[OSM-talk] Id stability

[Richard Fairhurst]

Gregor Horvath wrote:
> OSM provides uri's to ID's which are linked to names of
> physical objects. Example:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1381574156

No. It doesn't.

OSM does not "provide" URIs to anyone. OSM has an _editing_ API. It's here
to facilitate edits to the end product, which is a collaborative map. The
IDs are an internal convenience for editing - internal, that is to the OSM
editing experience. They are not an outward-facing product that is
"provided" to all-comers.

"The editing API is provided in order to edit the map data, not for
read-only purposes or projects." (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API)

cheers
Richard



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