[OSM-talk] Historical Data in OSM database

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/11/11 Laurence Penney <lorp at lorp.org>:
> 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.


Yes, but you tag for a church sanctification_date and for the
beginning of the constructions construction:start_date (or would that
be start_date:construction ?). Of course you cannot tag all kind of
aspects in one tag. If you are interested in these other dates I
suggest you make a proposal.

cheers,
Martin