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Looking at some changesets I find odd information regarding coordinates and objects version. For instance, in changeset 420453 one can find ...

  • Coordinates outside the range [-180 -90, 180 90] such as lon="214.7483647" for node id="60876769";
  • Consequently, the bounding box is also out the expected range;
  • Versions 2 & 3 of the same node (again node id="60876769") exist in the same changeset (420453);

Does anybody can provide me with some historical context/explanation how such data appeared in the database? Is it still possible it happens again?

Cheers!

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For the curious: It isn't possible to upload a node with this longitude any longer. The server responds with error 400 and "The node is outside this world".

(10 Nov '14, 20:15) scai ♦
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Regarding your observation in list member two: "One element can be updated multiple times during one changeset and its version number is increased each time so there can be multiple history versions of a single element for one changeset." (API 0.6). So this is nothing unexpected.

(10 Nov '14, 20:25) aseerel4c26 ♦
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The linked changeset was created at the time when API 0.5 was active. Maybe the coordinates were not enforced to be in the range [-180 -90, 180 90] at this time.

(10 Nov '14, 20:27) aseerel4c26 ♦
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Possibly, although the API changes between v0.5 and v0.6 don't mention the introduction of such checks.

(11 Nov '14, 07:52) scai ♦

All the comments make sense... I missed the point about multiple versions of an object in a changeset - It's certainly possible! Concerning the erroneous coordinate, I'm happy it is not possible anymore!

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