Hi all, I think this is a good spot to put this thread to rest. We've answered the question at hand and have since strayed a bit off topic.
-Your friendly list moderator On Mar 4, 2014 8:48 AM, "Martin Koppenhoefer" <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2014-03-04 15:32 GMT+01:00 Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com>: > >> We don't store historical information in OSM. There are other projects >> which do, but OSM looks at what's currently in the ground. >> > > > > yes, and no, we do store in small niches also historic information in the > main project, e.g. with the tags start_date and end_date, with the tag > old_name and variants of this tag, with the disused and abandoned tags etc. > A former school might also be an actual object, i.e. you might be able on > the ground to see that there is a school which is closed (hence > amenity=school doesn't fit, but disused:amenity=school or building=school > could be accurate descriptions of what is on the ground). To decide you > will have to know the area where you are mapping, deducting this from the > name tag of an import is most likely not very "ground-truthy" I agree. > > cheers, > Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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