[OSM-talk] Historical Data in OSM database

[Pieren]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

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> 3. Our infrastucture might be unduly burdened by all the extra load.
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Altough I agree with the first two points, this one is not valid imho. The
amount of  "accurate historical data" will never be so big that it will have
a significant impact in the database. About recent history, if we delete
shops or buildings, I understood that such elements remain anyway in the db
with a flag 'deleted'. For the bandwidth and editors, it could be solved by
improving the API (and provide historical data only on special requests).
But when I say that it is something which has to be clarified/confirmed by
the foundation, is that wrong ?

Pieren
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