[Talk-GB] Priority Postboxes

[Steven Hirschorn]

I didn't know about the "D" distinction and wondered why some had that
designation. Does that mean that any post box without a "D" should still
have a later collection?


On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 17:11, Dan Glover <dan at dgsys.co.uk> wrote:

> Arrggghhh. An important word missing - "NOT D-suffix". Priority and "D"
> boxes should be mutually exclusive.
>
>
> On 2021-08-19 16:08, Ken Kilfedder wrote:
>
> > One idea would be to build on the 'opening_hours:covid19=*' tag used
> > to indicate changed opening hours during the lockdowns.  Perhaps
> > adding the 'covid19' suffix would indicate what the priority is for?
>
> To a very good approximation, the "PRIORITY" boxes are the ones still
> with end-of-day collections (D-suffix) - so we shouldn't find AB12 34D
> with a priority sticker. We were assured there was never a plan to cease
> collections from the others. The basic idea is to avoid returned test
> kits sitting for ~24 hours and then having to be lugged around by the
> postie - the "D" boxes are emptied at the same time as post is delivered
> nearby and the actual time of collection can vary significantly.
>
> However in some areas priority boxes have an additional sticker
> "SATURDAY AND SUNDAY". Unfortunately the collection times aren't on the
> box, only on the Royal Mail web page, so there doesn't seem to be a
> legitimate way to add the details to OSM. Typically the additional
> collections are 15:00 on both days.  (The selection of the
> Saturday/Sunday boxes is understood to be based on which boxes are
> within an hour of a Mail Centre.)
>
> Given the licencing issue and the temporary (?) nature of these
> arrangements it may be effort should be directed towards mapping
> postboxes which aren't on OSM and checking the ones which are mapped
> still exist and have their other details up-to-date.
>
>
> Dan
>
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