[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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