Is it possible for a feature to have certain features change based on date without having to create an entirely new version of the feature? Like, a railway changing operators. I find it tedious to have to add an end date for a feature and make a duplicate just because something like the name has changed which is why I havent bothered yet
Also, is it possible to isolate just certain features in the editor based on a time period so that it is less cluttered?
You might want to check out this reply on another post first
I assume you are using the id editor? There is a date filter hidden here:
For now, =multilinestring can be used for what’s rendered, and physical. But my opinion is these non-physical info should use route= =railway / =tracks , cf OSM.
And for JOSM there is a date filter plugin as well.
I’m facing a similar issue but with a slightly different context. name= tag is not rendered on the map when using route= relations.
For Example, a historical major street in Seoul named Jongno (종로) has a 700 year history, has changed its name three times (Unjong-ga 운종가; Shōrodōri 종로통; Jongno 종로), and its width and lanes have also expanded. So creating separate ways for every single name and other infos is not efficient.
I thought a better solution would be to leave the original one way (199280132) untagged and use three route=road relations (2884329, 2884330, 2884415) for each historical names, but it didn’t work. Is there a solution I’m missng?
route=road isn’t rendered, while type=multilinestring is, but that’s not the problem. route=road means a signposted, referenced (eg numbered) route used for navigating. It’s not the same as a named street, which has another use for addressing, as a unit of road, and for administration. Routes can be formed from sections of multiple streets, and a street can have multiple routes on it on different sections. This should at least use type=street / type=associatedstreet (in the database, but not rendered yet), or the aforementioned type=multilinestring for now.
However furthermore, as the widths have changed, the physical alignment of the roadways’ center lines have changed together. This means a new line should really be drawn, to be precise. Unless, the roads have been evenly widened on both sides.
