Re: [Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

Hi Dave

Here is a link to the article you are talking about. The author is Monica
Stephens. It may be tricky to access if you're not affiliated to an
institution that subscribes to the journal. However, you should be able
access the abstract. I haven't seen her presenting this work but with the
info from the link you may be able to find something.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10708-013-9492-z

Hope its what you were looking for.

Zoe

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi
> My Youtube history got cleared. Does anyone have a link the video of a
> woman giving a lecture about contribution discrepancies in open data
> projects. She used OSM brothels & childcare as examples.
>
> Ta
> DaveF
>
>
>
> On 04/09/2017 11:38, Zoe Gardner wrote:
>
>
>
> Dear OSM talk-gb subscriber
>
>
>
> I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the
> University of Nottingham, interested in participation biases in geospatial
> crowdsourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered Geographical
> Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is concerned with
> the way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially affect the
> usability of the data that is collected and subsequently what is available
> to location based service providers which use OSM as their primary
> geospatial database.
>
> The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male
> bias in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various
> geospatial knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the
> map. However, the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored
> or reported. By collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can
> then be analyzed along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this
> bias might begin to be measured and therefore better understood. I have
> therefore published an online survey designed to collect information
> directly from OSM editors and I would like to invite as many of you as
> possible to participate. The survey is anonymous and takes a couple of
> minutes to complete.
>
> If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to
> participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take
> you to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more
> information and an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small
> incentive, at the close of the survey in a few weeks’ time, 60 respondents
> will be drawn at random to receive a £15 Amazon voucher.
>
>
>
> To participate in the survey, click on the link below:
>
>
>
> https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles
>
>
>
> Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the
> way participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will enable new
> strategies to be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial
> information provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the
> role played by platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability
> and raise the profile of the important mapping work that you all do.
>
>
>
> In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research
> activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below)
> and do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging
> service.
>
>
>
> https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Zoe
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

Hi Andres and thanks for your support. I'm all for Open Access publishing
and when the time comes will endeavour to do this. Will keep the community
posted on this as well as the results. Best wishes, Zoe

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Andres Muniz Piniella <
a75...@alumni.tecnun.es> wrote:

> Thank you Zoe,
> I think this is great! I am sure other openData projects would be
> interested in your results. I've done the survey, literally takes 30
> seconds or less,just as I like them. But you don't mention if your results
> will be published under a free culture licence. I have been a scientist
> during some time and I am now frustrated that some of my publications are
> behind a paywall.  It would be great if your data is shared under a
> compatible licence with OSM?
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2017-09-04 at 11:38 +0100, Zoe Gardner wrote:
>
>
>
> Dear OSM talk-gb subscriber
>
>
>
> I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the
> University of Nottingham, interested in participation biases in geospatial
> crowdsourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered Geographical
> Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is concerned with
> the way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially affect the
> usability of the data that is collected and subsequently what is available
> to location based service providers which use OSM as their primary
> geospatial database.
>
> The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male
> bias in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various
> geospatial knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the
> map. However, the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored
> or reported. By collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can
> then be analyzed along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this
> bias might begin to be measured and therefore better understood. I have
> therefore published an online survey designed to collect information
> directly from OSM editors and I would like to invite as many of you as
> possible to participate. The survey is anonymous and takes a couple of
> minutes to complete.
>
> If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to
> participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take
> you to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more
> information and an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small
> incentive, at the close of the survey in a few weeks’ time, 60 respondents
> will be drawn at random to receive a £15 Amazon voucher.
>
>
>
> To participate in the survey, click on the link below:
>
>
>
> https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles
>
>
>
> Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the
> way participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will enable new
> strategies to be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial
> information provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the
> role played by platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability
> and raise the profile of the important mapping work that you all do.
>
>
>
> In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research
> activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below)
> and do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging
> service.
>
>
>
> https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Zoe
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[Zoe Gardner]

Am absolutely delighted, motivated and encouraged (not to mention
entertained) by the discussion here stimulated by the issue of gender bias
in OSM. From this and the previous thread (as well as responses to my diary
entries) it is evident that there is both support for and understanding of
this kind of research amongst the OSM community and how it might be
beneficial to OSM as a platform. For the more sceptical I have attempted in
diary entries, group mails and personal responses to elucidate the
rationale behind the research but wonder whether this is getting through.

