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SUMMARY:Impact of Social Mapping in OpenStreetMap - Desi Hristova (Univers
 ity of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:OpenStreetMap has grown rapidly into an exemplary geowiki\, wh
 ere contributors collectively build an open map of the world. Official ‘
 mapping party’ events are organized on a regular basis to invite users t
 o socialize\, map and to engage new-comers locally. Here\, we measure the 
 direct and indirect impact of mapping parties on user contributions in bot
 h the short and long terms. We question whether this social mapping is a c
 ause for users to become highly committed through a social bond\, or is an
  effect of the mappers’ need to find a common social ground. We show tha
 t mapping parties have distinct effects on different types of users\, with
  a more profound direct impact on weaker contributors and a longer term ef
 fect on heavy contributors.
LOCATION:LT2\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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