[OSM-talk] OSM historical coverage

[Chris Morley]

Tim Payne wrote:
> All,
> 
> I've been playing around with the latest planet.osm to see what the 
> overall coverage is like. The 2 images below give some idea of global 
> and European coverage over time.
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:World_coverage.gif
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Europe_coverage.gif
> 
> Images are based only on planet-070117.osm so any data that was added 
> and later deleted won't be included.
> 
> Haven't tested much, so may well be a few bugs.
> 
> Blue = almien_coastlines import.

Perhaps all natural: coastline could be rendered in blue. Scotland's 
Western Isles otherwise look rather more urban than they are. The 
coastline there is tagged with source: dmgroom_coastlines.
> 
> 1 frame = 1 month. Goes from Feb 05 to Jan 07.

Chris