This research is in no way critical of the valuable work that all OSM-ers
do. Nor is it an attack on men or their particular interests (research has
previously found a 96% male bias by the way). Instead, it is an effort to
understand the impact of this bias: research has intimated that the bias is
a problem but not stated how. By analysing what and how men and women map
differently - if indeed there is a difference - the problem can somehow be
qualified either way and I can't see how this would be detrimental to OSM.

Survey still open by the way (the greater the number of responses, the
greater the reliability of the results)!

https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles


On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:23 AM, alyssa wright 
wrote:

> Thank you Spencer for your thoughts!
>
> Speaking from my own experience, I come to OSM with many blind spots and I
> rely on others to help me understand what those blind spots are.
>
> Perhaps that is one best ways academic research can contribute to OSM --
> to let us see  something new that we were not able to see before.
>
> And thanks to Spencer for being brave enough to share your recessive eye
> color [1][2].
>
>  ;)
> Alyssa
>
>
> [1] Did you know that green is recessive to brown but dominant over blue?
> Hope you weren't mapping during bio classes.
>
> [2] I think it's super creative that Spencer combined the "mapping blind
> spots" and "eye color" in the same thread! Yay! OSMers are so creative!
>
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:36 PM Spencer Gardner 
> wrote:
>
>> My thoughts are:
>>
>>1. The negative reactions to the study seem to be putting the cart
>>before the horse. If our goal is to make OSM the most accurate and 
>> complete
>>map on the planet, it makes sense to me that we would want to understand
>>where our blind spots might be, whether they're due to differences in
>>participation by gender, ideology, etc. I would expect a vigorous debate
>>and passionate disagreement about what (if anything) to do about a blind
>>spot if one is found, but that's not really the question at hand. Let's
>>cross that bridge when we come to it. Of course, I'm willing to entertain
>>arguments for why someone shouldn't pursue this line of inquiry but I 
>> don't
>>see a compelling reason.
>>2. Thanks to the OSM community (esp. Ian, Alyssa, and the rest of the
>>board) for encouraging open, respectful conversation. I find my own
>>feelings on topics like this to be more complicated than either of the
>>screaming sides so I believe it's critical to ensure many voices are 
>> heard,
>>even from those whose perspective we find difficult.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Spencer
>> (green eyes)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:47 PM, alyssa wright 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Re your question about 
>>>
>>> If you are doing an academic study on eye color and OSM/VGI contribution
>>> -- I'd be happy to moderate a townhall as well.
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, I have blue eyes (and glasses).
>>>
>>> Alyssa.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Joel Holdsworth <
>>> j...@airwebreathe.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
 Could we have one eye colour, also? ;-)



 On 05/09/17 17:03, Ian Dees wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Let's continue the conversation on this new thread, keeping in mind
> that we all need to keep our mind open and have productive and positive
> conversation.
>
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> too hostile towards each other again.
>
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Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

Dear All

Further to my email yesterday regard, I would like to reassure subscribers
here that the research is bona fide. I included a link to my University
webpage in the original post which I thought would give the survey the
required credence.

I agree with Charlotte that it would have been more credible to send the
post from my University email and this was my error. Apologies for any lack
of uncertainty in this respect. Please do complete the survey if you are
inclined!

