User:M!dgard/Delayed edit
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You may want to prepare upcoming large-scale changes, such as a new mobility plan in a city coming into effect soon. There's no automatic mechanism for this in OSM. Some options:
- Wait until it's in effect and map it then (simplest).
- Map the new situation with lifecycle prefix tags such as
planned:*
(see below). Prepare the changes in JOSM and upload them later(discouraged because of the risk of edit conflicts).
Examples of using lifecycle prefix tags
- For a street name change, add
planned:name=New Street
. And ideally alsoplanned:addr:street=New Street
on objects that have addresses. (Obviously, replaceNew Street
with the new street name.) - If a one-way street will reverse direction, add
planned:oneway=-1
. - If motorized traffic will be banned, except mopeds, mofas and speed pedelecs, add
planned:motor_vehicle=no
planned:moped=yes
planned:mofa=yes
planned:speed_pedelec=yes
.
Also add a note for other mappers to all objects, e.g. note=Prepared edits for new mobility plan coming into effect on 2023-09-15
. (Tip: Save this text somewhere in a file so you can copy-paste.)
Ask in your local community to find an experienced mapper to apply these changes, it will probably take them only half an hour with Overpass and JOSM. Shameless promotion: if you don't find an experienced mapper who does this for free, M!dgard can assist you with this for a fee.
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