+1 ! I agree 100% with you, the main OSM database couldn't be used for everything, it has been designed to map the existing world (one road after one) not the whole history !
On 3 janv. 2012, at 13:08, Pieren wrote: >> > > Then many, many people will be burned. It's happening daily in OSM > when contributors remove buildings or roads traced from obsolete > aerial imagery or imported data for instance and are no longer > existing or replaced by something else "on the ground". It's never > done "for fun" but with the intent to have the most accurate and > up-to-date map data of the world. I'm talking here as a contributor > who doesn't want to edit dense areas with e.g. all buildings and roads > since Julius Caesar mixed and overlapping on my preferred editor, even > with filters. I've seen the wiki proposals about tagging ruins and > other historic features which are still present and that is perfectly > "legitimate". > I also understand why some people would like to use the OSM tools > chain to collect and display historical data but, as already > mentionned, it can be done into another database. > > Pieren _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk