[Talk-GB] Post Box Last Collection Times

[James Derrick]

On 04/12/2021 23:45, Timothy Baker wrote:
>
> Could a fixme tag be added to postboxes without the D suffix to 
> indicate they need to be re-surveyed?
>
I'd suggest no, as my po_box surveys boing back several years have been 
mapped exactly the reference on the plate - with the D suffix if it is 
there, and additional tags such as box type, royal cypher, and more 
recently two versions of "Priority Postbox" tagging.

Going through survey images again to remove "fixme" would actually 
create work, not a better map.


As a part-time armchair mapper who also surveys "ground truth", be aware 
that checking tools don't allow for exceptions like:

* TD15 27D which really does have a Scottish Crown in Duddo, England ( 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6658820889 )

* TD15 67D which really is a "D" box with a PRIORITY POSTBOX label ( 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9186924263 ).

These few exceptions to otherwise insightful rules are exactly why 
automated edits need extreme care, and why survey can be so interesting!

Happy Mapping (both inside and outside :-) ),


James
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