>Ideally there would >be a start_date and end_date tag also that defines the period when the >object was present.
+1 This would make me very happy indeed; have even registered openpastmap.org in anticipation. Cheers, Joseph (an archaeologist, of sorts...) 2009/8/18 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) <ajrli...@googlemail.com>: > here's my thoughts. > > If object is no longer present we need some sort of "ghost" tagging, and the > ghost tag take precedent when rendering. This means that the data that was > present is still available, its useful data after all. Ideally there would > be a start_date and end_date tag also that defines the period when the > object was present. > > Now for rendering we need an engine/style sheet that respects these tags. > Burning Man 08 doesn't require many tiles, so it's something Y! can probably > render and hard code? Quick and dirty maybe and wouldn't scale, but it would > be a start. > > Cheers > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk- >>boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Mikel Maron >>Sent: 17 August 2009 10:01 PM >>To: talk@openstreetmap.org >>Subject: [OSM-talk] Historic Mapping needs help Now! >> >>Hi >> >>I'm again working this year on mapping for the Burning Man arts festival, >>coming up in two weeks. >>This makes urgent a growing theme in OSM, with several presentations at >>this year's SOTM .. how to handle historic data. >> >>Here's the current map of Burning Man for 2009. I haven't added Camp >>locations yet, will come soon. >>http://playaevents.burningman.com/brc/2009/map/ >> >>That map data hasn't been added to OSM.org yet, because the prior year's >>map is still there, and still being used. For example, Flickr... >>http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/08/flickr-burning-man-open-street-map.html >> >>Why is 2008 historic map data now? Well each year, the location of the >>festival moves, to minimize impact on the area. Everything is rebuilt, >>created again over several weeks, existing as a place for one week, and >>then deconstructed over several weeks. However, the impact of Burning Man >>is year round, and for years to come; the amount of media generated and >>geotagged during the event is enormous. Take a look at the photos in the >>Flickr map to understand why. >> >> >>So I'd like to import 2009 BM into OSM now. But there's a need to retain >>the 2008 data. I'm opening the question up... what is the best way to mark >>this data as historic, keep it available as needed, but make sure it >>doesn't show up in core renderings? >> >>Look forward to some good ideas. >> >>Thanks >>Mikel > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
