[OSM-talk] post boxes and collection times
Robin Paulson
robin.paulson at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 00:02:26 GMT 2007
On 22/11/2007, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I think the last_collection tag is a good idea, in the UK they generally say
> "Last Collection Mon-Fri 6pm" and bellow "A later collection is at 7pm (hour
> or 2 later) from blah blah".
> Checking on the map to see your nearest postbox is one thing, but then
> checking to see if you'll miss the collection and where you have to go
> instead is even better.
> Hey, if this get's used someone could even do a heatmap of postbox coverage
> and collection time?
does the royal mail produce any data on their website concerning last
collection time? rather than visiting each postbox, it would make more
sense to do this from their website, in one shot.
this is actually a bigger question than it first appears: for example,
a lot of organisations - some public, some private (banks, police
forces, supermarkets) provide locations lists on their websites. are
there any legal issues with using these; can a location be
copyrighted? does anyone's business become damaged by us using the
data? if the data is copyrighted to, for example, the police
force/government, do they lose anything by us re-publishing the data?
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