Please forgive me if this is has been debated previously - I'm new here
and having trouble finding a searchable archive for this list.
A local mapper has added an Amazon "Hub Locker", tagged as
amenity=post_box. This causes it to flag as an anomaly when comparing
against Royal Mail data. My view is this is not a "post box" since it
forms part of delivery rather than collection arrangements.
However I can see there may be some benefit in mapping such facilities,
albeit anyone wanting to use it will need to make advance arrangements
with Amazon and chose from a list of locations. This is a different
situation to Royal Mail where there is no official "post box finder" and
one is at liberty to use any convenient box at any time. Searching the
OSM Wiki doesn't seem to provide any specific guidance but hints that
Amazon might be persuaded to contribute the locations directly, since
they are apparently both consumers and contributors to OSM.
Arguably parcel drop-off points for Hermes and so forth might be
suitable for inclusion, though they're not a stand-alone feature but
part of facilities at a premises and again require advance action by the
user to select .
Is there existing policy/guidance/consensus and if not, what is the best
way to proceed?
Dan
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