Best wishes
Zoe

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 7:36 PM, <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If it helps, I can confirm that I have met the researcher concerned at an
> OSM meetup in Nottingham. We talked about the project a bit, and what's
> been said about the research here doesn't differ from what was s‎aid then.
>
> Happy to answer questions from the US board if anyone thinks it will add
> to the "web of trust" here :)
>
>
> *From: *Charlotte Wolter
> *Sent: *Monday, 4 September 2017 19:25
> *To: *Talk-US@openstreetmap.org
> *Subject: *[Talk-us] Fwd: Open survey on participation biases in OSM
>
> Follks,
>
> It would be nice if we could get some confirmation that this is a
> real research projects being done by an actual researcher at Nottingham. If
> it is legit, why is the return email address from Gmail rather than the
> university?
> Is there some mechanism that we can set up to confirm that the
> research is for real, such as running it through the US board first? I
> don't mind contributing to a survey. I just want to be sure it is for real.
>
> Charlotte
>
>
>
> From: Zoe Gardner <zoegardn...@gmail.com>
> To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org ...snip... talk...@openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-us] Open survey on participation biases in OSM
>
>
>
> Dear OSM talk subscriber
>
> I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the
> University of Nottingham in the UK, interested in participation biases in
> geospatial crowd-sourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered
> Geographical Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is
> concerned with the way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially
> affect the usability of the data that is collected and subsequently what is
> available to location-based service providers that use OSM as their primary
> geospatial database.
> The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male
> bias in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various
> geospatial knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the
> map. However, the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored
> or reported. By collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can
> then be analyzed along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this
> bias might begin to be measured and therefore better understood. I have
> therefore published an online survey designed to collect information
> directly from OSM editors and I would like to invite as many of you as
> possible to participate. The survey is anonymous and takes a couple of
> minutes to complete.
> If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to
> participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take
> you to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more
> information and an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small
> incentive, at the close of the survey in a few weeks' time, 60 respondents
> will be drawn at random to receive a £15 Amazon voucher.
> To participate in the survey, click on the link below:
> https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles
> Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the
> way participation biases impact on crowd-sourced maps will enable new
> strategies to be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial
> information provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the
> role played by platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability,
> and could raise the profile of the important mapping work that you all do.
> In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research
> activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below)
> and do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging
> service.
> https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner
> Thank you
>
> Zoe
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Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

Dear All

Further to my email yesterday regard, I would like to reassure subscribers
here that the research is bona fide. I included a link to my University
webpage in the original post which I thought would give the survey the
required credence.

I agree with Charlotte that it would have been more credible to send the
post from my University email and this was my error. Apologies for any lack
of uncertainty in this respect. Please do complete the survey if you are
inclined!

Best wishes
Zoe

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 7:36 PM, <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If it helps, I can confirm that I have met the researcher concerned at an
> OSM meetup in Nottingham. We talked about the project a bit, and what's
> been said about the research here doesn't differ from what was s‎aid then.
>
> Happy to answer questions from the US board if anyone thinks it will add
> to the "web of trust" here :)
>
>
> *From: *Charlotte Wolter
> *Sent: *Monday, 4 September 2017 19:25
> *To: *Talk-US@openstreetmap.org
> *Subject: *[Talk-us] Fwd: Open survey on participation biases in OSM
>
> Follks,
>
> It would be nice if we could get some confirmation that this is a
> real research projects being done by an actual researcher at Nottingham. If
> it is legit, why is the return email address from Gmail rather than the
> university?
> Is there some mechanism that we can set up to confirm that the
> research is for real, such as running it through the US board first? I
> don't mind contributing to a survey. I just want to be sure it is for real.
>
> Charlotte
>
>
>
> From: Zoe Gardner <zoegardn...@gmail.com>
> To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org ...snip... talk...@openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-us] Open survey on participation biases in OSM
>
>
>
> Dear OSM talk subscriber
>
> I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the
> University of Nottingham in the UK, interested in participation biases in
> geospatial crowd-sourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered
> Geographical Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is
> concerned with the way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially
> affect the usability of the data that is collected and subsequently what is
> available to location-based service providers that use OSM as their primary
> geospatial database.
> The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male
> bias in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various
> geospatial knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the
> map. However, the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored
> or reported. By collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can
> then be analyzed along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this
> bias might begin to be measured and therefore better understood. I have
> therefore published an online survey designed to collect information
> directly from OSM editors and I would like to invite as many of you as
> possible to participate. The survey is anonymous and takes a couple of
> minutes to complete.
> If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to
> participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take
> you to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more
> information and an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small
> incentive, at the close of the survey in a few weeks' time, 60 respondents
> will be drawn at random to receive a £15 Amazon voucher.
> To participate in the survey, click on the link below:
> https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles
> Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the
> way participation biases impact on crowd-sourced maps will enable new
> strategies to be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial
> information provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the
> role played by platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability,
> and could raise the profile of the important mapping work that you all do.
> In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research
> activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below)
> and do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging
> service.
> https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner
> Thank you
>
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[Talk-africa] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

