Re: [OSM-talk] Explanation of crowd sourcing?

[SomeoneElse]

Dave F. wrote:


I wanted to send a link to people who'd never heard of OSM that 
explains the basics of what it is & entails, but I couldn't find a 
page with a clear, simple explanation of what crowd sourcing is & that 
they can contribute .




Perhaps this:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/openstreetmap/

or one of the subsequent pages may be part of what you're looking for?

Cheers,

Andy



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Re: [OSM-talk] Explanation of crowd sourcing?

[Tim Waters]

On 16 March 2013 00:59, Dave F.  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I wanted to send a link to people who'd never heard of OSM that explains the
> basics of what it is & entails, but I couldn't find a page with a clear,
> simple explanation of what crowd sourcing is & that they can contribute .

You could have a look at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons-based_peer_production which
applies to OSM - and which I think also describes this type of
crowdsourcing.

As crowdsourcing is sometimes thought of by internet capitalists as
getting stuff that would cost money done for free by volunteers, I
always try to tell people that: "crowdsourcing is not getting people
to do your work for you, but rather changing your work so that people
can participate and collaborate together with it"

Cheers,

Tim

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Re: [OSM-talk] Explanation of crowd sourcing?

[Andreas Labres]

On 16.03.13 01:59, Dave F. wrote:
> I wanted to send a link to people who'd never heard of OSM that explains the
> basics of what it is & entails, but I couldn't find a page with a clear,
> simple explanation of what crowd sourcing is & that they can contribute .

Starting on the German "Hauptseite" (Main Page) in the wiki, there is a
"Anfänger" (Beginners) Link that points you to a page

   http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Willkommen_bei_OpenStreetMap

containing some "what is it all about" infos (in German, obviously):
- What is OpenStreetMap?
- How does it work?
- How can I contribute?
- What is the next step?
- Further information

The "Mitmachen" (Contributing) Link there then points to

   http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Getting_Involved


The English Main Page takes a slightly different approach, starting with a
"Contributing" Link that points to a somewhat spartanic "Beginners' Guide",
omitting any "what is it all about?". Maybe you could expand this and guide
beginners a little bit more...


/al

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Re: [OSM-talk] Explanation of crowd sourcing?

[Gregory]

If you need an explanation on Crowd Sourcing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_sourcing

In terms of OpenStreetMap, the wiki main page starts the description of as
"Welcome to OpenStreetMap, the project that creates and..."
I thought it used to be more explicit in it being volunteers(or some word
like public) that create the map. I may be wrong though, as I'm usually
explaining to people about OSM in my own words before directing them to any
pages.

On 16 March 2013 00:59, Dave F.  wrote:

> Hi
>
> I wanted to send a link to people who'd never heard of OSM that explains
> the basics of what it is & entails, but I couldn't find a page with a
> clear, simple explanation of what crowd sourcing is & that they can
> contribute .
>
> Even the beginners' guide seems to jump the first step by assuming the
> beginner knows they can contribute:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Beginners%27_guide
> .
>
> Am I going blind & there is such a page?
>
> Cheers
> Dave F.
>
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>



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[OSM-talk] Explanation of crowd sourcing?

[Dave F.]

Hi

I wanted to send a link to people who'd never heard of OSM that explains 
the basics of what it is & entails, but I couldn't find a page with a 
clear, simple explanation of what crowd sourcing is & that they can 
contribute .


Even the beginners' guide seems to jump the first step by assuming the 
beginner knows they can contribute:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide.

Am I going blind & there is such a page?

Cheers
Dave F.

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