On 3 April 2015 at 16:49, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 01:43:35PM +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) > wrote: > > > > For anyone interested in mapping Royal Mail Post Boxes, or Post Office > > Ltd Post Office branches, you may find the tools I run at > > http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ useful. Amongst other things, > > This seems to be quite misleading because it requires ref keys. > I looked at my local area, and found OSM had "0%" coverage. Digging in > further, I found that OSM had *all* of the post boxes that I checked > already mapped. I had mapped many of those. I seldom include a ref key > partly because I hadn't seen any point in the past, and partly because I > usually take a quick geotagged photograph when mapping and the reference > (to be honest, I am not quite sure I know what it is) is seldom visible > or resolved. I suspect this area actually has something close to 100% > coverage. > > This also maybe explains why a nearby mapper a while ago suggested this > area hadn't been mapped fully because he had noticed "missing" post > boxes. He couldn't identify a missing box except one which I very > strongly suspect is spurious having a position in the middle of private > fields with no access... > > Still it is useful to have the list and if and when I remember or have > time I may check properly. Casting my eye down the list, I can only see > one that I don't immediately recognise as something I have mapped. > > ael > > > It seems the ref is only used to identify 'missing' boxes and without it, there wouldn't be any missing. Perhaps it's causing as much confusion as solving ?
On 3 April 2015 at 16:49, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:31:32 +0100 > "pmailkeey ." <pmailk...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hello pmailkeey, > > >It's likely the right version - as without punctuation is Royal Mail > >preferred and it's a new street. > > Royal Mail don't decide the correct spelling/punctuation, the relevant > Local Authority does(1). They (Royal Mail) might prefer no punctuation > but I suspect that's only because their sorting machines don't cope with > it very well. > > (1) Whether any of them pay any attention to RM preferences, IDK. > > Correct! All RM decides is postcodes. -- 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* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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