2013/12/7 Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> > Delete is simply not a valid concept unless the object never existed in > the first place?
While I find this concept appealing at first glance, it would raise complexity much more if we not only had present but also past objects in the db. We had a mapper in Germany (Mirko) who has mapped underground installations and old road infrastructure in that area that afterwards has been restructured. The density of objects (namely a second system of ways that wasn't in any way correlated to the current "ground") made editing in this area much more difficult than without these objects. If we want to be the map for everybody we also have to take care that complexity remains on a level that you can contribute even if you are not a full-time mapper or have studied OSM 1+2 at college ;-) cheers, Martin
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