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Adding new shops and trees is easy but finding outdated info is tedious if you have to check every point individually. I just thought it would be nice to have a map layer that shows objects by how long ago their last edit was, so you can either update it or set a new "last checked" date if everything is still correct. Maybe with a color code, as in everything older than 10 years would be red, edited in the last 3 is green etc. Does something like that exist?

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[–] Europellinore@europe.pub 4 points 1 week ago

EveryDoor works great for this (marks 5+ yo POI’s with a yellow signing, not in the map but below), very useful when using your phone. On a computer, also Overpass Turbo is great, for example: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/2vBx Click ‘run’ to see the results. Or you can modify the date and the location then run the script.