[OSM-dev] Object IDs not unique across object type?

[Brett Henderson]

They're not unique, this is normal.  Although it is a remarkable coincidence
that you have two with the same id near the same location ...

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Chris Browet <cbro at semperpax.com> wrote:

> I always thought that ID's were unique, even across object types.
> However, I have an ID (26657678) which is both a node and a way (and in
> about the same spot, which is why I detected it).
>
> As I see nothing regarding uniqueness in the API doc, could someone confirm
> this is normal and not some db bug?
>
> Thx
> - Chris -
>
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