Hello Seppe thanks a lot for sharing this information. I do like the project (despite my comments on obtaining the data before the start) because:
- it uses my 2 favourite crowd-sourced open data projects - it really requires both projects to create the map - Open Street Maps (sic) is not only used as background nor for navigation - it brought together 60 people. I do hope they will somehow continue to contribute to OSM and/or Wikidata - It gave OSM and Wikidata some publicity As for the criticism on participating in an event that tries to gather data on gender inequality in street names. I do not see any political statement in that. After all, OSM and Wikidata are very natural sources for such events, as, you might have guessed it, are open data. If one makes a political statement with that, mapping bicycle parking could be seen as supporting anti-car policies as well. I assume mappers are often activists or at least passionate for certain features, be it slow roads, airfields, AEDs, historical buildings, power infrastructure etc. We are often open data and open source activists as well. Recently, on the tagging mailing list, you see requests for tags to map free drinking water, free refills, object sharing, food sharing, etc. All those are somehow driven by activism. Is that wrong? Not in my opinion, it enriches the OSM project. If we would only try to mimic Google Maps by focussing on navigation and shops (for advertising), we could as well stop now. So thank you for setting up the project and let's hope it will hellp OSM grow further in the future. regards m. On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 12:39 PM Santens Seppe <seppe.sant...@stad.gent> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Today, #equalstreetnames was launched, something Open Knowledge / OSM Belgium > (among others) can be very proud of if you ask me. The project combines OSM > and Wikidata (+ extra data crowdsourced during a workshop) to make this map: > https://equalstreetnames.brussels/ (stunning isn’t it?). More info on why an > how can be found in this blogpost: > https://be.okfn.org/2020/03/03/equalstreetnames-brussels-launch-of-open-data-visualisation/ > > > > The project already got some nice media coverage, e.g. > https://www.bruzz.be/samenleving/nauwelijks-brusselse-straten-naar-vrouwen-vernoemd-trage-inhaalbeweging-2020-03-03 > and > https://www.rtbf.be/info/dossier/les-grenades/detail_combattre-le-sexisme-en-rebaptisant-les-rues-de-bruxelles?id=10446433 > > > > Of course, you can help spread the word, e.g. by sharing > > https://www.facebook.com/OpenKnowledgeBE/photos/a.376589912722798/1030439804004469/?type=3&theater > > https://twitter.com/OpenKnowledgeBE/status/1234754767756386304 > > https://www.linkedin.com/posts/open-knowledge-belgium_opendata-activity-6640521647684100096-GvRU > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Seppe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be