OpenStreetMap
Global "noise" in map history makes it less useful
Publicado por adaviel o 21 de Xullo de 2009 en 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
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Comentario de 42429 no 21 de Xullo de 2009 ás 08:52
I agree that ignoring worldwide edits would be nice.
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Comentario de kds_ch no 21 de Xullo de 2009 ás 10:10
Yes i also think there should be a link (hide big changes) to view only changes that are more local (smaller areas).
Comentario de daveemtb no 21 de Xullo de 2009 ás 14:53
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.
Comentario de curmet no 22 de Xullo de 2009 ás 11:00
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.