[OSM-dev] Incomplete diffs?

[Peter Körner]

Am 05.11.2011 22:33, schrieb marqqs at gmx.eu:
 > Hi Erik,
 >
 > thanks for your help. The missing node seems to be available via 
minutely and hourly diff files but NOT via the daily file.
 >
 > Meanwhile I found an explanation in the Wiki:
 > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm/diffs
 >
 > ...
 >
 > If the problem is already known, why is the file not created with 
overlapping time borders, let's say from 00:00 to 24:01? This would be 
better than loosing data.

This is what the replication idffs are used for. They are based on 
database transaction numbers and don't miss changes:

http://planet.osm.org/hour-replicate/
http://planet.osm.org/minute-replicate/

Peter