[Tagging] "Feature Proposal - RFC - (office=courier)"

[John Willis]

The fact that office=courier doesn't attempt to replace post office seems a step in the right direction. 

So let's think of a massive courier - linked a regional or national one. 

This combination will vary, but:

"Tag" level - a business that does something else ( a convenience store, a strawberry farm, a department store) that offers courier service in some manner. Be it local delivery or international shipping. 

"Retail" level:  a shop that is just for people to come in and mail stuff or pick up something. You see this a lot in the US (the UPS Store) they might serve several different courtiers as one (a Box shop).

Commercial Level:  a local or regional distribution hub with a retail service window/office. Tons of delivery trucks and a big warehouse that manages the local package flow. 

Commercial warehouse level - regional sort facilities and staging offices. These massive shipping distribution warehouses are private and gigantic. 

A tiny courier service my just be a guy and his bike. 

It may be a box shop shipping all services. 

It may be a regional courier with a single commercial distribution hub where you can still stop by and send packages. 

It may be a giant sort facility that is private.
 
Amenity=* doesn't really cover any of these (unless it is a service offered at a larger business, like a courier window at the airport) and office=* covers *even less* - it would cover the corporate offices of these services - but as I understand office, would not be used to tag any of the other buildings. 

You also want to tag some information that is helpful, but not perishable. A soft facility is always there. A shop that ships your purchases often does so for a long time. The exact services, pricing, method, times, etc probably often changes *a lot*. I don't think that is worth mapping - but mapping that a shop can let you pickup a UPS delivery or let you ship a DHL package at a convenience store is worth mapping. 

You need a "courier" set:

Courier=*
Shop=courier  (a retail location) 
Commercial=courier
Warehouse=courier 

Courier=yes means there is some courier related services offered, but the nature is unknown. 

Courier:type=

=point 
Offers courier services at their shop
=shop 
is a retail shop for courier service (or many) 
=delivery_centre 
(the "last mile" office of some courier services, which have many "local" delivery centers , rather than having 2-3 large ones for a big city. For example, there are 30 or more kurokeno centers in Japan for every 1 UPS local sort warehouse in the US. They are tiny and small and cover maybe 2-4 sq km per office in suburban areas.) 

=local_hub 
the main sorting hub for a city or a few towns together. 
=regional_hub (for connecting regional)
=national hub (unneeded?) 
=international_hub (for international services at an airport or border facilities on the "inside" of customs. 


(Each higher one includes the smaller one; only one needed) 
Courier:service:local=yes 
Courier:service:regional=yes
Courier:service:national=yes 
Courier:service:international=yes 

Courier:service:*=purchases they will ship items purchased at their shop (very common for tourists areas) 

For any building where the brand or operator tag is the shipping service: 
Courier:ship=yes
Courier:pickup=yes. 

For business that offer shipping as an amenity or multiple brands
Courier:__brand__:ship=yes
Courier:__brand__:pickup=yes
For business that do business as a shipping and/or pickup point for a carrier (like picking up a package at a convenience store). 



Courier=regional 
Courier=



Javbw

> On May 15, 2017, at 7:45 PM, muzirian <muzirian at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think I tried to address suggestions made.Are you suggesting to scrap the proposal and use post office instead?
> 
> Regards