Mostly an avid lurker here, but I figured I'd throw in two cents to say that OHM has a nice ring to it and I think for folks that folks who know OSM would make the connection in their minds (It has the same cadence to it & same first and last letter).
Beyond that, OHM would make a lot more sense to folks who aren't particularly familiar with OSM. Given that folks want to go way back in history, it's also worth noting that "street" doesn't have a universal historical connotation. (Thinking here of historians that one would love to have get involved working on early Norse societies or archeologists working with pre-colonial history of the Americas both of whom might be excited about working with historical maps, but might see the word "street" and think it's not really for them). I don't think that's a particularly significant issue, but just a short note to mention that the project might seem more inviting to some if it didn't have "Street" in the title. Best, Trevor From: Jeff Meyer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:11 AM To: Shekhar Krishnan Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Historic] "HOSM" or "OHM"? A couple other thoughts... I do think there's some value in having the name "OSM" as part of the name. It credits the source of our platform and aligns us with a large base of existing users and tools. There's a grant proposal in to use HOSM/OHM as a foundation for some work here in the US (more on this later, hopefully with some positive news...). The proposal has received some positive feedback, in part, I believe, due to the OSM connection. That said, OHM is certainly more broad-reaching sounding and may free us to communicate other concepts. On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Jeff Meyer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Shekhar - These are good suggestions - we have already moved to the term "Historical." See: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Historical_OSM. We just haven't bothered to change the list name. We also had a discussion on Historical OSM vs OSM Historical, but didn't really consider Open Historical Map at the time - see the latest email on subject here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/historic/2012-October/000060.html That said, I don't think there's much of an investment & we could change easily. Thanks, Jeff On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Shekhar Krishnan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi. I wanted to discuss the use of the acronym "HOSM". It seems to me it sounds way too similar to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team, which is very well-established and recognised in the community. We should not confuse identities. I would prefer if we used "OHM" as in Open Historical Map, similar to projects like OpenCycleMap, etc. We have also registered this as the domain openhistoricalmap.net/.org<http://openhistoricalmap.net/.org>. Also as a historian we rarely use the adjective "historic" and prefer the term "historical". Since the list and tag-line is already this I don't mind, but "HOSM" is not distinct enough. Thoughts? Best, S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan Topomancy LLC http://shekhar.cc http://topomancy.com _______________________________________________ Historic mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org<http://www.gwhat.org> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 206-676-2347<tel:206-676-2347> [cid:~WRD000.jpg]<http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> osm: Historical OSM<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Historical_OSM> / my OSM user page<http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> [cid:~WRD000.jpg] t: @GWHAThistory<https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> [cid:~WRD000.jpg] f: GWHAThistory<https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory> -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org<http://www.gwhat.org> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 206-676-2347 [cid:~WRD000.jpg]<http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> osm: Historical OSM<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Historical_OSM> / my OSM user page<http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> [cid:~WRD000.jpg] t: @GWHAThistory<https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> [cid:~WRD000.jpg] f: GWHAThistory<https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
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