Geographic Biases Are 'Born, Not Made': Exploring Contributors' Spatiotemporal Behavior in OpenStreetMap

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dc.contributor.authorThebault-Spieker, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorHecht, Brent
dc.contributor.authorTerveen, Loren
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-17T22:49:06Z
dc.date.available2023-03-17T22:49:06Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe 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 literature to the geographic domain, exploring contribution behavior in OpenStreetMap using a spatiotemporal lens. In doing so, we observe a geographic version of a 'born, not made' phenomenon: throughout their lifespans, contributors are relatively consistent in the places and types of places that they edit. We show how these 'born, not made' trends may help explain the urban and socioeconomic coverage biases that have been observed in OpenStreetMap. We also discuss how our findings can help point towards solutions to these biases.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3148330.3148350
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4641
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectcoverage biases
dc.subjectpeer production
dc.subjectgeographic human-computer interaction.
dc.subjectopenstreetmap
dc.titleGeographic Biases Are 'Born, Not Made': Exploring Contributors' Spatiotemporal Behavior in OpenStreetMapen
dc.typeText/Conference Paper
gi.citation.startPage71–82
gi.conference.locationSanibel Island, Florida, USA

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