Overpass API developpement

[Roland Olbricht <>]

Hello Michael,

> I noticed that. Unfortunately, it seems that at some point in time the
> OSM main database did not have a constraint for that, as the data you
> have cited is verifiably on the OSM server. I am interested in using
> overpass to make nice graphics for historical data. Like how many
> restaurants were there in Switzerland over time. To have data back to
> 2007, there are now some options I guess:
>
> - Hack overpass to ignore deletions when constructing geometries

I'm open to do that such that Overpass API behaves in a defined way.

The simplest option would be to treat objects with improper geometry as 
if they were deleted. Would that be OK?

Best regards,
Roland