[OSM-talk] Preserving History ...

[Lester Caine]

On 03/09/15 09:34, Roland Olbricht wrote:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.3790/-1.4692 is a perfect
>> example, where a small roundabout has evolved into a much larger one,
>> but the new through route is still being excavated. The problem with
>> this is while it is a good approximation of how work is progressing,
>> many of the original roads have been deleted and replaced and all the
>> history relating to them lost.
> 
> Please have a look at
> http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/bg7
> 
> You can view that data as well in JOSM: Click "Export > raw data", save
> the created file and open it via "File > Open" in JOSM.
> 
> The same works for any other date. The history starts from the license
> change on 2012-09-12 and proceeds till today.

I can see the history from 2012, but I an convinced that there should be
some more history prior to that date since the 2012 data already
contains the planed improvements to the junction.

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