Perhaps we should write a WoEID [0] -> OSM ID mapping. The mapping would watch the minutely changes and update the mapping if a node or way changes.
[0] http://geobloggers.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/ On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com>wrote: > The big problem I see is that our node, way, and relation IDs are too > brittle for this sort of thing. A POI node might eventually get replaced > with a closed-way building. Or a way will get split into two (and those two > ways get completely new IDs) or two ways will be merged (with the new way > not inheriting any of the original two IDs). > > I wish OSM has a "redirect" feature for deleted nodes, ways, and relations > sort of like what Wikipedia has for its articles and pages. Maybe a > redirect=* tag? :-) > > > 2009/9/29 Iván Sánchez Ortega <i...@sanchezortega.es> > > El Lunes, 28 de Septiembre de 2009, Ian Dees escribió: >> > >> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/flickr_now_supports_openstreetmap_tags >> >.php >> > >> > Good to see someone else talking about OSM... >> >> Oh my, this is all kinds of awesome. >> >> I know several "paleo"-geographers that are into the semantic web >> thingie... >> and they are gonna be amazed by this. Totally, completely amazed. >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------- >> Iván Sánchez Ortega <i...@sanchezortega.es> >> >> Ordenador deprimido busca virus para juerga. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > > -- > http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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