On 14/06/2015 6:31 PM, Sarah Hoffmann wrote:
The One Map we currently show caters mainly to the overrepresented
tech population (or, in the case of the HOT map, to NGOs) and that
gives the impression that the same is true for our data (which isn't).
So maybe both, the diversity movement and humanitarian efforts should
focus less on data collection and more on the data representation,
i.e. make specialised maps.
Unfortunately some people in OSM don't want diversity - they see it as a
special case and they don't want that in OSM!
This can be seen in the opposition to some new tags being introduced.
I say the more data the better. The number of tags should reflect the
diversity of features, grouping them is something of a problem, but that
should not stop the introduction of new tags.
The 'one map we show' .. is that not intended for checking of data? Not
for producing a map?
Presently there are many OSM derived maps available, with lots of
variation between them in how they present the data and what data they
do present.
It 'would be nice' to have a 'user configurable map' .. that may come as
time passes. But it would still rely on OSM data, and that needs to
include a lot of diverse things. Some won't be of use in one map, but
may be very important in another map.
Lots of them. Invest in technologies that allow every community to
make exactly the map they need. Because this really is the resource
intensive part of OSM which most people cannot efford. Data collection
is easy and cheap in comparision. The local communities will
eventually mangage to do it on their own, once they see what the
benefits are for themselves. Sarah
Good data collection in remote areas is neither easy or cheap.
The more remote the area the more it costs to get there, stay there and
then transmit the data back.
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I use 'remote mapping' methods even close to home, as well as far away.
When used close to home I have cultural knowledge that help in
determining things. For clarification I can always go and visit.
Far away I am less certain and have to take a more conservative approach.
That can lead to errors - I try to make those have as little impact as
possible.
If, for example, a highway classification is needed than I'll demote the
classification rather than be too optimistic about it.
Some group of buildings might be a small village .. or a group of farm
buildings .. I'll leave that alone.
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