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

Philip Barnes phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Wed Jan 1 13:05:00 UTC 2020


I had mapped, but forgotten to add the operator to the Inpost locker at
Morrisions. The only thing I have ever collected from Inpost are my two
interrail passes for SOTM Milan and SOTM Heidelberg.

Maybe a Morrions without such lockers mapped is a survey opportunity?

Phil (trigpoint)



On Wed, 2020-01-01 at 12:51 +0000, Tony OSM wrote:
> Hi
> 
> My local Morrisons supermarket has 2 sets, I have tagged
> 
> amenity=vending_machine
> 
> operator=InPost (2nd one has Amazon)
> 
> vending=parcel_pickup;parcel_mail_in  (these machines often receive 
> parcels as well as deliver them)
> 
> location=indoor|outdoor could useful - i've just added this while
> writing
> 
> They don't render on the 'standard' map, but the data is there if
> anyone 
> wants to render
> 
> Happy Mapping New Year
> 
> TonyS999
> 
> On 01/01/2020 12:18, 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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