[OSM-dev] API 0.6: Changeset Access

[Andy Allan]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> 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).

Umm,
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/sites/rails_port_branches/api06/app/controllers/changeset_controller.rb#L233

Cheers,
Andy

> 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
>
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