[OSM-newbies] Deleted way

[Dave Stubbs]

2009/1/27 Mike <setimike at gmail.com>:
> Ok, I think I found the culprit, I noticed another road I had added
> details to had the details all wiped and replaced with an is_in tag
> that wasn't there before. I believe this person is modifying data they
> have locally and then uploading it, overriding changes which have been
> made in the weeks since they downloaded. I sent a message to the
> person through the OSM site, but this actually affects a fairly large
> number of ways. Is it possible to roll back changes like that?
>


It is, but it's a bit hard to identify them at the moment, especially
if the user is doing useful edits in among the broken ones (which
sounds quite likely).

In March there will be an update to the API software which will make
it much easier to track changes, and also prevent the user from doing
this kind of thing by accident in the first place.