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changeset
OpenStreetMap key:
created_by
Description
The editor or script that created the changeset.
Group:
changeset
Used on:
Status on changesets:
de facto
This
tag
is used to describe the computer program (editor or script) which made the changes', similar to a
user agent
in the HTTP headers. It is automatically added by
editors
to a saved
changeset
, see also a list of other changeset tags
Changeset#Tags on changesets
Proposed features/changeset tags
. It was also automatically added by
editors
to individual
elements
during beginning of OSM, see
#History
Contents
As entity key
History
Guidance
3.1
Guidance to users
3.2
Guidance to software developers
Changeset search
Examples
References
As entity key
created_by
Description
The editor or script that created the changeset, node, way or relation. Used before 2009, now only on changesets.
Group:
annotations
Used on these
elements
Status:
discardable
created_by
More details at tag
info
Tools for this tag
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overpass-turbo
QLever
Postpass via overpass-turbo
OSM Tag History
It should no longer be added to individual
elements
, i.e. nodes, ways, or relations. Like other
discardable tags
, it is automatically removed by many editors. A chronological chart of the of
created_by
item amounts can be found
here
History
Prior to version 0.6 of the
API
the
created_by
=*
tag was applied to individual
objects
(nodes, ways and relations and even segments in earlier protocol versions). However, with the introduction of changesets to provide non-geographic "meta data" it makes more sense for the created_by tag to be recorded there. The number of nodes, ways or relations that still have a created_by tag is slowly decreasing, since this key is silently dropped by OSM editors like JOSM, iD, Potlatch, Potlatch2 when objects get modified.
Guidance
Guidance to users
You
should not
edit this value to record your own name. Your user name will be recorded anyway (and in addition) automatically on upload.
You
should not
remove the created_by tag on objects you are not otherwise modifying. If we wanted to remove them in bulk we'd do it some other way.
You
may
remove the created_by tag on nodes/ways/relations that you are modifying in a changeset anyway. This is what JOSM, iD, Potlatch, Potlatch2 and some other editors do automatically.
You
may
use the created_by tag as an indicator for objects that have not been edited for a long time and could use a review.
Guidance to software developers
The guidance to users plus:
You
should
record a created_by tag on a changeset when saving changes
The created_by tag
may
contain a revision number, version number or similar. This helps people track down problems if a version of your editor/script has a bug in it.
Alternatively, potlatch2 splits information into created_by, version and build tags.
You
should not
add or update the created_by tag on nodes/ways/relations.
You
can
remove it silently on edited elements and hide this tag from mappers – it is widely accepted as
discardable
For translation QA : please add the 'language' version (like: de,en,es,it,hu)
Changeset search
The data from key
created_by
=*
is used as a basis to filter changesets according to the editor software used. For example,
OSMCha
offers such an option (under Filter >> Editor).
Examples
Tag
Used by editor
Example changeset
created_by
better osm.org v0.9
better-osm-org
163071469
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
bulk_upload.py
Bulk_upload.py
3284816
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
CoMaps android 2025.05.22-14-test
CoMaps
166626185
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Every Door Android 5.2
Every Door
158682052
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
FireYak
FireYak-Hydrants
153380428
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
gnome-maps 47.1
GNOME Maps
158580294
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Go Map!! 4.3.0
Go Map!!
158641307
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
gtfs2osm v1.0
Gtfs2osm
165881816
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
https_all_the_things/0.2.0
Automated Edits/b-jazz-bot
158665155
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
iD 2.30.4
iD
158641308
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
iD 261-A
OSMC Reitkarte
158611990
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
iLOE 1.9
iLOE
26324008
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
JOSM/1.5 (19253 en_GB)
JOSM
158675608
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Level0 v1.3
Level0
158672783
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
MapComplete 0.47.8
MapComplete
158673929
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
MAPS.ME android / MAPS.ME ios
MAPS.ME
158659373
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Merkaartor 0.20.0 (en)
Merkaartor
158430018
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
node-drag-watcher
GitHub node-drag-watcher
179542555
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
noteSolver_plugin/0.5.0;JOSM/1.5 (19431 en_GB)
JOSM
noteSolver JOSM
170031156
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
OpenAEDMap
175980254
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
OpenStop 0.8.2+21
OpenStop
160464272
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Organic Maps android 2024.10.23-2-FDroid
Organic Maps
158677537
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
OsmAnd 4.8.6
OsmAnd
158679215
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
osmapi/4.2.0
Osmapi_(Python_library)
158833645
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
OsmHydrant v1 / http://yapafo.net v0.3
OsmHydrant
153422852
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
OsmInEdit 1.0.15
OsmInEdit
158531843
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Osmose Editor
Osmose integrated tags editor
158659809
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
osmtools/30252 (linux)
Revert scripts
158635833
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
OSMyBiz
OSMyBiz
157646455
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
OSM Contributor 3.0.23
OSM Contributor
153254365
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Osm Go! 1.7.0 Android
Osm Go!
158647070
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Osm.Org Tags Editor
OpenStreetMap Tags Editor
158672442
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
osm-relatify git#49d2b51
Relatify
161475467
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
osm-revert git#91c563c
osm-revert
158677347
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
PLanes 0.8.10
Planes
158549622
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Pic4Review 0.5.30
Pic4Review
158491335
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Potlatch
Potlatch
158664310
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Rapid 2.4.3
RapiD
158681526
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
reverter_plugin/36343;JOSM/1.5 (19230 en))
JOSM
JOSM/Plugins/Reverter
158671918
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
RevertUI 1.0
RevertUI
158614860
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
StreetComplete 59.3
StreetComplete
158601843
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
StreetComplete_ee 59.2
SCEE
158682642
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Vespucci 20.1.4.0
Vespucci
158601448
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
wheelmap.org
158678773
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
created_by
Speed/Limit Flutter App
Speed/Limit Flutter App
176063813
achavi
OSMLab
FacilMap
References
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