> Dear OSM talk-gb subscriber > > > > I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the > University of Nottingham, interested in participation biases in geospatial > crowdsourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered Geographical > Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is concerned with the > way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially affect the usability > of the data that is collected and subsequently what is available to location > based service providers which use OSM as their primary geospatial database. > > The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male bias > in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various geospatial > knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the map. However, > the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored or reported. By > collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can then be analyzed > along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this bias might begin to be > measured and therefore better understood. I have therefore published an > online survey designed to collect information directly from OSM editors and I > would like to invite as many of you as possible to participate. The survey is > anonymous and takes a couple of minutes to complete. > > If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to > participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take you > to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more information and > an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small incentive, at the > close of the survey in a few weeks’ time, 60 respondents will be drawn at > random to receive a £15 Amazon voucher. > > > > To participate in the survey, click on the link below: > > > > https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles > <https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles> > > > Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the way > participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will enable new strategies > to be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial information > provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the role played by > platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability and raise the > profile of the important mapping work that you all do. > > > > In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research > activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below) > and do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging service. > > > > https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner > <https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner> > > > Thank you > > Zoe > > > > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. >
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