If anyone has a spare ten minutes I'd be ever so grateful if you could fill in my questionnaire (see Google docs link below) and e-mail the completed version to [email protected]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17JwTHkY28BdU91sQ8hN9bNQywIycyiXniYcPdFNmmxk/edit?hl=en
Since having found out about OSM back in Y11 Geography Club (a good few years ago now!) I have been very interested in the project. As part of a GIS module at university we get the chance to undertake a project of our choosing so I thought I'd do something OSM related.
I'm aware there's a lot of research into OSM's quantitative accuracy at the moment - in particular Muki Haklay's work. I am assessing the external data quality of OpenStreetMap which refers to the correlation of data with that of the user requirement for the data.
I would thus like to look at what the majority of people actually use online maps for and whether OSM can meet that requirement. The responses have been a bit Google-centric so far so it would be great to have some input from OSM users.
Thanks again and I'm very sorry to take up user diary space with my questionnaire plea!