[OSM-newbies] Track changes in OSM

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 17/01/13 20:25, Craig Wallace wrote:
> 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

Thank you Craig and SomeOneElse. In the end I went through the History 
tab on the openstreetmap.org. As far as I can see, I have never traced 
those buildings I thought I did. It must be paranoia catching up with me 
- or a bit too much mapping lately :-)

Sebastian