The objective of this study was to investigate and classify the roles, or distinct contribution
styles, adopted by participants within the OpenStreetMap (OSM) community. Using a …

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is both a map and the active community of over a million mappers
that create and maintain it. Participation in OSM has largely been studied in terms of …

OpenStreetMap (OSM) data is produced by a vibrant community of mappers. These
geospatial data produsers (a portmanteau of “producer” and “user” commonly used when …

As businesses and governments integrate OpenStreetMap (OSM) into their services in ways
that require comprehensive coverage, there is a need to expand research outside of major …

OpenStreetMap (OSM), the largest Volunteered Geographic Information project in the world,
is characterized both by its map as well as the active community of the millions of mappers …

Little attention has been paid to how the infrastructural designs of crowd mapping platforms
can result in limited participation and fewer contributions. To this end, we utilize a critical …

The evolution of contributor behavior in peer production communities over time has been a
subject of substantial interest in the social computing community. In this paper, we extend …

This study revisits findings of the 2016 paper by Dittus et al. that considered trends in
contributor retention in humanitarian mapping projects organized using the OpenStreetMap …

This paper presents the results of a study that explored if and how an OpenStreetMap (OSM)
data import task can contribute to OSM community growth. Different outreach techniques …

OpenStreetMap (OSM) contributors have traditionally lacked explicit monetary incentives for
contribution [1]. Since 2016, several corporations (including Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and …