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

[Edward Bainton]

Post Hoc is very useful then! Thanks for the link and to whoever produced
the site. I'll go and use that to find the boxes on the ground.

Should I be following iD's suggestion to add wikidata operator?

And is there any value in collecting the date that now appears next to the
ref number on the plate? (Seems to be a recent addition?)

eg, the last two lines of the plate on this box in Ely
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/29042567> read

Postbox number *CB7 15 *13/10/2020
CP1


On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 22:34, Paul Berry <pmberry2007 at gmail.com> wrote:

> >  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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