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

[Greg Troxel]

Snusmumriken <snusmumriken.mapper at runbox.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2023-01-09 at 08:21 -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> 
>> You seem unwilling to understand that defining a way to refer to ids
>> will cause social pressure not to change ids, 
>
> Is there actually evidence that would corroborate this claim? 

Do you mean like actually publish the scheme and wait and see?

Of course we are all talking about what we think will happen.

I think it's entirely plausible that if there are published references
to ids then people will be told they shouldn't edit in a way that
changes them.

I agree that gratuitous changes are best avoided.

But, I often take a way, split it multiple times, retag various
sections, and glue parts back together to rationalize parking lot ways,
for example.  It moves the ids around for sure.  I don't think  there's
anything wrong with that and it would be unreasonable to tell  me not to
do it because it breaks an ill-conceived linking scheme.