[Talk-GB] [talk-gb] Royal Mail post-box finder

[Chris Hill]

The map created and served by Mapbox, as you would expect with most 
commercial maps based on OSM data. Somewhat less expected is that the 
map appears to attribute OSM correctly, which is far from normal with 
Mapbox-derived maps. It loads quickly for me.

Since there is no licence to allow any reuse we must assume, as always, 
that such data is copyright and not available for direct use. We can use 
that map as a clue where to look on the ground to check the existence of 
any of these post boxes and then add any found by the usual route. 
Having seen RM data about where they think post boxes are in the past, I 
would suggest a survey to confirm the real location is a very good idea. 
(https://chris-osm.blogspot.com/2009/01/royal-mail-or-royal-fail.html)

On 15/08/2021 12:12, Edward Bainton wrote:
> Royal Mail has recently added an OSM-aided search function for post 
> boxes and other services:
> https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you 
> <https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you> - eg results here 
> <https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you#/results?postcode=SW1A%201AA&latitude=51.501009&longitude=-0.141588&searchRadius=40&count=40&filters=&officeType=postboxes> 
>
>
> 1. Does anyone know why the map loads so slowly? Is that an our-side 
> problem, or theirs?
>
> 2. Does anyone know if we can use this data to identify boxes 
> currently unmapped in OSM, or to add their ref numbers? The only 
> attribution is to OSM contributors, but I'm guessing the overlaid data 
> is from their own sources?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Edward
>
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cheers
Chris Hill (chillly)

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