[OSM-dev] Augmented Diffs

[Peter Körner]

Hi

Wouldn't it be simpler to augment all changed elements with finished 
WKT-Descriptions? It would mean even less work for Clients and smaller 
Extracts, though it would not help clients needing topology (ie routing).

Peter


Am 27.08.2012 20:14, schrieb Roland Olbricht:
> Dear all,
>
> Overpass API now offers Augmented Minute Diffs. The idea goes back to a
> talk of Matt Amos at SOTM 2010. These diffs allow e.g. to keep a
> geographically limited database extract up to date.
>
> The details are documented in the wiki
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Augmented_Diffs
>
> However, these diffs address developer, not end users, because there is
> no software yet that can process these diffs. Therefore, I would be
> happy for comments and suggestions on this matter that arise when
> writing such a software. If there are good reasons to change the format,
> I'll try to do it only once, at the same time like the database reimport
> after the license change.
>
> Happy updating,
>
> Roland
>
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