[OSM-newbies] Track changes in OSM

[Craig Wallace]

On 17/01/2013 19:35, Sebastian Arcus wrote:
> I've used JOSM about a week ago to add some buildings to OSM. Or at
> least I think I did - as looking at the same place again now they seem
> to have disappeared. How can I find out if I really did add them there,
> and if they were deleted? I have found OSM History Browser and OSM
> History Viewer in the wiki - but they require a way or node ID. As these
> elements have been potentially removed, I don't have their ID's. How
> would one go about finding out what was once in an area of the map? I
> have uploaded quite a few changesets in the last week - so trawling
> through them might be very time consuming. Any other way?

You could try the OWL service, click the History tab here: 
http://owl.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/

That should show any changes in the area. Though this is currently a 
beta service, it may not be working correctly, or may be missing data. 
I'm not sure how up to date it is.

Craig