[OSM-talk] Historical Data in OSM database

Elizabeth Dodd edodd at billiau.net
Thu Nov 11 09:53:38 GMT 2010


On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:25:19 +0100
Laurence Penney <lorp at lorp.org> wrote:

> For the record, I'm 100% against OSM becoming a place for general
> historical data unless, at the very least, it's been proved that this
> kind of historical geodata can work well in a parallel database, and
> shows no sign of interfering with the task of mapping the world as it
> is. In my first contribution to this thread I listed numerous
> concerns that including all of history would give rise to, and don't
> think I came across as supportive.
> 

sounds like another case for osm-fork 



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