Re: [Diversity-talk] Who Maps The World

[Paul Norman]

On 3/14/2018 6:47 PM, alyssa wright wrote:

Hi all,

City Lab article below on gender disparity in OSM. I actually think 
things have evolved and are more nuanced then ever before. Wondering 
if I am being naive.


Yes - part of the thesis of the article is based around the claims of 
what gets mapped. The claims in the article do not reflect reality.


OSM has more childcare centers (amenity=kindergarten) mapped than sports 
arenas or sports arenas, the examples from the article. I couldn't 
figure out what tags Levine was talking about for strip clubs.





For healthcare, the claims are vaguer, but as a general rule, "primary" 
information like something being a doctor's office, clinic, or other 
healthcare facility gets mapped faster than "subtag" information like 
what type of specialty the doctor's has. This is normal - when I'm out 
mapping, noting where there's a doctor's or clinic is more important 
than what type it is. You see the same in other subtags.


 Looking at what healthcare facilities is tagged with that additional 
information, and ignoring "general", the five most popular are 
"Obstetrics and gynaecology", "Ophthalmology", "General (internal) 
medicine", "Paediatrics", and "Trauma and orthopaedic surgery". (UK terms).


The gender percentages are interesting, and if accurate, put a much 
lower value on percentage of mapping that HOT does than I've seen in the 
past. I suspect there are some problems with different sources of 
numbers, and the numbers cited not being accurate.


[1]: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/healthcare%3Aspeciality#values
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[Diversity-talk] Who Maps the World

[Mikel Maron]

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/03/who-maps-the-world/555272/

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Re: [Diversity-talk] Who Maps The World

[Heather Leson]

Thanks for sharing Alyssa.

Rachel and allies, this is a great piece. It would be great to share on the
main list. I would be happy to do so and share in the discussion.

I'll share here.
https://www.facebook.com/OpenStreetMap/?ref=br_rs



Thanks for all your leadership. Step by step

Heather

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On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 2:47 AM, alyssa wright 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> City Lab article below on gender disparity in OSM. I actually think things
> have evolved and are more nuanced then ever before. Wondering if I am being
> naive.
>
> https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/03/who-maps-the-world/555272/
>
>
> A map only reveals as much as the mapmaker knows about the world, or at
> least, cares to show. When most mapmakers are men, there’s bound to be gaps.
>
> For example, on Open Street Map, the free and open-source Google Maps
> competitor edited by volunteers around the world, “childcare centers,
> health clinics, abortion clinics, and specialty clinics that deal with
> women’s health are vastly underrepresented,” reports Sarah Holder at
> CityLab
> .
> It’s estimated that just 2 to 5 percent of OSMers are women. The vast
> majority are older, retired men.
>
> That gender imbalance provokes serious debate among mapmakers—one of the
> more contentious battles in OSM history was in 2011, when editors rejected
> an appeal to tag “childcare” at all. (It’s since been added.) But more
> importantly, a map that fails to represent the needs of more than half the
> population is not a very a useful map. The stakes are highest in places
> where there is no Google, Apple, or any other company working as a back-up.
> Sometimes, a volunteer-made map is the only cartographic resource citizens
> and humanitarian organizations in developing countries have to go on.
> A childcare center in Scottsdale, Arizona. (OSM)
>
> That’s why a team of OpenStreetMap users—with lots of women involved—is
> intentionally creating maps that reflect space more inclusively. On
> International Women’s Day, Holder reported on a “feminist map-a-thon” in
> Washington, D.C., hosted by Missing Maps, a humanitarian mapping
> organization. There, volunteers worked to build a map for an NGO in
> Tanzania that shelters girls facing the threat of genital mutilation. Their
> digital lines and labels (such as: “women’s toilet”) could become
> real-world escape routes.
>
> Inclusive geography is about more than mapping bridges and tunnels that
> everybody uses. “It’s shaped by asking things like: Where on the map do you
> feel safe?” Holder writes. “How would you walk from A to B in the city
> without having to look over your shoulder? It’s hard to map these
> intangibles—but not impossible.”
>
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