[OSM-talk] Historical Data in OSM database

[Laurence Penney]

On 12 Nov 2010, at 11:57, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:

> 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.

All in good time... I just made a proposal about date formatting, so I'll let that settle in people's stomachs first!

- L