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

[Paul Berry]

>  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?

Yes, to identify unmapped boxes (though better tools already exist (link to
follow) but no to adding ref numbers. Interestingly, the box positions and
details are actually more accurate and richer in OSM (for those mapped by a
ground survey) than Royal Mail have on their records. (It's possible,
however, that they're deliberately offering a slightly degraded dataset
with their map.)

Ultimately, it's probably the same dataset as Robert Whittaker uses for his
excellent Post Hoc tool and I'd be surprised if the copyright warning given
on https://osm.mathmos.net/postboxes didn't apply to the new RM map.

Aside from these concerns, it's great to see another major presence adopt
OSM-derived data for their website mapping tool.

Regards,
*Paul*

On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 12:23, Edward Bainton <bainton.ete at gmail.com> wrote:

> Royal Mail has recently added an OSM-aided search function for post boxes
> and other services:
> 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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