[OSM-talk] Removing ways in Potlatch

[Lester Caine]

John Smith wrote:
> On 20 June 2010 17:07, Steve Bennett<stevagewp at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Alex S.<maps at swavely.com>  wrote:
>>> Some would like to see it kept and marked historical, but deleting ways
>>
>> Oh? Could you elaborate?
>
> Some people would like to be able to map the 4th dimension (time)...
> So that historical maps could be shown, but the API would have to be
> updated to be able to do this by specifying start/end dates and by
> default only return data that is still deemed current...

+10 for that ... main reason I am playing with the mapping is for genealogical 
reasons, and it would be nice to see the state of things at a particular 
snapshot in time. Following the development of London for example ....

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