Re: [Talk-GB] GB postcodes
On 26 March 2015 at 09:08, Pierre Riteau pie...@pierreriteau.name wrote: On Wed, 25 Mar 2015, at 09:22 PM, Pmailkeey . wrote: What use are post box ref numbers ? Who is really bothered about collection times ? The nearest post box is useful info. I can't imagine anyone using postcodes for routing. Postcodes, I guess are only of use to Royal Mail for the purpose of organising delivery rounds and abbreviating locations inaccurately. I am one of the mappers interested in post box data. I find it very handy to know the collection times. Around my house there are post boxes collected at 11:00, 11:30, or 12:00 on Saturdays. When I want to send a letter on a Saturday after 11:00, I check OSM for the closest uncollected post box. The fact that the data is not useful to you doesn't mean is it not useful for other people! Maybe you have a higher density of postboxes but even so, it's usually quite possible to remember the location of the one with the later collection. The other point is, RM is so slow nowadays I no longer bother with first class as second is usually as quick. If a packet is urgent, best send it by e-mail. -- 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* TCs https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] GB postcodes
On 25 March 2015 at 22:13, Carles Pina i Estany car...@pina.cat wrote: Hi, On Mar/25/2015, Pmailkeey . wrote: On 25 March 2015 at 18:25, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-03-25 18:20 GMT+00:00 Pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com: Postcodes are very valuable for routing - people outside OSM use them very heavily for that. Postcodes are not even a minority concern. [...] I can't imagine anyone using postcodes for routing. Postcodes, I guess are only of use to Royal Mail for the purpose of organising delivery rounds and abbreviating locations inaccurately. I do use them, when I usee Google Maps - when I want an approximate route it's the quickest way to pin down place. In the UK (at least in London) a postcode is a very small zone so it's very useful. In other countries a postcode is too big to be useful. Not to mention that there are streets with the same name or almost the same name so the postcode serves to double check that the street is the wanted one. -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 Not everyone gives the correct post code as well ! -- 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* TCs https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] GB postcodes
On Thu, 2015-03-26 at 10:20 +, Stuart Reynolds wrote: We certainly use postcodes for routing within traveline - they are unambiguous. Indeed, I was considering a task only yesterday to use postcode polygons as a means of assigning postcodes to bus stops. Collection times are increasingly meaningless, thanks to the dear old Post Office replacing them with “there will be a collection here before 5pm” (rather than at X pm) type of notices (at least around here, anyway, and I believe that it is generally true) Usually only the last collection time is given, but that is useful in that you can find a box where the last collection has not gone for the day. Many have 10am, or 11am. Probably emptied by the postie delivering to the area. It is certainly useful information. Phil (trigpoint) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] GB postcodes
Yes, round here in Cambridge too! At least my local box now has a last collection at 9am - which rather caught me out when I was trying to catch the former 17:30 last post On 26 Mar 2015, at 11:46, John Aldridge j...@jjdash.demon.co.uk wrote: On 26/03/2015 10:20, Stuart Reynolds wrote: Collection times are increasingly meaningless, thanks to the dear old Post Office replacing them with “there will be a collection here before 5pm” (rather than at X pm) type of notices (at least around here, anyway, and I believe that it is generally true) Not round here (Cambridge). The wording is Last collection time -- Monday to Friday 6.00pm ... Saturday 12 noon ... Additional collections may be made throughout the day until the last time shown., i.e. if you get your letter in the box by the stated time, it'll be collected today. -- Cheers, John ___ 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
