[OSM-talk] Historical Data in OSM database

[john at jfeldredge.com]

It would be more logical to have the date construction started be start_date, and the date construction completed be completed_date.  Having the completion date tagged as start_date doesn't make sense.

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Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Historical Data in OSM database
From  :mailto:lorp at lorp.org
Date  :Thu Nov 11 14:39:16 America/Chicago 2010


On 11 Nov 2010, at 20:30, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> IMHO the wiki is clear here: "start_date is the date the construction
> of feature finished." It is not about the construction being
> commissioned or started.

The wiki may be clear but that doesn't mean it's any good. Cologne Cathedral deserves more dating richness than start_date=1880 and, following the current wiki spec, the Sagada Familia won't be allowed a start_date tag until around 2050.

- L

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