<div dir="ltr"><div>Better test case is "node/1" ( <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2015/12/25/openstreetmappy-christmas/">https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2015/12/25/openstreetmappy-christmas/</a> )<br></div><div>* <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1/history">https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1/history</a><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-03-06 11:26 GMT+01:00 Frederik Ramm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org" target="_blank">frederik@remote.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
we're all concerned about the environment these days. "Reduce, Reuse,<br>
Recycle" is certainly something to strive for in the real world out there.<br>
<br>
However, for the second time now I've encountered a user who thought it<br>
was a good idea to reclaim old node IDs for new edits. A couple of<br>
long-deleted TIGER nodes were raised from the dead, and put to use in<br>
mapping some new roads on the other side of the planet.<br>
<br>
This sounds like a funny/quirky thing to do, and looks harmless enough<br>
on the surface. But anyone who ever looks at the history of things<br>
*will* be totally confused. Nobody who works with historic data will<br>
expect that a U.S. bus stop could become a tree in Romania. People are<br>
bound to interpret this in any number of wrong ways. It also messes up<br>
my full history extracts, where you'll now find the occasional German<br>
hiking route in the California data extract because a node that used to<br>
be in California is now part of a path that belongs to the hiking route.<br>
<br>
Long story short, please don't do it - let the API assign you new node<br>
IDs to your stuff instead of building ingenious contraptions to recycle<br>
old nodes.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Frederik<br>
<br>
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Frederik Ramm ## eMail <a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a> ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33"<br>
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