[OHM] Historic places versus confidence

[mick]

On Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:07:09 -0400
Rob Warren <warren at muninn-project.org> wrote:

> 
> I'd like to get it to that point, especially in recording the changes  
> in the spatial objects over time.
> 
> The other issue is that while a contributor might add the border of  
> the Kingdom of Prussia and another the border of the Free State of  
> Prussia, the ways that are common to both objects will eventually need  
> to be merged. This is going to require some creativity, but it is  
> doable. I also suspect that eventually we'll have a few different  
> 'application websites' that use the OHM back-end for storage but  
> render application specific timelines only.
> 
> I'd suggest we start by putting in some data and we'll build the tools  
> as we go along.
> 
> rhw
> 
> 
I agree, we can never envisage the totality of uses for the data once it is there nor the tools that will be needed. A client/server capability will go a long way to meeting this challenge.

To work effectively tagging will need to be far more consistent and clearer than OSM currently allows.