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

[Jez Nicholson]

I'm struggling to think of an unmanned parcel pickup device that wouldn't
involve locking the parcel away from people other than the recipient (aka a
'locker')....maybe University pigeonholes? I suppose new things could be
invented...

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:43 AM Paul Berry <pmberry2007 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> Thanks for the tip-off. Interesting proposal but just misses the mark. I
> only have Amazon lockers as real-world examples that I'm familiar with,
> though there are other providers, but even restricted to them alone I have
> opposed it for two reasons. Nomenclature (no-one calls them vending
> machines—they're lockers—but I'm prepared to concede this point) and lack
> of mandated name tag because Amazon, if not others, always have a name for
> their lockers.
>
> In the meantime, the suggested iD defaults for "Amazon Hub Locker" will do
> for now. If the proposal passes it should be a simple matter of bringing iD
> into line and subsequently suggesting tag changes when there are edits in
> the area of a locker. (Other OSM editors and parcel locker providers are
> available.)
>
> Regards,
> *Paul*
>
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Whittaker
>>
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