[Talk-GB] New Post Office Data and Comparison Tool

[Ed Loach]

I asked:
> > The delivery office still has the post office tag on. Should it be
> > tagged differently, or have a subtag added
> > (post_office=delivery_office maybe?), or something else?

David replied:
 > I would say amenity=post_depot; operator=Royal Mail.  Maybe not
> even
> that it you cannot collect undelivered mail there.
> 
> post_office implies a customer facing institution that, in the UK,
> provides various government services, as well as services related to
> letter post.

Thanks. That suggestion allows me to find there are already 306 amenity=post_depot in the UK (according to taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk) and while it doesn't have its own wiki page, searching "everything" led me to the post_office talk page
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:amenity%3Dpost_office
where it is suggested, which may explain the high number. 

There was also a relevant thread on this list in January 2014 "Royal Mail & Parcelforce delivery offices" which also suggested post_depot for delivery offices.

Thanks again,

Ed