<div dir="auto">I think in Ottawa the majority are shoppersdrug market. I think only two or three are actual Canada post offices.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheerio John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 8, 2025, 11:54 Jarek Piórkowski <<a href="mailto:jarek@piorkowski.ca">jarek@piorkowski.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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At least some Canada Post postal outlets are not operated by Canada Post. See link to forum below for photographic evidence.<br>
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However, the Name Suggestion Index is currently programmed to add `operator=Canada Post` tags to all `amenity=post_office` that have a name like "Canada Post" [1], and `operator=Postes Canada` for names matching "Poste Canada" [2], as well as `operator:wikidata=Q1032001` for both.<br>
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I am thinking that this should be changed and the tags added should be `brand` and `brand:wikidata`, but not `operator` or `operator:wikidata`. This would not prevent adding `operator=Canada Post` tags manually on the offices that _are_ operated by Canada Post.<br>
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But I don’t fully know the organizational details around Canada Post. How many of "Canada Post" outlets are actually operated by Canada Post - is it most, or a minority? Is it maybe that Postal Stations and Post Offices are operated by Canada Post, but most outlets are not?<br>
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This is a cross-post from the community forum, in case someone reads one but not the other: <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/canada-post-outlets-not-operated-by-canada-post/129748" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/canada-post-outlets-not-operated-by-canada-post/129748</a> - feel free to respond either here or there. I have made a draft pull request in Name Suggestion Index with the proposed change: <a href="https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/pull/10942" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/pull/10942</a> where you can also comment.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
Jarek<br>
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[1]: <a href="https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e18d68f/data/operators/amenity/post_office.json#L187-L199" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e18d68f/data/operators/amenity/post_office.json#L187-L199</a><br>
[2]: <a href="https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e18d68f/data/operators/amenity/post_office.json#L1168-L1183" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e18d68f/data/operators/amenity/post_office.json#L1168-L1183</a><br>
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