Foundation/Surveys/2019-08 Survey on global and local communities in OpenStreetMap

Survey on global and local communities in OpenStreetMap

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Thanks for your interest in this survey from the OpenStreetMap Foundation. In advance of State of the Map, we are reaching out to communities across the globe, especially to voices we might not otherwise hear. This will not be a quantitative poll. Since we are circulating this through all our networks, it can’t even give a representative sample of the OSM community.

The next big thing is State of the Map (SotM) conference, and we want to feed the discussions there. SotM is the place where people from all over the world meet and mingle, and in this survey we would like to focus on communication and what is happening around the world. What are people doing in Bali, Belarus and Brazil? Is there a local community? What can we learn from each other? How do we all get involved in the global community?

We would like to see how the local communities are connected to the global OpenStreetMap community. What actions shoudl the OpenStreetMap Foundation undertake? What concerns and ideas does they community have? Please note that this is in no way a vote, but rather a means of gathering information to take better informed decisions.

We encourage people to get together and discuss and even provide group answers. You can chose to provide answers only to the Board, or indicate they be shared publicly but anonymously.

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The only mandatory question is the first one.

Q01 Permission

How can we share your answers?

• Publicly, but anonymized
• Only with the Board and volunteers who signed a non-disclosure agreement.
• With the Board of the OpenStreetMap Foundation and volunteers, as well as future researchers who have signed a non-disclosure agreement.

?: We would like to feed the community discussion with unfiltered responses. But we understand if you feel more comfortable answering completely anonymously. We’d also like to be able to build a dataset that might have unforeseen uses in the future.

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Basics

Q02 Are you answering as a group?

• Yes
• No

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Local and global communities

Q03 What is happening in your local community?

• What projects do you have?
• Are there nice local data use projects?
• How is outreach going?
• What issues are you facing?

Q06 Are you engaged in the “global community”. If you aren’t, why not?

• Like global mailing lists, chat channels, etc.

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Q10 What OpenStreetMap related online channels do you read / contribute to?

I read the following sources/channels:

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/ (OSMF hosted)

talk@openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted)

osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted - for OSMF members only)

other OSM mailing lists - see wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mailing_lists (most OSMF hosted)

https://www.openstreetmap.org/diary (OSMF hosted)

https://twitter.com/openstreetmap (OSM official account)

weeklyosm.eu (community project)

reddit (3rd party)

Telegram (3rd party)

Facebook (3rd party)

Slack (3rd party)

Discord (3rd party)

Mastodon (community hosted)

I contribute to the following sources/channels:

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/ (OSMF hosted)

talk@openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted)

osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted - for OSMF members only)

other OSM mailing lists - see wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mailing_lists (most OSMF hosted)

https://www.openstreetmap.org/diary (OSMF hosted)

https://twitter.com/openstreetmap (OSM official account)

weeklyosm.eu (community project)

reddit (3rd party)

Telegram (3rd party)

Facebook (3rd party)

Slack (3rd party)

Discord (3rd party)

Mastodon (community hosted)

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About you

In order to better understand differences in answers, we’d like to learn a bit more about you.

Q13 What is your primary OSM username?

• We are answering as a group

Q14 Post-survey contact

Can we contact you with clarifying questions, or regarding possible actions related to your mapping priorities/top issues? (setting up a group, etc)

• Yes
• No

Q22 Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap.

• Member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation (?)
• Working group member (?)
• Mapper
• Supporter, event organizer, translator, other
• Data user etc
• Developer
• Working at a company using OSM
• Member of Local Chapter or other local OSM organization

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Thank you!

We appreciate the time you’ve put into answering this survey, and especially all you do for OpenStreetMap. Happy mapping!

Questions and type

Question	Type	Multiple choice option 1	Multiple choice option 2	Multiple choice option 3
How can we share your answers?	Multiple choice	Publicly, aggregated and anonymously.	With the Board of the OpenStreetMap Foundation and volunteers, as well as future researchers who have signed a non-disclosure agreement.	Only with the Board and volunteers who signed a non-disclosure agreement.
Are you answering as a group?	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
What is happening in your local community?	Free form
What about your local community should be more widely known? What can other communities learn from yours?	Free form
Do you meet other mappers in person? Is there a local community beyond mapping?	Free form
Are you engaged in the "global community". If you aren't, why not?	Free form
What do you think could improve the interaction between global and local communities? How can you help?	Free form
Do you know who organises the global State of the Map conference? If you're going to SotM, why? If you're not going to SotM, why not?	Free form
I read the following sources/channels: [blog.openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [talk@openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted - for OSMF members only) ]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [other OSM mailing lists (most OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [www.openstreetmap.org/diary (OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [twitter.com/openstreetmap (OSM official account)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [forum.openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [weeklyosm.eu (community project)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [IRC (OFTC hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [reddit (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [Telegram (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [Facebook (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [Slack (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [Discord (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I read the following sources/channels: [Mastodon (community hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [blog.openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [talk@openstreetmap.org(OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted - for OSMF members only)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [other OSM mailing lists (most OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [www.openstreetmap.org/diary (OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [twitter.com/openstreetmap (OSM official account)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [forum.openstreetmap.org (OSMF hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [weeklyosm.eu (community project)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [IRC (OFTC hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [reddit (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [Telegram (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [Facebook (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [Slack (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [Discord (3rd party)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
I contribute to the following sources/channels: [Mastodon (community hosted)]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Any other channels not listed?	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
What do you find the most and least useful/valuable/enjoyable of these channels?	Free form
In which country do you live?	Free form
Where do you map mostly?	Free form
Do you remotely map other countries?	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
How often do you map?	Free form
How long have you been mapping for?	Free form
How complete is your local area in your opinion? (0-100%)	Percentage
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [ Member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [ Working Group member]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [Mapper]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [Supporter, event organizer, translator, other]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [Data user]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [Developer]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [Working at a company using OSM]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
Check any of the following to describe your involvement in OpenStreetMap. [Member of Local Chapter or other local OSM organization]	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
From your perspective, what 1 or 2 issues or outcomes should the OSM community prioritise, and why? Is there a role for the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board in making this happen? How?	Free form
What are you doing yourself to address this? How can the OpenStreetMap Foundation help you achieve that?	Free form
What would you like us to focus on in the next survey?	Free form
Can we contact you with clarifying questions, or regarding possible actions related to your mapping priorities/top issues? (setting up a group, etc)	Multiple choice	Yes	No	N/A
If we can contact you, please write your email address.	Free form