[Talk-us] Tampa/Clearwater Building Import to aid in Irma Recovery Efforts

[Clifford Snow]

The Tampa/Clearwater building import [1] wiki page is available. Basically
this import is to add building outlines provided by Microsoft [2] to aid in
Irma Recovery efforts. It will use the Tasking Manager for the import
process.

The import, like the Corpus Christi import, requires JOSM. For people
familiar with JOSM, this is a fairly easy import.

I expect to have the Project available shortly.


[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tampa,_Florida_Building_Import
[2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microsoft_Building_Footprint_Data

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Re: [Talk-us] Hurricane Irma - Puerto Rico

[Marc Gemis]

The hot task manager http://tasks.hotosm.org/ already lists 4 tasks :
3499, 3501, 3502 and 3504

regards

m.

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Jordan Brod  wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I was curious if anybody was planning to do a response similar to what was
> done in the Houston area for Puerto Rico (technically part of the US) in
> regards to Irma.  From looking at the map San Juan looks to be well mapped
> but the other areas seem to be lacking in building footprints.  The reason I
> ask is that with Puerto Rico being a commonwealth / unincorporated territory
> of the U.S. and not a state I don't know what kind of attention they will
> receive from FEMA or any of the other federal disaster departments, and if
> they are really hamstrung on data we might be able to offer assistance.  I
> don't think HOT will do an activation for Puerto Rico since they are part of
> the U.S. even if not an official state, and from the looks of the current
> response they are only activating for islands that have requested their
> help.
>
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[Talk-us] Emergency Shelters

[Nick Hocking]

Are the emergency shelters currently mapped in OSM?

I think that it would be really useful, in an emergency to have these
locations available on your phone or watch as offline routable maps
(including whether they are pet friendly).

Maybe in the next few months we could convince/help all states to import
their data into OSM.


PS - I've just bought a waterproof Garmin Epix watch and loaded routable
OSM maps to it. Turn by turn navigation works really well on it.
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[Talk-us] Task Manager Projects for Hurricane Harvey

[Clifford Snow]

There are six projects in the US Tasking Manager that need help. Consider
spending some time helping out.

1. http://tasks.openstreetmap.us/project/114 Addicks Reservoir North
2. http://tasks.openstreetmap.us/project/109 Crosby Tx home, buildings and
Infrastructure
3. http://tasks.openstreetmap.us/project/106 Manchester TX Homes and
Buildings
4. http://tasks.openstreetmap.us/project/105 Dickinson TX Buildings
5. http://tasks.openstreetmap.us/project/104 TIGER Clean up
6. http://tasks.openstreetmap.us/project/118 Corpus Christi Building Import




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Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[alyssa wright]

Thanks Clifford. We'll make sure to discuss this at a our future board
meeting.

Best,
Alyssa.

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:06 PM Clifford Snow 
wrote:

> I'm curious to see the results of Zoe's survey and more importantly how we
> might use the knowledge to improve our tools and communications.
>
> It has been a long time since I worked with survey. But one of the key
> points I remember learning was that we needed a plan to work on the
> results. Getting the data is nice, but doing something about it is what
> counts.
>
> Let me propose the following two actions for the OSM-US Board to undertake
>
> 1. The Board commits to analyze and recommend changes based on the results
> of the survey.
>
> 2. The Board fund a program to increase the diversity number of the US
> mapping community. It could be anything from funding articles in targeted
> websites to funding speakers at events.
>
>
> Clifford
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Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[Martijn van Exel]

Marc,

> On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:54 PM, Marc Gemis  wrote:
> 
> What I am missing from all the statistics that we already have about
> mappers today, is how divers we map. This can be done e.g. by counting
> the number of different amenities, shops, crafts, leisures that a
> mapper added and/or updated.

I really like this idea and would like to see this as well, ideally of course 
as an open project. There’s bits and pieces already there, for example you can 
look at TagInfo to see the diversity of tagging in use in general. Also OSM US 
did a ‘ census’ asking mappers to give a little more information about 
themselves so we know more about the demographics / diversity of the mapping 
population. Also I did the ‘brave mappers’ hack a little while ago showing 
activity of mappers in a region over time.

However, what if we could see the diversity of mapping by country / region / 
city? Perhaps as a measure of % of documented and undocumented tagging used? I 
think that would indeed open some eyes — perhaps not specifically to gender 
issues, but to mapping diversity in general. That is, obviously, measuring on 
output — we still don’t know what the diversity of the actual population is 
that way — but an interesting research angle could then be to survey 
demographics (the input side) and look at input / output correlation.

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[Talk-us] Hurricane Irma - Puerto Rico

[Jordan Brod]

Hey all,

I was curious if anybody was planning to do a response similar to what was
done in the Houston area for Puerto Rico (technically part of the US) in
regards to Irma.  From looking at the map San Juan looks to be well mapped
but the other areas seem to be lacking in building footprints.  The reason
I ask is that with Puerto Rico being a commonwealth / unincorporated
territory of the U.S. and not a state I don't know what kind of attention
they will receive from FEMA or any of the other federal disaster
departments, and if they are really hamstrung on data we might be able to
offer assistance.  I don't think HOT will do an activation for Puerto Rico
since they are part of the U.S. even if not an official state, and from the
looks of the current response they are only activating for islands that
have requested their help.
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Re: [Talk-us] TIGER fixup for Hurricane Harvey potential impact areas

[Nick Hocking]

Thanks Mike,

Looks good.  I've already found a serious routability issue with an
unedited TIGER road in the Houston area. -I'm fixing it now.

Cheers
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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.
>
> I reserve the right to add a moderated cooling off period if we get
> too hostile towards each other again.
>
> -Ian
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Re: [Talk-us] TIGER fixup for Hurricane Harvey potential impact areas

[Mike N]

On 9/6/2017 12:42 AM, Nick Hocking wrote:

A couple of years ago there was a "Tiger missing and misaligned 2015"
layer that I found really usefull for bringing many US cities and towns
up-to-date.

Do you know if there is (or plans for) a more recent version of this,
maybe Tiger 2017???


This one has TIGER 2016, and probably will be updated to TIGER 2017 when 
it is released.  The JOSM Imagery URL would be


tms:https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/openstreetmapus/ciskq55qi003d2yn18dllw09w/tiles/256/{zoom}/{x}/{y}?access_token=pk.eyJ1Ijoib3BlbnN0cmVldG1hcHVzIiwiYSI6ImNpc2x0eGF1MjBhZTIydXB1eTkxbTdrdXoifQ.9reDkEfppIvAOfAD3tRDJQ

   I agree that it's very useful when that area's TIGER data is updated.




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Re: [Talk-us] TIGER fixup for Hurricane Harvey potential impact areas

[Nick Hocking]

Is there anything we can do, OSMwise, for communities in the path of
Hurricane Irma.
Anything that may be useful for search and recovery would be a priority.
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