[OSM-talk] Historical Data in OSM database

[John Smith]

On 9 November 2010 12:44, Laurence Penney <lorp at lorp.org> wrote:
> Using start_date and end_date tags on two way IDs (one for the Palace in its first position, another for its second) might be a reasonable way to map the Crystal Palace.

One way to handle this would be to update the API to default to only
return current objects, rather than the current situation of returning
everything. The API could then be "asked" for objects valid for a set
time period, the start/end dates would need to be part of the main
object to make the lookup efficient though.