[OSM-talk] Early History of OSM

[Maarten Deen]

On 2014-08-04 18:27, Clifford Snow wrote:
> I'm looking for some images of early OSM maps. Thanks to Martijn Exel,
> we have http://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow/#10/52.2644/5.2899 [1], the
> Then and Now from 2007 to current. But I'd really like some images of
> the very earliest OSM maps.
> 
> As many others are doing, Seattle is holding an anniversary
> celebration with speakers, pizza and cake. Right now we have over 50
> people signed up to attend. Many new to OSM. I'd like to give a sense
> of what it was like 10 years ago. The wiki has timelines, which I plan
> to use, but I couldn't find any images. Steve C told me he doesn't
> keep any, so I'm throwing a wide net to the community for help. If you
> can supply some images, please give me a frame of reference to what
> the images shows and when.

There are a lot of images in the wiki, have a look at [1].

I don't know if it is still possible to reconstruct a planet from 
pre-redaction changesets [2], otherwise you can use that to make some 
tiles.

[1] <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Rendered_OSM_data>
[2] <http://planet.openstreetmap.org/cc-by-sa/>

Regards,
Maarten