Can people who don't live there post outgoing letters? If not, I wouldn't use amenity=post_box
On Fri, 21 Oct 2022, 23:18 wolfy1339 via Tagging, <tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > Hello community! > > I have come here to ask some questions regarding the tagging of what we > call community mailboxes in Canada (where each resident living in the > area has their own locker for incoming mail, and there is an outgoing > mail slot and some parcel lockers for things that don't fit in the > regular lockers), hopefully you can help me out! > > We have been discussing on the talk-ca list > ( > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2022-October/010520.html), > > as someone on the OSM World Discord has asked how to tag them, > I kindly linked to the Canadian Tagging Guidelines page on the wiki, and > another user said that that was wrong tagging. > > That wasn't the first time a similar conversation was had. A user from > the USA had also asked about the tagging, though for the equivalent down > there, and it was suggested to them to put 2 nodes, one letter box, and > one post box. > > Currently, the recommended tagging for these community mailboxes is as > follows > ( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:post_box:type#Values_in_use_in_Canada > ): > > amenity=post_box > post_box:type=community > > The `amenity=post_box` tag seems to be only for outgoing mail only, > while this handles both incoming, and outgoing mail in one feature, > while the `amenity=letter_box` is for incoming mail only. > > How would you recommend this be tagged, as it seems there isn't a clear > consensus between international users? > > Should they be re-tagged as letter boxes? > - How would it be tagged that this is a community mailbox, that it > isn't a private mailbox for just one address, you can't reasonably now > which address the mailbox services, and one mailbox can service a couple > streets that are close-by. > > Should an extension of `amenity=parcel_locker` be thought of since the > functionality similarly intersects? > > > Thank you, > > wolfy1339 > > Quebec Canada > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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