The date in the history is the date that the modified object is stored in osm. When I did a number of surveys in the same area a week or a month before, this modification date is "useless" to find back my notes. Just having a survey:date on the changeset allows me to pinpoint the date of the survey exactly.
Take e.g this changeset http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/27649274 The survey was made on Dec 14, but the modification dates will show Dec 23, 2014. Since I made several walks in that area, it is nice to see the survey date at once. There is also no "pollution" of the objects -tags as it is on the changeset. I'm not forcing anyone to use this method, but it works for me. BTW, I originally posted about the survey:date tag because the OP asked how to add a date to a source tag in case of a survey. At least that is how I interpreted the OP. regards m On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote: > On 23/12/2014 04:16, Marc Gemis wrote: > >> Which would not help in my case, as I work for several days on the same >> survey. >> > > +1, although I'm not understanding the point of this tag at all. What does > it add that isn't already available via the History command (Key: H) in > Potlatch? Is it not available in other editors? > > One advantageous thing would be to click on a GPX trace that's loaded in > an editor to find out when it was added & by whom. > > Dave F. > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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