On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:21:44 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
(Two or three people have also started tagging OSM objects with UUID
tags but I don't think that that's anything more than database bloat.
I think that about 99.9% of UUID tags in the database come from a
building import where somebody automatically assigned an UUID to
every
last garden shed. Not useful.)
Even though, it might be the best solution. The other solution would be
that everybody who wants to use the object for their purpose adds their
own home-made tag to it. And that certainly would be a database bloat.
Of course you would add a UUID tag only to objects that are actualy
referenced. And then you would need some way to enforce uniqueness. All
reaons why it is fraught with pitfalls.
I've got a wiki that links certain localities to the OSM map. I use the
addr: fields for that. They are unique (at least for my purpose), but
this also does not guarantee 100% continuity.
Maarten
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