OpenStreetMap
Global "noise" in map history makes it less useful
Ipinaskil ni adaviel noong 21 Hulyo 2009 na nasa EnglishI 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
Puna mula sa 42429 noong 21 Hulyo 2009 sa ganap na 08:52
I agree that ignoring worldwide edits would be nice.
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Puna mula sa kds_ch noong 21 Hulyo 2009 sa ganap na 10:10
Yes i also think there should be a link (hide big changes) to view only changes that are more local (smaller areas).
Puna mula sa daveemtb noong 21 Hulyo 2009 sa ganap na 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.
Puna mula sa curmet noong 22 Hulyo 2009 sa ganap na 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.