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

[Paul Berry]

Hi everyone,

You may or may not be aware that this proposed feature was relaunched
yesterday as "amenity=parcel_locker" if you want to vote again.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/amenity%3Dparcel_locker

Regards,
*Paul*

On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 11:53, Jez Nicholson <jez.nicholson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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