The actual locations of many of these are still very useful. As sub-post offices get relocated to shops there are likely to be more of them. In the past I would certainly have appreciated knowing the locations of ones on the departure side of airports. To my regret I forgot to ascertain the location of the one in the RAC Club on Pall Mall when I called in there a few years ago.
There are other issues with amenity=post_box elsewhere in the world. The tag is used in the US (and possibly elsewhere) for banks of external letter boxes outside apartment building, and also for other non-universal delivery providers (FedEx etc). Jerry On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 at 07:54, Jez Nicholson <jez.nichol...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm inclined to think that it is the areas that are restricted and not the > postboxes, and hence map them as normal. > > I've had a similar issue with clothes recycling boxes on school premises. > > On Sun, 1 Mar 2020, 15:56 Dan Glover, <d...@dgsys.co.uk> wrote: > >> So it’s March, the sun is shining here and it’s time to go back out in >> pursuit of post boxes and other OSM things. >> >> >> >> While working through the CT postal area three things have come up which >> maybe need further thought: >> >> >> >> - Some boxes are located within MOD or other restricted access >> sites. To those inside the fence they are normal facilities but perhaps >> they’re not an “amenity” in the sense of being available to the general >> public. This also tends to inhibit surveying. >> >> >> >> - Royal Mail data from 2013 in some cases includes “private >> boxes”, one local example is in the reception area of an hotel. There is a >> mail collection from the building but there’s a conventional pillar box >> within 200 m. These probably aren’t an “amenity” in general terms. The RM >> data treats them inconsistently, they’re not all listed. >> >> >> >> - There are boxes inside some supermarkets. They are also on >> private property however the public is encouraged to visit the premises. >> Those in Tesco and Asda, maybe others, tend to be tall GRP boxes of this >> style (a variation with clear back is used at airports and other places >> where security might be a concern) >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_box_at_ASDA,_Smithdown_Road.jpg. >> These are owned and operated by RM in the normal fashion. In the past >> Sainsbury’s had boxes carrying advertising and often labelled MIDI POST or >> similar, in this style >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_box_CH49_15_in_Sainsbury,_Upton.jpg >> I understand these were “private” in RM terms and the third party which >> managed them went into administration, following which most were removed. >> However due to RM’s inconsistent data some appear in the 2013 FOI release. >> >> >> >> Is there an appropriate way to handle the first two cases? Should they >> be in OSM at all, or shown with a tag to indicate restricted access? >> >> >> >> As for the Sainsbury’s boxes it may be the best thing is to treat all of >> them as requiring a check to confirm whether the facility still exists. >> >> >> >> >> >> Dan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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