[OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

[Andy Townsend]

 > How/where was the notes addition proposed and implemented?

If I remember correctly, it was done as a "Google Summer of Code" 
project - effectively a sponsorship deal.  However, that project 
requires a clone of the OSM website, which is a much harder job than 
merely doing something with OSM data as it is updated.

 >  I intended to write it myself it others find it useful.

Great!

 > I would prefer that it is an official api so I don't have to cover 
the hosting costs.

Well if you start writing it locally and start initially with a small 
extract of OSM data your hosting costs will be zero.  Even if you 
absolutely need to go for a hosted server it needn't cost more than a 
Northern European cup of coffee a month to start with (see e.g. 
https://blog.jochentopf.com/2019-03-07-the-new-osmdata-service.html )

 >  Is there anywhere to post an issue to implement this and later pull 
requests?

I'd suggest creating such a place in a shared code repository such as 
github (which is where lots of OSM-related stuff already is).  Don't 
worry that it isn't "official" - very little in OSM is.  If it becomes 
valuable it can easily be built on or incorporated into osm.org 
centrally later.

Best Regards,
Andy


On 22/08/2020 11:22, Egil wrote:
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