[OSM-dev] API 0.6: Changeset Access

David Earl david at frankieandshadow.com
Wed Jan 28 11:20:07 GMT 2009


It would be useful to know which changeset(s) a particular object 
appears in backwards through time. If you want to revert soemthing a 
particular object is likely to be the starting point I'd have thought. I 
agree with your general thoughts though.

David

On 28/01/2009 11:09, Frederik Ramm 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).
> 
> 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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