[OSM-talk] Time-based attributes

Rory McCann rory at technomancy.org
Fri Jun 2 08:22:36 UTC 2017


There is also the date namespace idea for tags. (
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Date_namespace ).
Townlands.ie, an OSM data consumer, supports this for historic names in
Ireland ( https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rorym/diary/40092 )


On 02/06/17 08:59, MonkZ wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> are there things like attribute values that change over time?
> 
> Like this, to indicate a value changes in the future:
> 
> highway=residential
> highway:timebased=until:2017-06-22:construction
> 
> or
> 
> highway=construction
> highway:timebased=after:2017-06-22:residential
> 
> or even in intervals:
> 
> highway=residential
> highway:timebased=interval:2017-06-07:2017-06-22:construction
> 
> of course it should not be restricted to highway tags - but it could
> pose as an example.
> 
> Regards,
> MonkZ
> 
> 
> 
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