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

[Chris Andrew]

If you're on Android, StreetComplete is good for collecting data:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete

Chris
chris_debian

On Mon, 16 Aug 2021, 06:16 Edward Bainton, <bainton.ete at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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