On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Michael Reichert <naka...@gmx.net> wrote:
> over a year ago I was indoor-mapping the central train station of > Heilbronn, Germany and looked for a tag to tag a locker/lockbox like this: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlie%C3%9Ff%C3%A4cher_-_Bahnhof_Neumarkt_Oberpfalz.jpg > > After reading a discussion at talk-de from October 2010 [1], I decided > to tag them amenity=lockbox. [2] In that discussion they decided to use > the amenity key instead of tourism key. > > At the moment Constantin Müller (aka ubahnverleih) and I think about a > consistent tagging of this amenities. At the moment there are 9 objects > tagged amenity=lockbox and 30 objects tagged amenity=locker [3, 4]. > Because there is few difference between both tags I would like to ask > the native English speakers at this list to answer me following question: > > What word describes a locker/lockbox at a train station (see linked > image above) better? Locker or lockbox? In the discussion at talk-de > Martin Koppenhöfer wrote that a lockbox can be found at a bank (for > money, gold etc.). But he was not sure. [5] > In the US a lockbox is often associated with a bank. Businesses instruct their customers to send payments to the lockbox address. Lockers are found in train stations, fitness centers, spas, bus stations, etc. There is a new category, Amazon is using lockers to deliver products. Form information at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201530900 Not your original question, but tagging delivery lockers would be worthwhile. Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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