On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Richard Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear list, > > I posted this query to the talk-gb list a while ago and it was > suggested I post it here for further discussion. > > I'm interested in adding historical information to the OSM database > so a timeline can be added to a map to show changes in an area. I've > mocked up a very simple example at:
http://labs.geofabrik.de/history/ > I can continue to do this using a standalone copy of the OSM database > but would prefer it to be made available for other people to > improve and add to. It's been pointed out to me that there was > a similiar proposal put by Frankie Roberto some time ago; I wondered > if any conclusion was come to about adding this data to the main > database?. I don't understand the question. Why can't you use the minutely planet.osm updates to construct this database? > If it was felt not appropriate to add it, is there some way a > separate historical database could still be kept in sync in some way > with the ever changing main database ?. The main database includes the historical data, there's just not a programmatic way to access it via the current API. Constructing the tools to do it aren't hard, they're just time consuming and computationally intensive. - Serge _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
