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+# History of taginfo
+
+Here are some of the more important events in the history of the taginfo
+project. The numerous small improvements and bugfixes can't all be listed.
+
+## October 2010
+
+* Project started
+
+## November 2010
+
+* Added translation support, first languages English, German, Italian
+* Add support for embedding taginfo snippets into OSM wiki
+* Add the first reports
+
+## March 2011
+
+* Started API documentation
+
+## April 2011
+
+* Added JSONP support
+* taginfo.openstreetmap.ie is the first site other than the main site
+  to use taginfo.
+
+## June 2011
+
+* Switched from taginfo.openstreetmap.de to taginfo.openstreetmap.org
+
+## October 2011
+
+* Add French and Russian translation
+* Add maps for keys on ways
+* Add config file
+
+## January 2012
+
+* New design for web user interace
+
+## July 2012
+
+* Add support for Ruby 1.9
+
+## November 2012
+
+* Add Polish translation
+
+## December 2012
+
+* Add CORS support
+
+## January 2013
+
+* Switch to API version 4
+* Fully switch to Ruby 1.9, doesn't work with Ruby 1.8 any more
+* Switch to jQuery 1.9
+* Switch from Protovis to D3 for graphs and charts
+* Add word cloud to homepage
+* Add support for relation types
+* Add support for keyboard shortcuts
+* Add support for key/tag/relation type thumbnails from wiki
+* Start collecting some statistics in a database thats kept from day to day
+
+## February 2013
+
+* Add link to Overpass Turbo
+
+## February 2014
+
+* Main taginfo site moves to OSMF infrastructure
+
+## March 2014
+
+* Add Portuguese translation
+
+## April 2014
+
+* Added Ukrainian translation
+
+## May 2014
+
+* Add support for key/tag comparison
+* Add Level0 editor link
+* Add support for maps on popular tags
+* Remove support for old API versions 2 and 3
+* Add Hungarian, Spanish, and Vietnamese translation
+
+## September 2014
+
+* Add support for external projects
+
+## November 2014
+
+* Add Brazilian Portuguese translation
+
+## February 2015
+
+* Add 'Similarity' tab for keys
+* Add 'Historic development' report
+