[OSM-talk] Request for Romano-British features

Vladimir Vyskocil vladimir.vyskocil at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 18:12:39 GMT 2012


+1 ! I agree 100% with you, the main OSM database couldn't be used for everything, it has been designed to map the existing world (one road after one) not the whole history !

On 3 janv. 2012, at 13:08, Pieren wrote:

>> 
> 
> Then many, many people will be burned. It's happening daily in OSM
> when contributors remove buildings or roads traced from obsolete
> aerial imagery or imported data for instance and are no longer
> existing or replaced by something else "on the ground". It's never
> done "for fun" but with the intent to have the most accurate and
> up-to-date map data of the world. I'm talking here as a contributor
> who doesn't want to edit dense areas with e.g. all buildings and roads
> since Julius Caesar mixed and overlapping on my preferred editor, even
> with filters. I've seen the wiki proposals about tagging ruins and
> other historic features which are still present and that is perfectly
> "legitimate".
> I also understand why some people would like to use the OSM tools
> chain to collect and display historical data but, as already
> mentionned, it can be done into another database.
> 
> Pieren




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