Re: [OSM-talk] Please do not re-use old node IDs

Better test case is "node/1" ( https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2015/12/25/openstreetmappy-christmas/ ) * https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1/history 2018-03-06 11:26 GMT+01:00 Frederik Ramm : > Hi, > > we're all concerned about the environment these days. "Reduce, Reuse, >

Re: [OSM-talk] Please do not re-use old node IDs

@Yves unfortunately would be hard to implement as reverting reuses/undeletes the object if I'm not mistaken. So someone could just undelete a node than move it to where they need to. On Mar 6, 2018 5:47 AM, "Yves" wrote: > Hi Frederik, > For my curiosity, is it a feature of

Re: [OSM-talk] Please do not re-use old node IDs

2018-03-06 11:43 GMT+01:00 Yves : > Hi Frederik, > For my curiosity, is it a feature of the API to: > _ allow users to choose an ID? > sure, you need this for any modification. Just upload a new version of a deleted object and you resurrected it. Cheers, Martin

Re: [OSM-talk] Please do not re-use old node IDs

On 06/03/18 10:26, Frederik Ramm wrote: Long story short, please don't do it - let the API assign you new node IDs to your stuff instead of building ingenious contraptions to recycle old nodes. The reality is they are not 'old nodes' simply nodes which are not currently visible. I think I

Re: [OSM-talk] Please do not re-use old node IDs

Hi Frederik, For my curiosity, is it a feature of the API to: _ allow users to choose an ID? _ not re-assign an old ID? Yves Le 6 mars 2018 11:26:55 GMT+01:00, Frederik Ramm a écrit : >Hi, > >we're all concerned about the environment these days. "Reduce, Reuse, >Recycle"

[OSM-talk] Please do not re-use old node IDs

Hi, we're all concerned about the environment these days. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" is certainly something to strive for in the real world out there. However, for the second time now I've encountered a user who thought it was a good idea to reclaim old node IDs for new edits. A couple of