[Openstreetmap] password resetable

[SteveC]

* @ 23/11/05 10:00:01 PM tpe at ida.liu.se wrote:
> 
> > I think I could do ticket 54, uploading complete OSM files via the API.
> 
> I got inspired and started to write an editor in PerlTk so I wonder
> what uploading of complete OSM file means?  Is the intention that you
> add new nodes and segments and uploads the whole file including the
> old data to the server?  How do you avoid conflicts when two people
> upload the same nodes and segments?

the 'whole file' thing means instead of throwing lots of individual
requests for nodes and lines, the server magically does it itself with a
big list of requests.

as for conflicts... it's best not to think about it and maybe it will go
away.

> Can I create and edit new nodes and segment in the current server.

Indeed

> According to the documentation it seems I had to do a call to create
> new nodes and segments.  Then edit the positions of nodes and update
> them directly.  Is this the correct way to do it?

yup. Thats the REST way

> How do I know if something has changed in the data I am editing?

theres a trac ticket for the api to be able to respond with changes
since some timestamp.

> Since it takes a long time to download street data you do not want to
> do it to often.  But you would like to know if something has changed
> in the box you downloaded.

gzip might help you a bit

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/