I suspect you're onto something here; it's not a phrase that's even in my GIS vernacular. Don't even recall it from college experience (though I took French and majored in civil engineering; amazing I'm not mapping professionally)...
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Marc Gemis <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder whether this some expression in German that is translated > literally in English. > > m. > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Dave F <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > So often I'm put off from delving further into OSM & its uses by the > > confusing nature of it's wiki pages. > > > > A simple example: > > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29 > > > > Why is it headed as 'Attic Data'? Why is there no explanation of it's > > meaning? After too much time using google I find it means old > information. > > Why not say that? Wouldn't 'historical snapshot' be a bit clearer? > > > > Please remember wiki/help pages are mainly read by inexperienced users > who > > aren't fully aware of all the latest hip language (that often goes out of > > fashion 6 months later). > > > > Please keep all wiki pages plain & simple. > > > > Cheers > > Dave F > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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