[OSM-talk] How to start to remove non-CT compliant data..

[Ian Sergeant]

Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com> wrote on 06/09/2011 07:37:05 PM:

> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It would indeed be great if we could use an arbitrary version of an 
object
> > to continue to build upon. Now, I have to start all over on each 
object that
> > was touched by somebody who didn't agree (yet) to the CTs, which is
> > annoying, as it disrupts the entire history.


> Yes, inas has done this for some objects already, I don't think it is
> optimal as you break the history of the object (when really such
> history should be there to give credit to the mapers who helped build
> up the object in OSM).

Currently I'm using the attribution tag for credit when I work with a 
CT-compliant earlier version.

There is more to the history of an object than just attribution though, 
and modifying the API to allow it to be preserved would be a step forward.

Ian.
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