[Tagging] Tagging of community mailboxes (cluster maiboxes)

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 02:28 2022-10-23, Martin Koppenhoefer đã viết:
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> sent from a phone
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>> On 23 Oct 2022, at 02:03, wolfy1339 via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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>> Here's a picture for reference, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/CanadaPostCommunityMailboxes15.jpg
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> for this kind, informal=yes should not be added, obviously
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> This looks pretty official

Cluster mailboxes are also common in the U.S. at both residential and 
commercial sites. [1] They're identical to that photo above in both form 
and function. [2] Only the ones owned by USPS would have a logo, but 
privately owned clusters are served exactly the same. A passer-by can 
drop letters in the "Outgoing Mail" slot if they want; it'll get 
delivered, but this capability isn't widely advertised because it's 
usually only convenient for those who receive mail at the cluster.

I've been tagging cluster mailboxes as amenity=letter_box, using the 
semicolon-delimited list in post:housenumber=* or post:unit=* to 
indicate that there are many slots. [3] However, I haven't given any 
thought to the outgoing mail slot, or to the numbered lockers for 
incoming parcels. If it's important enough to indicate all these 
functions of the box, then I guess there could be multiple coincident 
nodes with layer=* corresponding to the slots' relative vertical positions.

[1] https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-a-Cluster-Box
[2] https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=952588085280506
[3] https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8357017189

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