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

[Philip Barnes]

They are certainly not post boxes, I have used amenity=vending_machine,
vending=parcel_pickup which is a combination that probably came from
asking on #osm.


For example my local one https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5978482863

https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Pna indicates the taging has a fair amount
of useage.

HTH 
Phil (trigpoint)



On Wed, 2020-01-01 at 12:18 +0000, Dan Glover wrote:
> 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
> 
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