OpenStreetMap
Global "noise" in map history makes it less useful
Pleatst troch adaviel op 21 july 2009 yn it English.I just tried the History tab on the map page for the first time. It says "zoom in to see history" OK, do that until it works. But none of the entries are anything to do with the area I'm looking at. They are all global edits such as adding Arabic and Hebrew placenames (none in my little bit of Canada), or adding hundreds of airports all over the world. OK, on page 13 or so I can see the original data imports.
It would be nice to have a filter that removed the "big" edits from the history list.
osm.org/history?bbox=-126.0079%2C49.0996%2C-125.7722%2C49.1938
Discussion
Reäksje fan 42429 op 21 july 2009 om 08.52 oere
I agree that ignoring worldwide edits would be nice.
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Reäksje fan kds_ch op 21 july 2009 om 10.10 oere
Yes i also think there should be a link (hide big changes) to view only changes that are more local (smaller areas).
Reäksje fan daveemtb op 21 july 2009 om 14.53 oere
Yes, this problem is agreed to be annoying. Hopefully someone, sometime, will figure out a neat way to select just the edits that contain information in the area you are viewing.
Reäksje fan curmet op 22 july 2009 om 11.00 oere
Yes, i also think that this big edits schould only displayed after extra click or much better only if an edited node is in the bbox.