[OSM-talk] Request for Romano-British features

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Tue Jan 3 19:10:25 GMT 2012


Vladimir Vyskocil wrote:
> 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 !

There would be no change what so ever to the database to RECORD the very history 
that we are currently all actively gathering. Rather than DELETING material, it 
just gets marked as 'old' so claiming that the the existing database 'has been 
designed to map the existing world' is simply a false assumption. It already HAS 
to manage work that has yet to be completed, and retain work that is in the 
process of being reworked. Deleting that information has nothing to do with how 
the database work ... like the licensing rules it's purely a political decision. 
HISTORY of changes is already being logged ... so the information IS already in 
the database ... it is how we access it that is the only technical question.

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