[OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Mulone Moligiangi
(Apologies for cross-posting) Hi all, I am conducting academic research on how the OpenStreetMap vocabulary of tags and keys evolved. For this reason, I am analysing the OSM Wiki website (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page). It would be very helpful if you could answer some of these

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 25/06/2013 16:48, Mulone Moligiangi wrote: (Apologies for cross-posting) Since you don't appear to have cross-posted, I wonder why you're apologising for it. However, there are plenty of other things that perhaps you should explain: * Are you Mulone Moligiangi or Andrea Ballatore? * Which

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Mulone Moligiangi
On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: On 25/06/2013 16:48, Mulone Moligiangi wrote: (Apologies for cross-posting) Since you don't appear to have cross-posted, I wonder why you're apologising for it. I posted this on the OSM forum too, this is why I'm apologising. I will also

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Mulone Moligiangi mul...@rome.com wrote: I'm working on the tagging process, trying to understand how it works on the wiki and how people reach consensus on difficult issues. The OSM community will see the results in academic articles. How it works *on the

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 25.06.2013 19:57, schrieb Mulone Moligiangi: On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: * What are you hoping to show with this survey? What use do you see this information being to the OSM community, and will they see the results? I'm working on the tagging process, trying to understand

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Pieren
On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: Sorry to be so harsh It's not the first time we welcome researchers on this list in such a bad mood (not necessarily you Jonathan). It's childish. You could start by explaining that the tagging process is complex, is not only happening on the wiki,

[OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread john whelan
There are different approaches to surveys and loosely-worded questions or open ended questions are one legitimate approach. OSM suffers from a huge turnover or drop out rate of active mappers perhaps the survey may help identify ways to help retention. We've already identified that what is in

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread colliar
On 25.06.2013 21:58, Pieren wrote: On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: Sorry to be so harsh It's not the first time we welcome researchers on this list in such a bad mood (not necessarily you Jonathan). It's childish. You could start by explaining that the tagging process is

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread colliar
On 25.06.2013 21:35, Peter Wendorff wrote: Am 25.06.2013 19:57, schrieb Mulone Moligiangi: On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: * What are you hoping to show with this survey? What use do you see this information being to the OSM community, and will they see the results? I'm working

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Pieren wrote: You cannot say that. Give me an example where the editors decided how to tag features in the past. Two off the top of my head: 1. Potlatch popularised the use of a certain set of values for the surface= tag. 2.