Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Thanks Clifford. We'll make sure to discuss this at a our future board meeting. Best, Alyssa. On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:06 PM Clifford Snow wrote: > I'm curious to see the results of Zoe's survey and more importantly how we > might use the knowledge to improve our tools

Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Marc, > On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:54 PM, Marc Gemis wrote: > > What I am missing from all the statistics that we already have about > mappers today, is how divers we map. This can be done e.g. by counting > the number of different amenities, shops, crafts, leisures that a >

Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Am absolutely delighted, motivated and encouraged (not to mention entertained) by the discussion here stimulated by the issue of gender bias in OSM. From this and the previous thread (as well as responses to my diary entries) it is evident that there is both support for and understanding of this

Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Thank you Spencer for your thoughts! Speaking from my own experience, I come to OSM with many blind spots and I rely on others to help me understand what those blind spots are. Perhaps that is one best ways academic research can contribute to OSM -- to let us see something new that we were not

Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

In the old thread someone wrote (paraphrasing): I map from photographs, so I'm not biased. Since I map in the same way, I have a couple of thoughts. A photo is a personal interpretation of the real world. The photographer framed the scene, leaving out or including items. This can be conscious or

Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Re your question about  If you are doing an academic study on eye color and OSM/VGI contribution -- I'd be happy to moderate a townhall as well. For what it's worth, I have blue eyes (and glasses). Alyssa. On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Joel Holdsworth wrote: >

Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Thanks Ian et al. I'd also like to weigh in with two more points: 1. It's great Zoe's academic inquiry inspired so much discussion. As long as it is respectful and productive, we welcome all community input. 2. If people are interested in taking this off email and speaking more

Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Could we have one eye colour, also? ;-) On 05/09/17 17:03, Ian Dees wrote: Hi all, Let's continue the conversation on this new thread, keeping in mind that we all need to keep our mind open and have productive and positive conversation. I reserve the right to add a moderated cooling off

[Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

Hi all, Let's continue the conversation on this new thread, keeping in mind that we all need to keep our mind open and have productive and positive conversation. I reserve the right to add a moderated cooling off period if we get too hostile towards each other again. -Ian