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<div>StreetComplete asks to check existing collection times but never existing box numbers.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Jass Kurn <jasskurn@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 December 2021 15:52<br>
<b>To:</b> OSM GB mailing list <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-GB] Post Box Last Collection Times</font>
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<div dir="ltr">As SK53 has pointed out, it's been going on for years and is marked on the post box by the letter D after the reference number. I only realised this recently when wondering why the letter D now followed the reference number on several post boxes.
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<div>Here's a link to the explanation of this new delivery practice from Royal Mail </div>
<div><a href="https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/135/kw/post%20box/related/1">https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/135/kw/post%20box/related/1</a><br>
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<div>Regarding OSM, the collection times are present and should be still mapped, but I think it's now important to make sure the letter D is included as part of the reference number. I omitted the letter from the several I recently surveyed, and this is a
reminder for me to go back and add a D.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 at 14:24, Timothy Baker <<a href="mailto:osm@exaggerated.org">osm@exaggerated.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi Everyone,<br>
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It has come to my attention that Royal Mail have changed the "Last <br>
Collection Time" on most mailboxes in the UK. The boxes are being <br>
emptied by postmen/women on their usual rounds, rather than by the Man <br>
in a Van old method.<br>
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In my area most postboxes have changed to 9am MF, 7am Sat. I think this <br>
is just them covering themselves because the postman never comes that <br>
early around here, it's more like Noon. So they are just saying "we'll <br>
empty it when we feel like it, sometime after 9am".<br>
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It seems to be recent in my area, The IOW was done in March 2020 <br>
(<a href="https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18279532.postal-deadline-now-9am-isle-wight-letters-reveals-royal-mail/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18279532.postal-deadline-now-9am-isle-wight-letters-reveals-royal-mail/</a>)<br>
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What are people's opinions regarding a mass change of data?<br>
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Should existing collection times be removed so they can be added again <br>
by people doing surveys with apps?<br>
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Sorry if this has been covered before, I'm new to this mailing list and <br>
couldn't find anything in the archive.<br>
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Thanks, Tim<br>
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