Local Outreach, Local Communities, World Map Kate Chapman @wonderchook © OpenStreetMap contributors
Local Outreach, Local Communities, World Map
Dec 21, 2014
Communities have different personalities and ways to communicating. Spreading interest in OpenStreetMap around the world takes different approaches for different groups. This talk is a look at characteristics of certain existing OSM communities and why some of those approaches won't work elsewhere.
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Local Outreach, Local Communities, World Map
Kate Chapman@wonderchook
© OpenStreetMap contributors
What is local?
© OpenStreetMap contributors
What is local community?
Does the wiki know?
What makes the outreach local?CC-BY-SA Flickr User somayalangley
Maybe I just mean localized outreach
Communities differ by region, culture, language, interest
Country PostsGermany 105,289Russia 121,423France 791United States 125United Kingdom 262Italy 76Spain 0Poland 10,101Japan 0Austria 0
Mailing List Posts as of October 12th
As much as local communities differ, they adopt from others
© OpenStreetMap contributors
© OpenStreetMap contributors
CC-BY Andrew Turner
How do we get local?
CC-BY NASA Goddard Photo and Video
You know your local community
best
CC-BY Flickr User DonkeyHotey
Or do you…..?CC-BY-SA Alexandre Dulaunoy
Multiple definitions of local
CC-BY Flickr User greeblie
Image: http://segrev.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/704/
What about ambassadors to different parts of local?
brothel=yes
Dude, that’s my mom’s house!
(actually the tag is amenity=brothel)
Mappy hour…
Hey, I saw you were mapping in the area and I
just wanted to say “Hi.”
CC-BY Flickr User AMagill
You don’t have do everything
Thanks!
Kate Chapman@wonderchook
© OpenStreetMap contributors
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