On 4 April 2015 at 15:30, Pierre Riteau <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Apr 2015, at 11:22 AM, Robert Norris wrote: > > My 2p: > > If surveying postboxes, is to also record the postbox type (mostly lamp, > > pillar or wall) and the Royal Cypher. > > See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=post_box > > I second that. I use the following keys when surveying post boxes: > > amenity = post_box > collection_times = … > operator = Royal Mail (only if it's a Royal Mail post box of course) > post_box:type = … > ref = … > royal_cypher = … > source = survey > survey:date = 2015-04-04 > > I add survey:date to easily find which post boxes haven't been updated > recently, and then try to check their collection times again after one > or two years. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > Survey date is good - and should really be used with everything - although rivers aren't likely to disappear and reappear but obviously roads and buildings come and go from time to time. Better still to have start and end dates attached to each tag too. I've also tagged a box with colour=gold - in the case where the box is a non-standard colour. -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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