How can i find the creator of a path?

General talk
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Atm i am making a routing app on OSM data. I plan routes over this data. Problem is that it routes over a way that exist in OSM but do not seem to exist in the real world.
I know the way id of the weird way, but how do i find the creator, so i can check with him what the idea is behind this way?

I can see changes in that same area, but there are many and none seem to be releated to the way i am interested in. Is there a way to find the creator of a way if you know the way id? That would be much faster than scrolling through the history of some bounding box.

tia,
Roar

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You can check the creator (and all modifications) of any object by looking at the object’s history, e.g. for this way with id 1234: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/1234/history

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Super!

I got all the information i needed this way.

Is there a way to reach this page from inside Potlach 2?

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In Potlatch 2, select the way, then switch to the advanced tab. At the top of the tab, it will say something like “Way: 1234” (where 1234 is the way ID).
If you click on that, it will open the details page for the way in your browser. That page has a link for view history, if you want to see the previous versions.