I think in Ottawa the majority are shoppersdrug market. I think only two or three are actual Canada post offices.
Cheerio John On Thu, May 8, 2025, 11:54 Jarek Piórkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > At least some Canada Post postal outlets are not operated by Canada Post. > See link to forum below for photographic evidence. > > However, the Name Suggestion Index is currently programmed to add > `operator=Canada Post` tags to all `amenity=post_office` that have a name > like "Canada Post" [1], and `operator=Postes Canada` for names matching > "Poste Canada" [2], as well as `operator:wikidata=Q1032001` for both. > > I am thinking that this should be changed and the tags added should be > `brand` and `brand:wikidata`, but not `operator` or `operator:wikidata`. > This would not prevent adding `operator=Canada Post` tags manually on the > offices that _are_ operated by Canada Post. > > But I don’t fully know the organizational details around Canada Post. How > many of "Canada Post" outlets are actually operated by Canada Post - is it > most, or a minority? Is it maybe that Postal Stations and Post Offices are > operated by Canada Post, but most outlets are not? > > This is a cross-post from the community forum, in case someone reads one > but not the other: > https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/canada-post-outlets-not-operated-by-canada-post/129748 > - feel free to respond either here or there. I have made a draft pull > request in Name Suggestion Index with the proposed change: > https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/pull/10942 where you can > also comment. > > Thanks! > Jarek > > [1]: > https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e18d68f/data/operators/amenity/post_office.json#L187-L199 > [2]: > https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e18d68f/data/operators/amenity/post_office.json#L1168-L1183 > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >
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