[OSM-talk] Extending the 'geo:' uri scheme: Adding parameter 'osmid'

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Jan 2, 2023, 21:59 by ajt1047 at gmail.com:

> On 02/01/2023 20:44, Mateusz Konieczny via talk wrote:
>
>> way/node/relation ids in OSM are unstable, not promised to be stable and
>> anything relying on their stability can break at any point
>>
> Unfortunately, that sort of "black and white" answer doesn't really answer the question of whether it's useful to link to OSM data like that.
>
It is often useful, but we should try to avoid implying that this ids will stay stable forever.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1325892214 works well as link for such cases,
making some official uri scheme is implying things that we should not be implying.


> It's certainly possible (as I've said in that discussion) to use OSM IDs as "stable enough to do real work with" - I do it all the time.
>
I also do this, but without expectations of id stability. 
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