[Tagging] Proposed mechanical edit: surface=soil to surface=dirt (history (authors of changesets))

[moltonel 3x Combo]

On 02/09/2015, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Sep 2015 23:55:14 +0200
> "André Pirard" <a.pirard.papou at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/3157502486/history
>>
>> will return the complete list (history) of authors, changesets and
>> dates for a given element.
>
> Yes, this would work (some parsing still would be needed). Unfortunately
> according to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_usage_policy it is
> not OK to use API for that purpose.

I actually think using the API for that purpose is perfectly within
the usage policy:
* The ultimate goal is to edit OSM, by knowing who introduced a tag
and contacting him
* Contributors already do this all the time from within the editor,
only one object at a time
* Typical usage (on an ad-hoc basis and < 1000 objects) should be low
enough. While it can potentially be heavy enough to break the usage
policy, this is a separate issue of how the tool is used rather than
what the tool does.