[OSM-talk] What is 'Attic Data'? or 'Why can't wiki writers use plain language'.

[Maarten Deen]

On 2016-02-04 07:58, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I suspect you're onto something here; it's not a phrase that's even in
> my GIS vernacular.  Don't even recall it from college experience
> (though I took French and majored in civil engineering; amazing I'm
> not mapping professionally)...

True. I think "attic" in this case would refer to a place where you 
store old things, so it relates to old data.

Regards,
Maarten

> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I wonder whether this some expression in German that is translated
>> literally in English.
>> 
>> m.
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Dave F
>> <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> So often I'm put off from delving further into OSM & its uses by
>> the
>>> confusing nature of it's wiki pages.
>>> 
>>> A simple example:
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29
>>> 
>>> Why is it headed as 'Attic Data'? Why is there no explanation of
>> it's
>>> meaning? After too much time using google I find it means old
>> information.
>>> Why not say that? Wouldn't 'historical snapshot' be a bit clearer?
>>> 
>>> Please remember wiki/help pages are mainly read by inexperienced
>> users who
>>> aren't fully aware of all the latest hip language (that often goes
>> out of
>>> fashion 6 months later).
>>> 
>>> Please keep all wiki pages plain & simple.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Dave F