Mildly off topic, I read this article yesterday http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/19/6044403/derp-research-partnership-launched-by-reddit-twitch-imgur-fark-stack-exchange
They aim giving transparency to the research into their online communities as far as I can understand. I took the survey and it's more focused on what kind of person contributes to OSM than what the mapper think of OSM (apart from a general question on the user interface).. Regards, Stefano 2014-08-20 14:30 GMT+02:00 Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org>: > Hi, > > On 08/19/2014 10:31 PM, Jaakko Helleranta.com wrote: > > Should we have a Code of Ethics for researching the OSM community? > > I give you Muki Haklay's SOTM-EU 2011 talk: > > > http://povesham.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/observing-from-afar-or-joining-the-action-osm-and-giscience-research/ > > He formulated a "code of engagement" for researchers which is explained > in the talk, I'll summarize: > > 1. do some mapping > 2. read up on OSM > 3. explore the data > 4. publish outputs in Open Access > 5. publish and share data and code > 6. be a "critical friend" of OSM > 7. teach about OSM > > That's just the short form but I think the talk very neatly explains why > some researchers might have difficulties interacting with OSM and how > things could be better. > > One would hope that anyone doing OSM research today has at least read up > enough to find this talk. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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