i don't know what it is, an allusion to the comparison "the wikipedia of the map"?

the confusion of open and free adds another layer with half of the responses being inaccurate on this subject (e.g. I like to contribute to my environment... but because it's open... I haven't contributed to GoogleMap for a very long time when this argument would apply.

I don't know what conclusion you'll draw, they'll be just as inaccurate as the questions.

my conclusion: those who want to do a survey would be well advised to have their questions validated by the community before collecting answers. the community could easily detect the inaccuracies or even the nonsense of some questions.

Regards,
Marc



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