Tripr also enlists residents as companions to provide local knowledge.
There are benefits in terms of providing local knowledge to having regulators be part of exchanges.
Mr. Coast argues that rather than worrying whether a navigation app based on crowdsourced information will steer them off a pier, users should consider OpenStreetMap to be more accurate and up-to-date than commercial maps because of the 1.6 million contributors providing local knowledge of roads.
Port piloting consists of boating out to ships waiting to enter the harbor, climbing a rope ladder to the deck and then standing on the bridge to provide local knowledge, including advice on currents and navigational hazards, as the vessel is steered through the congested waterway to the dock.
Local IRBs may enhance reviews (e.g., providing local knowledge of PIs) and/or generate costly and unnecessary discrepancies.
Interviewees argued that local IRBs can provide "local knowledge" of subjects and PIs, and "curbside consults" with PIs, facilitating mutual trust.
Specifically, these interviewees argued that local IRBs can better provide local knowledge of subjects and of PIs, and "curbside consults" with PIs that can facilitate mutual trust, potentially decreasing non-compliance.
Relatedly, at first glance, two findings here may appear contradictory: on the one hand, interviewees support local IRBs, not because such local entities reflect community values, but because such local IRBs can facilitate interactions with PIs and provide local knowledge of PIs and subjects.
This provided useful local knowledge.
The initial strategy of the agency was to provide local governments with knowledge, highlight good examples and write follow-up reports.
