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I am working a talk for DORS/CLUC in Zagreb about #OSM.

My topic is how and why to start contributing to #OpenStreetMap as a total beginner. I'll be showcasing tools such as @streetcomplete , @everydoor, @MapComplete.

I'll be also talking about #gamification, #community, helping projects like #hotOSM and #OpenHistoryMap.

Do you have any tricks or ideas you would like me to include into the talk. How would you encourage a total stranger to start contributing?

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DORS/CLUC - Dani otvoreni računalnih sustava / Croatian Linux users' conference

Dani otvoreni računalnih sustava / Croatian Linux users' conference
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#openstreetmap #community #OSM #gamification #hotosm #openhistorymap @StreetComplete News & Support @MapComplete @Every Door OSM Editor
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MapComplete
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Ooh, nice! You can get some inspiration from my (@pietervdvn) introductory talk at State of the map, a few years ago: pietervdvn.duckdns.org/sharing…

One of the most important slides IMHO is the 'Pareto frontier' which graphs 'easy of use' vs 'number of features'.

Another important thing is the difference between @MapComplete and @streetcomplete : the latter is meant only for adding data, whereas #MapComplete is meant for both consuming and contributing data.

A graph with various icons of OpenStreetMap-editing software. The easier to use, the more to the right. The more powerful, the higher. One gets a frontier with StreetComplete and MapComplete to the bottom right (easy to use, but not very powerfull) and JOSM to the top left (hard to use but very powerful). iD is in the middle (quite powerful, and somewhat easy but not for everyone). Vespucci is close to JOSM but under the graph. It has nearly as much features, but is harder to use because mapping on Mobile is harder.
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And even more important: MapComplete is a collection of different, thematic map. Each map is aimed towards their own community (e.g. cyclists have mapcomplete.org/cyclofix, parents have the mapcomplete.org/playground map, sport people have a mapcomplete.org/sport_pitches map, outdoor lovers have mapcomplete.org/nature, emergency services loved mapcomplete.org/aed)

As such, it unbundles OSM into easier-to-use chunks and sidesteps some complexity


Defibrillators

On this map, one can find and mark nearby defibrillators
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MapComplete
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Also, we are currently not planning on adding #gamification. @streetcomplete tried this, but they said it didn't have much effect and it might disalign the incentives (from mapping for the greater good to adding bogus data for the streak - even though I'm not aware of such cases)
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> How would you encourage a total stranger to start contributing?

For that, our solution is to give them a map tailored to their interest and to make it easy to contribute.

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