Agreed. A few weeks ago I was collecting a parcel from the local delivery office. The lady on reception overheard me on the phone explaining to my mother that I was “in the post office”. When I hung up the lady, whom I’d noticed frowning, issued a stern and proud (though smiling) correction: “This (pause) is the Royal Mail.”
- L > On 12 Jan 2014, at 13:03, Borbus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12/01/14 12:30, Andy Street wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:52:02 +0000 >> John Aldridge <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there a consensus on how to tag Royal Mail & Parcel Force delivery >>> offices? >>> >>> Are these amenity=post_office, or something else? >> >> If there is a facility that allows the general public access to collect >> or send mail then I'd consider amenity=post_office to be appropriate. > > They're not Post Offices, though. Post Office (capitalised) has a very > specific meaning in the UK, with more services than just posting letters. It > depends what we want amenity=post_office to mean but I'd say at a minimum > without further tags it should mean you can actually post something. If > someone goes to a Local Delivery Office with a parcel to post they will be in > for a surprise. > > -- > Borbus. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
