Hi folks,
During the #geowebchat Twitter meeting I "met" (as close as you can meet
someone on Twitter) a woman who is writing her dissertation about Open
Street Maps and the representation of women's health and childcare and
related subjects in the open source geo spatial community.
I decided to search, on Open Street Maps, for Planned Parenthood (a
(primarily) women's health services non-profit organization located
throughout the United States) and had no results. While there are a few
results for childcare[1].
So, when you search for...strip club you get a nice collection of icons
for strip club (NSFW)[2] used as definers. There are no definers for
women's health or childcare.
While I should not be surprised, I was disappointed to find this out.
Looks like, when my schedule allows it, an OSM street mapping party will
have to take place for women's health, history and related subjects!
-Sarah
[
1]http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/childcare
[2]
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=s…
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