Dear OSM talk subscriber

 

I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the University 
of Nottingham in the UK, interested in participation biases in geospatial 
crowdsourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered Geographical 
Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is concerned with the 
way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially affect the usability 
of the data that is collected and subsequently what is available to location 
based service providers which use OSM as their primary geospatial database.

 

The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male bias 
in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various geospatial 
knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the map. However, 
the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored or reported. By 
collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can then be analyzed 
along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this bias might begin to be 
measured and therefore better understood. I have therefore published an online 
survey designed to collect information directly from OSM editors and I would 
like to invite as many of you as possible to participate. The survey is 
anonymous and takes a couple of minutes to complete.

 

If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to 
participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take you 
to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more information and 
an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small incentive, at the close 
of the survey in a few weeks’ time, 60 respondents will be drawn at random to 
receive a £15 Amazon voucher.

 

To participate in the survey, click on the link below:

 

https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles 

 

Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the way 
participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will enable new strategies to 
be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial information 
provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the role played by 
platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability and raise the 
profile of the important mapping work that you all do.

 

In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research 
activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below) and 
do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging service.

 

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner 

 

Thank you

Zoe

 

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[Talk-us] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

Dear OSM talk subscriber

 

I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the University 
of Nottingham in the UK, interested in participation biases in geospatial 
crowdsourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered Geographical 
Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is concerned with the 
way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially affect the usability 
of the data that is collected and subsequently what is available to location 
based service providers which use OSM as their primary geospatial database.

 

The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male bias 
in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various geospatial 
knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the map. However, 
the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored or reported. By 
collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can then be analyzed 
along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this bias might begin to be 
measured and therefore better understood. I have therefore published an online 
survey designed to collect information directly from OSM editors and I would 
like to invite as many of you as possible to participate. The survey is 
anonymous and takes a couple of minutes to complete.

 

If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to 
participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take you 
to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more information and 
an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small incentive, at the close 
of the survey in a few weeks’ time, 60 respondents will be drawn at random to 
receive a £15 Amazon voucher.

 

To participate in the survey, click on the link below:

 

https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles 

 

Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the way 
participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will enable new strategies to 
be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial information 
provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the role played by 
platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability and raise the 
profile of the important mapping work that you all do.

 

In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research 
activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below) and 
do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging service.

 

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner 

 

Thank you

Zoe

 

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[OSM-talk] OSM user survey still open - more women needed

[Zoe Gardner]

Dear OpenStreetMappers

A couple of weeks ago I launched an online survey aimed to collect demographic 
data about OSM contributors for a research project (funded by the University of 
Nottingham and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) 
concerned with gender biases in OSM. The survey has received a great response 
and I would like to send my thanks to all users who have so far participated. 

However, more responses are needed (especially from women). I would therefore 
like to encourage any mappers, male and female, who have not yet participated, 
to consider doing so. There are only six questions and the survey takes less 
than a minute to complete, plus you could earn a £15 Amazon voucher for your 
time (apx. US$20). 

