[OSM-talk] 'Allowed data'

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Sat Dec 7 03:56:27 UTC 2013


Andy Street writes:
 > The start_date is the date that it feature came into existence not the
 > date it was mapped so automatically populating it will just lead to
 > junk data that is indistinguishable from the real valid data.

Yeah, seriously!

 > Was the building first opened on that date? or was it when the pub began
 > trading?

My main use of start_date and end_date would be for railroads, and
even that isn't sufficient, because some railroads were built, used,
ripped up, and laid down again, and then ripped up again. How would
that be tagged? start_date, end_date, start_date_1, end_date_1? Head
asplode!

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