<div dir="auto">They also have parcel boxes not just letters.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Canada Post calls them community mail boxes so why not go with that?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 15:38 wolfy1339 via Talk-ca <<a href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello all,<br>
<br>
It has come up in the OSM Discord that the current tagging for the <br>
community mailboxes and the relay boxes are outdated.<br>
<br>
<br>
The `amenity=relay_box` tag is discouraged and instead the tags <br>
`man_made=street_cabinet` + `street_cabinet=postal_service` be used.<br>
The `amenity=relay_box` is only tagged 308 times worldwide, of which <br>
most are tagged in Canda, compared to 2 309 worldwide.<br>
Therefore I propose to update the tagging guidelines to reflect the <br>
worldwide established tag.<br>
<br>
<br>
The community mailboxes are currently tagged as `amenity=post_box`, <br>
which according to the wiki and users of the OSM Discord, is for <br>
outbound mail only.<br>
Another reason given is that applications will not understand. It has <br>
also been disputed by a decade old question on the OSM Help forums [1]<br>
Since community mailboxes handle incoming mail as the prominent <br>
function, the more appropriate tag would be `amenity=letter_box`. <br>
However, there currently isn't an equivalent tag for <br>
`post_box:type=community`.<br>
It has been recommended to tag these as `amenity=letter_box` + <br>
`post_box=yes`<br>
<br>
<br>
What are your thoughts on this?<br>
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[1]: <a href="https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/16762/block-mailbox-tagging" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/16762/block-mailbox-tagging</a><br>
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