Post #3171405
2026-05-06 14:48 UTC
I know some people are against the `check_date` tag, but I think it's great! OSM *will* last many decades more, and it's great to have a way to record that an OSMer confirms that this thing is still there.
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@emily_s@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-06 14:53
@amapanda@en.osm.town the implication that OSM is expected to outlive the things it represents is a wonderful thing. And given the projects life time, earned.
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@buwel@social.tchncs.de 2026-05-06 15:32
@amapanda@en.osm.town totally with you there
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@SK53@en.osm.town 2026-05-06 18:52
@amapanda@en.osm.town the problem is really that #OpenStreetMap doesn't provide a means of annotating specific element versions. Instead the version ratchets up. It's just about possible in the existing schema if one added another table with a composite key of element,version and unique annotation id. Annotations could still be key=value pairs, but would not be editable and would not be visible when version number is bumped. Probably messes with the basic data model too much though