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THIS IS IT! My company is finally switching from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap!
This is challenging: we need maps, but also Geocoding and reverse, Directions, addresses autocomplete… https://switch2osm.org lists some libs, but I’d love to hear from real devs. Do you have resources and tips to share? Feedback on how to configure the different libs? E.g. nominatim often doesn’t find addresses, but I’m sure it can be tweaked.
#osm #openstreetmap #google #gfree #googlemap #gmap #nominatim
Let's extend a warm welcome to the Open Science Knowledge Base: https://how-to-open.science/
Please spread the word, and use it!
Some reviewers/editors persistently demand p-hacking – how can you react? See the first answer, and add your own:
https://ask-open-science.org/1215/reviewers-editors-persistently-demand-hacking-how-you-react
Article 11 “poses a significant threat to an informed and literate society”, open science advocates including the European University Association (EUA) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) have warned – #SaveYourInternet by calling your MEP now and asking them to comment on this concern: https://saveyourinternet.eu
Full open letter by open science advocates:
https://sparceurope.org/copyrightreform/
(via MEP Julia Reda)
Tell your MEP: Stop Copyright Censorship | OpenMedia https://act.openmedia.org/savethelink-call #internet #europa #zensur
"Don't let the EU break our Internet - tell your MEP to save it before 20 June"
What scares me is how easy it is to mess up things
and how the only way to change things is via "your MEP", who probably does not care at all or is not even aware
http://sci-hub.app will always redirect to the Sci-Hub working domain, just add it to your bookmarks
On Birdsite, somebody asked why GitHub would change to the worse after the acquisition by Microsoft. This is what I answered:
Microsoft has a history of ruining innovative products by acquiring them. Remember Skype? It used to be innovative software. This may be due to incompetence. In other cases, Microsoft has intentionally damaged products by limiting their interoperability:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
This is a note to people moving their repositories blindly to Gitlab.org: do you know Google is actually a huge investor in Gitlab?
The issue is not about Microsoft buying Github. The issue is about centralization and silos.
You do not solve that by moving your data from one silo to another.
You solve that by relying on small providers you can trust, or by becoming a provider yourself.
New #OpenScience question by @chpietsch:
“Now that Microsoft has bought GitHub, what alternatives are there?”
There are FOSS alternatives that implement most (such as GitLab) or the most important features of GitHub (such as Gogs or Gitea). But what about those who cannot run their own instance? Are there lists of public instances of these free and open-source Git hosting solutions?”
https://ask-open-science.org/1211/that-microsoft-has-bought-github-what-alternatives-are-there
Hat jemand eine Liste öffentlicher Instanzen von GitLab oder Gogs/Gitea? https://twitter.com/futurezoneat/status/1003507248759558144
Good long post on how archives select material #canadiancontent https://peelarchivesblog.com/2018/04/04/what-do-archivists-keep-or-not/
We all need a free alternative to YouTube!
PeerTube is a decentralized video hosting network, based on free/libre software.
PeerTube is currently in beta version, that's why @Framasoft needs your help to pave the road to version 1.0!
https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform
(Framasoft is a small french non-profit, so do not hesitate to Boost this Toot to non-french user and invite them to help us fund PeerTube v1)
When your university doesn't do research data storage (or backups or archives)...
New #OpenScience question:
“Which sources provide public-domain maps from around the globe that are reasonably detailed and up to date?”
Do you have an answer? Please add it here: https://ask-open-science.org/1152/sources-provide-public-domain-around-reasonably-detailed
#maps #public-domain #licensing #global #resolution #cartography
New #OpenScience question by @konradfoerstner@twitter.com:
“Is FAIR data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable) the same as open (research) data or are there any differences between the two terms?”
Add your answer or vote here:
https://ask-open-science.org/1116/what-the-difference-between-fair-data-and-open-data-there-any
New #OpenScience question by @EvoMRI@twitter.com:
“Which research fields keep public lists of open questions?”
https://ask-open-science.org/1113/which-research-fields-keep-public-lists-of-open-questions
There is a new answer to the #OpenScience question,
”What are valid reasons for opting out of open science, i.e. not to share research progress and output openly?“
To see it or to add your answer, please visit https://ask-open-science.org/1087/valid-reasons-opting-science-research-progress-output-openly#a_list_title!
New #OpenScience question by @EvoMRI@twitter.com:
“How can the open science ecosystem be visualized?”
Please view question details and add your answers over there:
https://ask-open-science.org/1112/how-can-the-open-science-ecosystem-be-visualized
#ecosystem #visualization #infrastructure #community #stakeholders
New #OpenScience question by Cord Wiljes:
“Do publishers allow green OA to supplementary material?
[…]
Does his also cover supplementary material, i.e. research data that has been submitted by the author(s) to the publisher and that is available on the publisher's website, but only after paying for access to the paper?”
Please add your answer over there:
https://ask-open-science.org/1104/do-publishers-allow-green-oa-to-supplementary-material
#preprint #postprint #publishing #licensing #copyright #researchdata
