[OSM-talk] Contributors of an area

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

Hi,


I want to start a new thread on a subject that has arisen in the "OSM layer 
into Illustrator" thread.

Question is: How can I know the names/nicks of the contributors to a certain 
area?

Specific question: How can I know what people worked on Baghdad, so I can 
credit them on TV? (see entire thread)


As far as I know, the weekly planet.osm does not carry contributor 
information, and I cannot query the API either. And the contributor 
information about an area is important when publishing the maps along with a 
booklet full of contributor names and the CC license.

So:

Are there plans to extend the API and allow programmatical fetch of that info?

Should be there privacy concerns with that kind of API?

Should we personally ask SteveC for the contributors of a given area in such 
an event?



Cheers,
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Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivansanchez at escomposlinux.org>

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