Short version
Adam4EVE now also shows the name and freeport history of player owned structures either for a specific structure (example) or as a 50 row changelog. You’ll find them in the “Structures” menu.
Long version
Until now Adam4EVE just updated name and freeport status of player owned structure multiple times a day, but didn’t store a history of the changes. This has been added now allowing for a change log to show what kind of activity is going on with the publicly visible structures.
Changes of name or freeport status of structures as per 27.04.2018 (link)
If you click on the structure name here or on other A4E pages, then you’ll be directed to the history page of that structure. This shows you the API-publicly available data about this structure and the history of recorded changes specific to this structure. If it is a market structure, the page will also show the order count and volume history for you to judge if this is a hub on the rise or decline.
The history itself might be useful to determine if this is a fast changing port that might even have restricted the docking permissions in the past or not.
Structure history for the structure with the ID 1026937962829 (link)
Note that once the structure is private and if it doesn’t have ranged buy orders (or CREST has been turned off; yay to non-parity), A4E does not get updates on the naming and thus it may differ from ingame.
Shoutout to the unkown developer of https://stop.hammerti.me.uk/ who had the idea a long time ago and accumulated a far reaching history. And who’s site allowed me to validate my results.
BTW I sometimes see questions on discord/slack if there is a list of structure_id --> name. A4E doesn’t provide an API (yet) but in the “Informations” menu the “List stations” returns such a list.
As always, eager to get feedback or further suggestions.