Hi Leif,
> On Sep 26, 2018, at 7:16 AM, Leif Rasmussen <354...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Martijn,
> I have very little opinion in which value of operator should be used, as long
> as they are consistent. I think that basing the 'preferred' values on what
> can be found printed on the post boxes, however, is a good idea. This
> methodology produces the following:
> * UPS
> * FedEx
> * DHL
> * United States Postal Service
> This system makes the most sense to me, as it reduces the amount of possible
> confusion. DHL, as a matter of fact, can't be expanded, because it is the
> initials of the three founders: Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert
> Lynn.
> "United Parcel Service" is rarely seen on post boxes - only the text "ups" is.
> FedEx is the same. The company rebranded from "Federal Express" to "FedEx"
> in January 2000, making "FedEx" the correct value to use.
> For the United States Postal Service, the text "United States Postal Service"
> is always displayed on the post boxes, which seems like a good argument to go
> with the expanded version.
I see your point. If that’s what folks think is best, I certainly won’t take
issue with it.
>
> I think that the above values are the best, but would be happy to adopt any
> other values.
>
> Regarding a MapRoulette challenge, how would that work? Would all post boxes
> be converted to "United States Postal Service" before or after the challenge,
> or would me changing operator tags be completely unnecessary?
>
Right now, folks would need to edit manually, and it would be in place of an
automated cleanup. The task would highlight an existing post_box with its
original value and ask mappers to change it to the proposed value. The
advantage of doing it this way is a) we can keep updating the challenge to
re-capture ‘wrong’ tagging, so the challenge would be an ongoing one, and b) it
encourages people to really look at the situation with a human eye which
captures the spirit of OSM. Similar challenges exist to normalize phone numbers
across Europe.
Martijn
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