[Talk-GB] Courier Delivery Points

[SK53]

The DE wikipage is quite adamant that the original tagging was for the
Deutsche Post special case, so I guess that is the way to go: even if it's
a bit clunky.

There are certainly Amazon lockers in my local Co-operative which are
presumably somewhat similar.

Jerry


On 6 August 2014 19:52, Brian Prangle <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ive been out and about and doing some web research on secure parcel
> delivery/collection lockers. The Packstation system in Germany only applies
> to Germany and is a proprietary system operated by DHL. In the UK from what
> I can work out there are two operators: ByBox and InPost. Most other
> courier services tend to use these two, although I'm sure I've seen a
> MyHermes station somewhere even though their website says they use ByBox.
>
> Near to me there are both ByBox and InPost lockers. They operate 24/7 and
> allow both collection and drop-off
>
> So to follow the accepted tagging convention:
>
> amenity=vending_machine
> vending= parcel_mail_in;parcel_pickup
> operator= ByBox  OR InPost OR any others that folk come across
> collection_times=24/7
> ref= e.g. for one of the boxes I surveyed this evening UKSOL1106. These
> are only available from the operator website they don't appear to be on the
> physical boxes
> addr:postcode=  eg. B92 7AW (the German wikipage has postal_code= but I
> prefer the addr tag)
>
> Taginfo currently shows NO tags as per this schema for the UK. Has anyone
> tagged them differently?
>
> InPost and ByBox websites are boasting 1000s of these units. We always
> pride ouselves on being responsive to change on the ground so we need to
> get our skates on!
>
> I've got some photos so unless there is a long discussion I'll get a UK
> wiki page up soon
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 31 July 2014 14:13, SK53 <sk53.osm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Closest I'm aware of is http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Packstationen
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> On 31 July 2014 10:19, Brian Prangle <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  I'm seeing with increasing frequency secure delivery points with
>>> multiple boxes branded with various courier company logos. Is there an
>>> agreed way to tag these?
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
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