[OSM-dev] API 0.6: Changeset Access

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

    to make good use of the new changeset stuff for analysing and 
possibly also reverting changes, third parties will probably want to 
know which changesets exist.

We have not planned to include an API call that says "give me all 
changesets that intersect this bbox" or so, and neither do we have 
something where you can access a list of changesets based on other 
criteria ("all changesets of the last hour" or so).

Will the planet dump and/or diffs be extended so that they contain all 
changesets too, or what should be the preferred mode of operation for a 
third-party application that wants to track changesets? The only way I 
can currently think of would be looking at diffs to find out which 
changeset IDs were active and then download them individually. Have I 
overlooked something?

Should we perhaps add a changeset query call that lets you find 
changesets? Or shift the burden onto the interested parties by simply 
giving them changeset "dumps" and "diffs"?

Bye
Frederik