The USPS knows the location of every post office, contract station and blue box in the country. There's a database, but they keep it private presumably to drive people to USPS.com. Some years ago a citizen lawsuit resulted in a one-time database dump of the locations, and that's the basis of most if not all the mailbox mapping applications. They are all getting more and more stale over time.
Updated data would be a great prize in OSM, as we could adjust the positions and enhance the positions. And, remove locations the USPS no longer collects from. What do people think of the potential for seeking a consensual database sharing agreement with the USPS?
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