I agree with "addr:mail=*" as a tag to add to guesthouses, shops, farms and other businesses, as a way to send letters and perhaps small parcels, which might be delivered to a PO Box or some rural delivery system, rather than to the physical address of the shop, business or other public feature.
But I would caution against adding this to private house features, due to privacy laws in some countries. -- Joseph Eisenberg On 3/21/20, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21/3/20 9:00 am, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 21:55, Jan Michel <j...@mueschelsoft.de >> <mailto:j...@mueschelsoft.de>> wrote: >> >> Yes. We shouldn't have a separate tag for each and every company that >> offers such services. >> >> >> No, that get's very unwieldy, very quickly, especially when you get >> several different ways of spelling the same thing, as just >> demonstrated with PO boxes. > > > Here Post offices are the only ones that 'deliver' to PO Boxes. Very few > outside contractors interface with the Post Office to enable PO Box > delivery. Similar comments for RMBs etc. I think similar comments > applies to other PO Boxes around the world? > > For remote places again few contractors would be delivering to a > specific place, they usually contact the place and have them come and > pick up from their 'local' depot. > > That trip can be a few hours there and a few hours back. For this reason > most remote places prefer the official Post Office delivery system as it > gets the mail closer to them. > > > As for different ways of spelling/formatting. Mistakes will occur just > as they do in naming streets with 'Rd' or 'rd' rather than Road. In any > country where there is an officially desired spelling/format then that > can be referenced and values corrected to it. > > > For 'other' delivery providers they may prefer to use the other addr keys? > > > I refer to the 'address' of t|he Barkly Homestead; > | > "PRIVATE MAIL BAG 32 > Tennant Creek > Northern Territory 0862 > > Australia" > > > At present within OSM there is no contact nor address information there. > > https://www.barklyhomestead.com.au/ > > For other deliveries? > > " 19.7107° S, 135.8275° E > > Situated on the Barkly Highway > > between Tennant Creek - NT and Camooweal - QLD" > > Note - no house number, lot number etc... locals and those traveling > through will simply 'know' of its location. > >> >> The value of the tag should be what needs to be on >> the address label and this has to contain information on the kind >> of box >> or the operator. >> >> >> Yep, in whichever format it appears > > The format may change from country to country. I listed what is > officially accepted by the Post Office here. > > OSM will need to accept that formats will change, as may the language. > > I am occasionally questioned when sending things overseas as to the > address, it being particularly long. > > My relatives assure me that it is correct and needed to ensure correct > delivery. > >> >> On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 21:32, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com >> <mailto:pla16...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> How about >> addr:mail or addr:delivery? >> >> >> I'd suggest addr:mail= whatever you want to list out of all of Warin's >> options (+ undoubtedly more)! >> > > Whatever key is used there will need to be some sort of format of the > value to identify CRLF, particularly if the key is to carry the entire > address (country, postcode, state, town/city/ etc) in the format wanted > by the delivering organization. I am assuming that the complete address > will need to be placed here as it may vary from what is entered in the > other addr tags. > > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
