[OSM-talk] Twelfth-century copy of Roman map displayed

[80n]

On Nov 27, 2007 11:01 PM, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:

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> On 27/11/2007, Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > on a similar note, are there any plans to include info in OSM
> > reflecting how map entities have changed over time? it would be cool
> > to look at, say, a map of england with options to see how it was at
> > various points in history? i would be interested in seeing population
> > centres appear, disappear, grow; roads and railways appear and move,
> > and coastlines retreat through erosion.
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> I think the idea is that OSM should not bother putting in old data.
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Not true at all.  As long as you tag it in a sensible way then historical
data can go in.

The Battle of Losecoat Field (1470) is mapped:
http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=52.6964&lon=-0.56499&zoom=17&layers=B000F000

Oatlands Palace (1537-1654) is mapped, based on archaeological survey data
held at Elmbridge Museum:
http://www.elmbridgemuseum.org.uk/?document=100.050.020

80n




> But yes OSM has a history of nodes/ways and you can compare with old
> versions of planet.osm, so in some time it will be interesting to look at
> applications showing the changes over time (there is something online that
> already does this, though I couldn't get it to work). Come back in 800 years
> and look at how the world has changed by looking at OSM versions.
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