Hey Xavier, That's precisely what I'm working on with Open Coworking through the Open Coworking Map: http://coworkingdotcom.herokuapp.com/ (The site will be moving to map.coworking.com very very shortly.)
The idea behind the Open Coworking Map is very simple. All "global coworking lists" have had the same problems in maintenance due to their data management policies. Either one person curates the whole list or alternatively they create an open platform allowing any space to list itself. The former is impossible since no one can be in 5,000 places at once keeping track of openings and closings. The latter runs into issues with opt-in as it's nearly impossible to inform and convince 5,000 spaces to sign up. The latter approach also has issues of opt-out when a space closes. Most directories I've seen end up becoming more of a graveyard than an active list. The Open Coworking Map addresses these issues by appointing a local curator in each city (or country if city level is too specific or coworking is too sparse in the country to support city listing). In this way, the individual keeps track of all the openings and closings without requiring opt-in or opt-out from the spaces themselves. This is the only way to ensure a fully inclusive list that doesn't forget to include or remove spaces as required. The project is ready for roll-out, but thus far I've been struggling a bit to find willing local curators in each locality worldwide. Xaver, if you're interested I can get you credentials to manage the Switzerland list. Same offer applies to locals of any other city/country that want to curate their city's list of spaces! Cheers, Oren On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:48:18 AM UTC-5, Xaver Inglin wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > The coworking scene in Switzerland is growing - see our directory of > spaces http://coworking-schweiz.ch/?page_id=54 > > It would make sense to publish this information on a world wide directory > - but where? > > Here is what I found so far: > > > - http://wiki.coworking.org/w/page/29303049/Directory is still > maintained but is just a listing by regions/countries: no further > attributes/criteria that allows to pick an appropriate coworking space. > - this discussion on Quora > http://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-global-directory-of-coworking-spaces > provides some hints, but not really an answer to my question. > > I feel a need for the "Worldwide Coworking Directory". > > Anyone else? > > > > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
