[Talk-GB] Post Box Last Collection Times

[Timothy Baker]

Thanks for all the information.

Could a fixme tag be added to postboxes without the D suffix to indicate 
they need to be re-surveyed?

Or is that ignored by most survey tools anyway?


On 04/12/2021 21:47, Andrew Hain wrote:
> StreetComplete asks to check existing collection times but never 
> existing box numbers.
>
> --
> Andrew
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> *From:* Jass Kurn <jasskurn at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 04 December 2021 15:52
> *To:* OSM GB mailing list <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Post Box Last Collection Times
> As SK53 has pointed out, it's been going on for years and is marked on 
> the post box by the letter D after the reference number. I only 
> realised this recently when wondering why the letter D now followed 
> the reference number on several post boxes.
>
> Here's a link to the explanation of this new delivery practice from 
> Royal Mail
> https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/135/kw/post%20box/related/1
>
> Regarding OSM,  the collection times are present and should be still 
> mapped, but I think it's now important to make sure the letter D is 
> included as part of the reference number. I omitted the letter from 
> the several I recently surveyed, and this is a reminder for me to go 
> back and add a D.
>
> Jass Kurn
>
> On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 at 14:24, Timothy Baker <osm at exaggerated.org> wrote:
>
>     Hi Everyone,
>
>     It has come to my attention that Royal Mail have changed the "Last
>     Collection Time" on most mailboxes in the UK. The boxes are being
>     emptied by postmen/women on their usual rounds, rather than by the
>     Man
>     in a Van old method.
>
>     In my area most postboxes have changed to 9am MF, 7am Sat. I think
>     this
>     is just them covering themselves because the postman never comes that
>     early around here, it's more like Noon. So they are just saying
>     "we'll
>     empty it when we feel like it, sometime after 9am".
>
>     It seems to be recent in my area, The IOW was done in March 2020
>     (https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18279532.postal-deadline-now-9am-isle-wight-letters-reveals-royal-mail/)
>
>     What are people's opinions regarding a mass change of data?
>
>     Should existing collection times be removed so they can be added
>     again
>     by people doing surveys with apps?
>
>     Sorry if this has been covered before, I'm new to this mailing
>     list and
>     couldn't find anything in the archive.
>
>     Thanks, Tim
>
>
>
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