The gender imbalance in OSM contributing is a recognised aspect of the project. 
The results of this survey will help to better understand the impact of this 
bias which could lead to more targeted strategies for widening participation. 
For more information and to complete the survey please visit:

https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles 

Thank you
Zoe (Geospa_gal)
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[Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

> Dear OSM talk-gb subscriber
> 
>  
> 
> I am a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the 
> University of Nottingham, interested in participation biases in geospatial 
> crowdsourced projects such as OSM and other Volunteered Geographical 
> Information (VGI) projects. My current research project is concerned with the 
> way in which participation biases in OSM may potentially affect the usability 
> of the data that is collected and subsequently what is available to location 
> based service providers which use OSM as their primary geospatial database.
> 
> The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male bias 
> in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various geospatial 
> knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the map. However, 
> the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored or reported. By 
> collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can then be analyzed 
> along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this bias might begin to be 
> measured and therefore better understood. I have therefore published an 
> online survey designed to collect information directly from OSM editors and I 
> would like to invite as many of you as possible to participate. The survey is 
> anonymous and takes a couple of minutes to complete.
> 
> If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to 
> participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take you 
> to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more information and 
> an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small incentive, at the 
> close of the survey in a few weeks’ time, 60 respondents will be drawn at 
> random to receive a £15 Amazon voucher.
> 
>  
> 
> To participate in the survey, click on the link below:
> 
>  
> 
> https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles 
> 
>  
> 
> Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the way 
> participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will enable new strategies 
> to be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial information 
> provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the role played by 
> platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability and raise the 
> profile of the important mapping work that you all do.
> 
>  
> 
> In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research 
> activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below) 
> and do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging service.
> 
>  
> 
> https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner 
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Zoe
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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[OSM-talk] Fwd: FW: Open survey on participation biases in OSM

[Zoe Gardner]

Dear OSM talk subscriber



A few weeks ago I posted a diary entry introducing myself, my interests in
OSM and showcasing an upcoming survey for OSM editors. I am a Research
Fellow in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute at the University of
Nottingham, interested in participation biases in geospatial crowdsourced
projects such as OSM and other Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI)
projects. My current research project is concerned with the way in which
participation biases in OSM may potentially affect the usability of the
data that is collected and subsequently what is available to location based
service providers which use OSM as their primary geospatial database.



You can read the full  entry by clicking on my diary entries in this link:



https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Geospa_gal




The project is motivated by recent research that has found a strong male
bias in OSM participation. This has led to assertions that various
geospatial knowledge could be under represented or poorly recorded on the
map. However, the actual consequences of this bias remain little explored
or reported. By collecting information about contributors to OSM, which can
then be analyzed along with their editing patterns, the impacts of this
bias might begin to be measured and therefore better understood. I have
therefore published an online survey designed to collect information
directly from OSM editors and I would like to invite as many of you as
possible to participate. The survey is anonymous and takes a couple of
minutes to complete.



If you are an OSM contributor and are interested in or would like to
participate in the study, please click on the link below, which will take
you to the Bristol Online Survey website where you will find more
information and an opportunity to participate in the survey. As a small
incentive, at the close of the survey in a few weeks’ time, 60 respondents
will be drawn at random to receive a £15 Amazon voucher.



To participate in the survey, click on the link below:



https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/osm-user-profiles



Please do think about participating. It is hoped that knowledge about the
way participation biases impact on crowdsourced maps will enable new
strategies to be developed to address any resulting voids in the geospatial
information provided by amateur mappers. In turn this could strengthen the
role played by platforms such as OSM in urban planning and sustainability
and raise the profile of the important mapping work that you all do.



In the meantime, if you would like to know more about me, my research
activities or the project, please visit my University webpage (link below)
and do not hesitate to get in touch directly or via the OSM messaging
service.



https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/zoe.gardner



Thank you

Zoe







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