[Talk-GB] Post Box Last Collection Times

[Philip Barnes]

Certainly around here most postboxes around the town  have a collection time of 9:00. The main box by the post office is 17:30.

Maybe a distance from a post office/sorting/delivery office can be used to add a note/needs survey tag to the likely 09:00 not already tagged with a D suffix.

Phil (trigpoint) 

On Saturday, 4 December 2021, Timothy Baker wrote:
> 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
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *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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