One of my hypotheses is that there are users which are shy or intimidated when trying to capture and edit OSM data. Among others, this was a reason to me to invent Kort [1] - the OSM game implemented as a rewarding data capturing app, released beginning of this year (next "big" release will be mid 2013). I'm still wondering though how many registrants really "came back" because of this mobile web app - it's not easy to interpret the statistics [2]!
Yours, Stefan [1] htp://play.kort.ch [2] http://www.kort.ch/statistics.php 2013/4/15 Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> > One of my collegeas signed up a long time ago, but never made an edit. I > asked him today, why he signed up. He vaguely remembers that some Android > app he was using hinted (or he understood) that he should sign up in order > to use the app. He also thought that he might add some footpaths one day, > that's why he signed up. Details are lost in history. So, maybe is playing > with map apps one of the reasons ? > > m > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Jean-Marc Liotier <j...@liotier.org>wrote: > >> On 04/13/2013 03:33 PM, Simon Poole wrote: >> > While there is clearly room for improvement in converting account >> > creators to contributors [..] >> >> What about asking them why they registered and did not edit the map ? >> Would a one-off mailing to users who registered more than three months >> ago and have no edits and no traces, with a link to an anonymous online >> survey be within the bounds of Openstreetmap's policy ? >> >> Again, this is not about the users with just one edit (it seems that >> those are well understood) - it is about users with no edit at all. >> >> Here is a rough outline of what it could be (of course, any such project >> will require a wiki page and much debate...) : >> >> "Greetings from Openstreetmap - we have noticed that you created an >> account x months ago and have not yet edited the map... We would love to >> know why, so that we can provide better information to new users - would >> you care to answer this anonymous survey ? >> >> I created an account and have not edited the map yet because : >> - I thought that registering was necessary for using Openstreetmap or >> accessing the data >> - I thought that registering would grant access to advanced features >> - I found the tools and technical requirements too complicated" >> >> In any case, if you have any question, don't hesitate to head to >> http://help.openstreetmap.org - fellow cartographers will be delighted >> to help you overcome any hurdle you may encounter" >> >> Whatever such message ends up being designed could be sent to a few >> hundred users for testing before sending it to a slightly larger >> fraction and then to the whole population. >> >> Do you think such a survey would help ? Would that be too spammy for >> Openstreetmap's taste ? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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