[Talk-GB] Amazon pickup lockers - how to represent (if at all)?

[Dan Glover]

Please forgive me if this is has been debated previously - I'm new here 
and having trouble finding a searchable archive for this list.

A local mapper has added an Amazon "Hub Locker", tagged as 
amenity=post_box.  This causes it to flag as an anomaly when comparing 
against Royal Mail data.  My view is this is not a "post box" since it 
forms part of delivery rather than collection arrangements.

However I can see there may be some benefit in mapping such facilities, 
albeit anyone wanting to use it will need to make advance arrangements 
with Amazon and chose from a list of locations.  This is a different 
situation to Royal Mail where there is no official "post box finder" and 
one is at liberty to use any convenient box at any time.  Searching the 
OSM Wiki doesn't seem to provide any specific guidance but hints that 
Amazon might be persuaded to contribute the locations directly, since 
they are apparently both consumers and contributors to OSM.

Arguably parcel drop-off points for Hermes and so forth might be 
suitable for inclusion, though they're not a stand-alone feature but 
part of facilities at a premises and again require advance action by the 
user to select .

Is there existing policy/guidance/consensus and if not, what is the best 
way to proceed?


Dan