[OSM-dev] created_by considered harmfull

[Dave Stubbs]

On 09/08/07, bvh <bvh-osm at irule.be> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:37:03AM +0100, Dave Stubbs wrote:
> > Apart from the user confusion I can't actually see any "harm".
> >
> > Bandwidth is a non-issue, and I'm not aware of any current database
> > space problems.
>
> O the database can handle a few created_by tags fine. It is the
> user side! For example I a have a N95 which is the ideal mapping
> tool and I am working on a quick fix editor for it. Unfortunatly
> I pay per transferred megabyte so I am very interested in bringing
> down overhead.

Ooo... on the move mapping. Sounds cool.
You might want to consider some kind proxy though... XML isn't going
to be bandwidth friendly when you're measuring in per MB rates, even
when compressed.

>
> > The purpose it serves was to highlight which editor was uploading
> > things, if for instance there was an editor bug. But as JOSM in
> > particular doesn't bother to include the version number, this is
> > probably less useful than it could be. Otherwise the tag lets us make
> > random statistics about what editor people are using.
>
> As you say for debugging purposes the created_by tag is useless.
> I also feel that there are more interesting statistics to make
> regarding OSM...

Stats are mostly of interest to the person creating them ;-)