<div dir="ltr">I suspect you're onto something here; it's not a phrase that's even in my GIS vernacular. Don't even recall it from college experience (though I took French and majored in civil engineering; amazing I'm not mapping professionally)...<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Marc Gemis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc.gemis@gmail.com" target="_blank">marc.gemis@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I wonder whether this some expression in German that is translated<br>
literally in English.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
m.<br>
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On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Dave F <<a href="mailto:davefoxfac63@btinternet.com">davefoxfac63@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> So often I'm put off from delving further into OSM & its uses by the<br>
> confusing nature of it's wiki pages.<br>
><br>
> A simple example:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29</a><br>
><br>
> Why is it headed as 'Attic Data'? Why is there no explanation of it's<br>
> meaning? After too much time using google I find it means old information.<br>
> Why not say that? Wouldn't 'historical snapshot' be a bit clearer?<br>
><br>
> Please remember wiki/help pages are mainly read by inexperienced users who<br>
> aren't fully aware of all the latest hip language (that often goes out of<br>
> fashion 6 months later).<br>
><br>
> Please keep all wiki pages plain & simple.<br>
><br>
> Cheers<br>
> Dave F<br>
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