They are certainly not post boxes, I have used amenity=vending_machine, vending=parcel_pickup which is a combination that probably came from asking on #osm.
For example my local one https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5978482863 https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Pna indicates the taging has a fair amount of useage. HTH Phil (trigpoint) On Wed, 2020-01-01 at 12:18 +0000, Dan Glover wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
