[OSM-dev] Possible new API features

[Nick Whitelegg]

If I have the time (and with work on potlatch/freemap planned, this is 
something of an 'if', more likely to be later in the summer than May/June) 
I'd like to add two features to the API that I personally have always 
wanted. ( thanks to the rails port things like this are now much 
easier...)

* Throw a load of lat/longs at the server and have the server construct 
nodes, segments and ways automatically, using existing nodes and segments 
if within a pre-defined distance.

* Add an option to the "create new node" API  call which only creates the 
node if one isn't already there (within a given distance).

These 2 features will make it much easier to create new types of 
lightweight editor (i.e. user can just click on a static map to create a 
feature without having to download any OSM data first).

Do these sound good?
Would they have to wait until an 0.5 API to actually be implemented, or, 
could they be added as new calls while we're still on 0.4 (e.g. 0.4.1?)

Nick