[OSM-talk] Brainstorming: Simple Revert-Tools

[Peter Körner]

Andy Allan schrieb:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Dave Stubbs<osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Assuming you're looking for a tool to actually do reverts, then I'd
>> suggest a plugin to an editor -- most meaningful reverts are going to
>> result in a conflict that has to be edited -- you might have to
>> rebuild unconnected bits of the map by hand if you're reverting a
>> delete and someone has added something new in the meantime.
> 
> I agree. Reverting changesets "blindly" (whether by script or by
> clicking a link on a web interface) is putting too much faith in the
> tools and too little opportunity to sanity-check what's going on.
> Since even with the most trivial of reverts it's worth checking that
> what's happening is what you meant to happen, then it would be wise to
> properly equip the person doing the reverting with the tools they need
> to sanity-check their actions. i.e. an editor.

I understand your concerns but I still think a web-app would be the way 
to go. Maybe we could add a preview-slippymap that shows
  - moved nodes with an arrow from their current location to
    the reverted one
  - the new course of ways after the revert
  - popups like on openstreetbugs with the changes in the tags

Peter