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 > > > > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the > > addressee > > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete > > it. > > > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in > > this > > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by > > the > > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > > University of Nottingham. > > > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage > > your > > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored > > as > > permitted by UK legislation. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Andres (he/him/his)
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