[Talk-GB] Voting on a tag for parcel lockers

[Steven Hirschorn]

Is there really a need to differentiate between automated lockers and
regular drop-off/pickup points? The circumstance I can imagine searching
for the most convenient place to drop off/pickup parcels without
specifically looking for a locker? If you really don't want to interact
with a human then automation could be a separate tag. I agree with your
comment that if lockers are to have a category of their own, parcel_machine
doesn't feel appropriate as the tag name.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 13:09, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) <
robert.whittaker+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI, voting has just been opened on a new tag for parcel lockers for
> picking up and returning parcels. Common brands in the UK include
> Amazon, InPost and Hermes.
>
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/amenity%3Dparcel_machine
>
> The proposed tag is amenity=parcel_machine, which isn't a term I've
> ever heard used in the UK, and I don't think is particularly
> descriptive for these objects. It's not entirely clear to me from the
> discussion why there was a late change from the originally proposed
> amenity=parcel_locker(s).
>
> I think it would be good to get some wider input into the
> discussion/voting.
>
> Robert.
>
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