And another data point: the implementation in Vespucci does not sort by id (not only in theory, the output is really not ordered, which doesn't cause issues with JOSM).
Or put differently: if that becomes a requirement, it would be a good idea to versionize the format (which naturally wouldn't actually solve your issue). Simon Am 08.08.2017 um 10:24 schrieb Jochen Topf: > Hi! > > When JOSM saves OSM files it uses a particular order: First nodes, then > ways, then relations as usual. For each object type it first writes out > objects with negative IDs (ie objects that are not uploaded yet), then > objects with positive IDs, both are ordered by absolute value. > > Is this something I can rely on or is this just something that happened > accidentally with my version of JOSM when I tried this? > > The reason I am asking: I sometimes get requests for Osmium features > from people who want to do something with files saved from JOSM, like > renumber them to have only small positive IDs, or convert them into > other formats. Osmium can read JOSM files and handle negative IDs, so > these things mostly work, but in some cases having a known order helps > (or is even necessary for correct functioning). I am currently working > on some things there but if JOSM would not keep to this order in the > future they would break again. > > Jochen
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