Is it worth adding opening_hours to these post boxes (as well as collection times.) ? If the postbox is in a supermarket, it'll only be accessible when the supermarket is open, but it *will* be accessible then.
--- https://hdyc.neis-one.org/?spiregrain [email protected] On Mon, 2 Mar 2020, at 11:12 AM, SK53 wrote: > The actual locations of many of these are still very useful. As sub-post > offices get relocated to shops there are likely to be more of them. In the > past I would certainly have appreciated knowing the locations of ones on the > departure side of airports. To my regret I forgot to ascertain the location > of the one in the RAC Club on Pall Mall when I called in there a few years > ago. > > There are other issues with amenity=post_box elsewhere in the world. The tag > is used in the US (and possibly elsewhere) for banks of external letter boxes > outside apartment building, and also for other non-universal delivery > providers (FedEx etc). > > Jerry > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 07:54, Jez Nicholson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm inclined to think that it is the areas that are restricted and not the >> postboxes, and hence map them as normal. >> >> I've had a similar issue with clothes recycling boxes on school premises. >> >> On Sun, 1 Mar 2020, 15:56 Dan Glover, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> So it’s March, the sun is shining here and it’s time to go back out in >>> pursuit of post boxes and other OSM things.____ >>> __ __ >>> While working through the CT postal area three things have come up which >>> maybe need further thought:____ >>> __ __ >>> __- __Some boxes are located within MOD or other restricted access sites. >>> To those inside the fence they are normal facilities but perhaps they’re >>> not an “amenity” in the sense of being available to the general public. >>> This also tends to inhibit surveying.____ >>> __ __ >>> __- __Royal Mail data from 2013 in some cases includes “private boxes”, one >>> local example is in the reception area of an hotel. There is a mail >>> collection from the building but there’s a conventional pillar box within >>> 200 m. These probably aren’t an “amenity” in general terms. The RM data >>> treats them inconsistently, they’re not all listed.____ >>> __ __ >>> __- __There are boxes inside some supermarkets. They are also on private >>> property however the public is encouraged to visit the premises. Those in >>> Tesco and Asda, maybe others, tend to be tall GRP boxes of this style (a >>> variation with clear back is used at airports and other places where >>> security might be a concern) >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_box_at_ASDA,_Smithdown_Road.jpg. >>> These are owned and operated by RM in the normal fashion. In the past >>> Sainsbury’s had boxes carrying advertising and often labelled MIDI POST or >>> similar, in this style >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_box_CH49_15_in_Sainsbury,_Upton.jpg >>> I understand these were “private” in RM terms and the third party which >>> managed them went into administration, following which most were removed. >>> However due to RM’s inconsistent data some appear in the 2013 FOI >>> release.____ >>> __ __ >>> Is there an appropriate way to handle the first two cases? Should they be >>> in OSM at all, or shown with a tag to indicate restricted access?____ >>> __ __ >>> As for the Sainsbury’s boxes it may be the best thing is to treat all of >>> them as requiring a check to confirm whether the facility still exists.____ >>> __ __ >>> __ __ >>> Dan____ >>> ____ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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