Probably everybody has guessed it, but here is a proof with Jan 2017 data: OSMF members are mostly living in Europe and the US, with a concentration in London, Germany, and in the US on the East Coast (Washington and NYC) and in the Silicon Valley.
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Probably everybody has guessed it, but here is a proof with Jan 2017 data: OSMF members are mostly living in Europe and the US, with a concentration in London, Germany, and in the US on the East Coast (Washington and NYC) and in the Silicon Valley.
Discussion
Comment from imagico on 4 May 2017 at 12:08
Thanks for the effort but providing the underlying data would probably be more useful.
Side note: it never ceases to amaze me how people think that blurring data somehow improves the value of an illustration. A simple dot density or proportional symbol map would be much less distorting. And of course an equal area map projection is generally considered a hard requirement for this kind of illustration as well.
Comment from dieterdreist on 4 May 2017 at 15:21
Thank you for the comment. I got the data from OSMF with the premise not to redistribute it and not to be too detailed when displaying it on a map so that single members cannot be inferred.
The original map I posted was in EPSG 54016 which is kind of a compromise and indeed not equal area. Following your suggestion I have now replaced it with Eckert IV (EPSG 53012) which is an equal area representation.
This is the first version version for reference:
Comment from imagico on 4 May 2017 at 15:47
I don’t think that was really more successful with you blurred style than it would have been with a more objective display method. All the feint isolated dots are clearly individual members. In your map you don’t really get a good idea how many more members there are in Europe than in the US. It could easily be anywhere between three times and 30 times as many.
Maybe you could give us member numbers per country for the US, Canada and Europe.
Comment from dieterdreist on 4 May 2017 at 20:08
I just saw that I can pass the data to other OSMF members.
Comment from dieterdreist on 5 May 2017 at 14:04
Total normal members: 485
102 United States
88 Germany
75 United Kingdom
21 France
18 Canada
16 Switzerland
15 Russian Federation
15 Netherlands
15 Italy
10 Spain
8 Sweden
8 Belgium
7 Ireland
7 Austria
7 Australia
6 Norway
Comment from dieterdreist on 5 May 2017 at 14:10
other european countries: other EU: 19 Non-EU: 5
Comment from dieterdreist on 5 May 2017 at 14:52
Comment from imagico on 5 May 2017 at 14:52
Wow, that means membership increased by nearly 100 members in half a year.
Comment from dieterdreist on 5 May 2017 at 15:17
On 2014-11-30 there were 245 regular members, so this seems quite possible. The data above is from Jan 6, 2017
Comment from imagico on 5 May 2017 at 15:26
According to http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership/Statistics there were 396 normal members in November 2016 so if there were 485 in early January that is almost frightening.
Comment from dieterdreist on 5 May 2017 at 16:19
You are correct, on closer inspection I counted expired memberships as well.
Comment from blackadder on 5 May 2017 at 16:49
Sometimes I feel like expiring ;-)
Comment from dieterdreist on 5 May 2017 at 16:58
I get 396 normal members if I remove everyone whose membership expired before 2016-05-22 (some members pay later, but after a while you would assume they are not interested any more, something seems slightly strange anyway).
On 7, Jan 2017 (and members paid up until three months earlier) I get these numbers: total: 349
63 United States
63 United Kingdom
56 Germany
15 Switzerland
14 France
13 Canada
12 Russian Federation
12 Netherlands
10 Italy
8 Spain
8 Belgium
6 Australia
Comment from dieterdreist on 5 May 2017 at 17:10
Or these for 6 months not paid as limit for inclusion: total: 381
70 United States
69 United Kingdom
62 Germany
17 France
15 Switzerland
15 Canada
13 Netherlands
12 Russian Federation
11 Italy
8 Spain
8 Belgium
6 Australia
Comment from Lamine Ndiaye on 10 May 2017 at 16:05
Good evening, It is with great bitterness that I see that there are not many Africans at the level of the members of the OSM foundation. Indeed, I wonder what is the explanation for such a fact? How do you become a member of the foundation or be a local chapter? Is information about the importance of being a member of the foundation known to all?
Comment from dieterdreist on 10 May 2017 at 16:42
What are the different types of membership and how to become a member: https://join.osmfoundation.org/
Local Chapters: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters
The startpage of the foundation: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page
Comment from amilopowers on 18 May 2017 at 09:39
I am a member since 2016 and I have to say that I find that “role” model with three different types confusing and might frighten some potential users to join.