[OSM-dev] Merging Changes with Bounding Boxes

[Andrew Ayre]

Thanks Toby, this is a bit more involved than I realized!

Andy

On 7/15/2011 7:53 PM, Toby Murray wrote:
> Not 100% sure. The API documentation in the wiki does state that
> lat/lon are required parameters for a delete operation. It doesn't say
> that they must be the same as they were for the previous version of
> the object. So I'm not sure if you can count on the lat/long being
> identical.
> 
> Regardless of the API, you could certainly get a location change and
> then a delete for the same node in one change file. I'm not sure what
> happens if a user moves and then deletes a node, all before uploading.
> This might depend on the editing software. Some editors might just
> drop any changes and only send the delete operation while others could
> upload any changes first and then the delete.
> 
> Toby