+1 on collection times and Postcodes for routing.
Jonathan
http://bigfatfrog67.me
From: Pierre Riteau
Sent: Thursday, 26 March 2015 09:08
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
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!
As for routing via postcodes, as pointed out already it is ubiquitous on
satnavs…
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