On Fri, 11 May 2012 14:24:05 +0100 Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> " Royal Mail grid reference every post box " > Erm, a request made under the Freedom of Information Act only returned > textual descriptions (usually names of roads, often a side road it is > 'near'). I believe Hull has been very hard to find postboxes from this > list. If there is grid reference data for every post box, then Royal > Mail may have broken the FoI Act. Although my information may be out > of date, or slightly wrong. > > "Mr Willis photographs the base to record the manufacturer’s name and > logs a grid reference on a map" > Hmm, maybe he is making the grid referenced database? > > I wrote this blog post a while back, which is good to reference if > you talk to someone about OSM & Postboxes. > http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2009/06/my-postbox-obsession > > > On 11 May 2012 13:49, Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Heard about this on the radio. See link below: > > > > Here's a guy who is photographing post boxes in the UK - could be > > of real help for OSM. Anyone have contact with him or any other > > members of the 'Letter Box Study Group'? > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142313/Retired-postman-embarks-epic-mission-photograph-115-000-Britains-post-boxes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml > > > > Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ There is this website for documenting postbox locations http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-postboxes/ Mike Evans _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
