Just for the fun of speculating: is way 225291488 named politically
correct, or not? ;)
KA
On 2020-03-03 19:30, Marc Gemis wrote:
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
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