Leif, What's the next step in your process on this?
I prefer the "operator"="United States Postal Service". Not only does it match the sticker on the side of many blue mail boxes ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Post_office_drivethrough_lane.jpg ), it follows the general OSM guideline of not putting abbreviations in names of things ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Abbreviation_.28don.27t_do_it.29 ). The https://www.usps.com/ website seems to use both USPS and United States Postal Service. Thanks, Peter On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 5:02 PM Jack Burke <burke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Because they are labeled "United States Postal Service" with big stickers, > that's how I've been tagging them. > > -jack > > -- > Typos courtesy of fancy auto spell technology > > On August 28, 2018 4:02:40 PM EDT, Jmapb <jm...@gmx.com> wrote: >> >> On 8/28/2018 3:31 PM, Leif Rasmussen wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> A couple of days ago, I noticed that different post boxes in the United >> States had different ways of tagging that they were part of the USPS >> system. Roughly 60% had "operator"="USPS", 40% "operator"="United States >> Postal Service", and about 15 similar to "operator"="United States Post >> Services" or "United States Post Office". I wanted to make them all the >> same, so I asked on the OSMUS Slack group about the tags, and most people >> supported "USPS". I then proceeded to upload a changeset manually >> converting 1500 "United States Postal Service" or similar to "USPS". I >> should have waited longer before uploading. >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/62020302 >> https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Boq >> All post boxes in the USPS system now have "operator"="USPS". >> After uploading, people expressed concern about the choice of "USPS" over >> "United States Postal Service". The wiki states that abbreviations should >> be expanded, "USPS" could be confused with other agencies >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Power_Squadrons>, and this >> counted as an automated edit, which should have had better planning with >> the OSM community. >> I would now like to propose converting all post boxes with the tag >> "operator"="USPS" to "operator"="United States Postal Service". I would >> also like to add the tag "operator:wikidata"="Q668687" to the post boxes >> that currently have "operator"="USPS". Please reply with any feedback or >> concerns you have with this proposal. >> >> >> Thanks for looping us in, Leif. Haven't made it to the slack group yet, >> but when I noticed that change I thought to myself "thank the Lord, it's >> over!" Every time I've tagged a post box I've managed to convince myself >> that I did it wrong the previous time. So I rotated between "USPS", "usps" >> and "United States Postal Service" and figured I'd get around to fixing >> them when my brain settled down. Seeing someone else take the initiative >> was a relief, despite the understandable grumbling about automated edits. >> >> Now that it's done, I'm in favor of making an exception to the >> no-abbreviations rule for a fixed set of couriers, so sticking with USPS. >> It's easy to tag and read, and I don't think it's truly ambiguous... if the >> United States Power Squadrons start a courier service, *they* should be >> tagged with the fully expanded name. >> >> Another reason is that there are plenty of private company post boxes, >> and I'd like the tagging style to be consistent as possible, with the >> commonly-used compact versions of their names. I feel operator=UPS, >> operator=FedEx, operator=DHL will be easier to write, maintain, and read >> than operator=United Parcel Service, operator=Federal Express, operator=.. >> well, I still can't figure out what DHL actually stands for. >> >> Also -- not an issue for postboxes per se, but I've found occasion to tag >> some some shops with the shipping companies they offer, and the idea of a >> semicolon-seperated list of fully expanded shipping company names makes me >> weary. >> >> (No problem with adding the operator:wikidata tag.) >> >> Thanks, Jason >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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