Oren, I appreciate your initiative for an open coworking map. I'm actually in the design phase of a similar project for Mexico locations, we could join efforts to enhance both of our resources. I would like to hear from you how do you plan to market your site and make it visible to whomever is looking for a place such as this.
it is indeed necessary to have a more centralized way to find coworking locations either by region or worldwide as you are trying. how to connect each other's efforts and get the best bang for the buck...that is the question. thanks MF El martes, 23 de septiembre de 2014 23:40:22 UTC-5, [email protected] escribió: > > 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.
