[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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