Tool to aid/help/direct Survey. Not to be used for direct Import
live tool: https://simoncoop1.github.io/my-website/parcel-lockers-missing-on-openstreetmap
There are presently 10353 InPost parcel lockers missing from OpenStreetMap listed on the company website. The tools lists the missing ones to better aid/direct/help/ Survey.
In case you aren’t aware, ATP collects InPost every week. map, code. Opening hours and websites are included in the output.
How are matching sites being determined? I can see some lockers that have been mapped but are not shown as matched. I’ve been adding website (since each locker has a landing page). I’m ambivalent about adding the internal references e.g. UK00129565 as a ref tags, since these are not visible in the wild, and you could extract/compare the ref from URL.
InPost specifically seems to have the ref prominently displayed on the screen. CJ Malone: "Another?! Do none of them have licenses? Why woul…" - OSM Town | Mapstodon for OpenStreetMap
I am also curious on how matches are being made, as there is at least one I know which is mapped, with its ref number in OSM, but the location of the in-post data is wrong, so it still appears on the man as unmapped?
Edit, just saw this is your first post! Welcome, I do like the idea of the tool, as it has revealed a lot i will need to go and explore, and it HAS also worked for a few other lockers which I know i have mapped
One of these Inpost lockers has been causing quite a stooshie in Carnoustie. Apparently, it was put in place without planning permission and the locals (some of them) are not happy. I have mapped about 5 of these in my city so far by visiting the sites in person. I have searched the planning section of my local council website and can’t find planning permission either sought or granted for any of them. Anyway, I just wanted to ask simonc11 how often his page linked above is updated?
Post boxes come under permitted development. I suspect self service boxes come under the same rules.
I didn’t realise that. Interesting then that Inpost, or maybe it’s the owner of the site, has applied for retrospective planning permission which is being adjudicated on tomorrow. I suspect it will be approved anyway. The locker in question has been there for more than a year but is not mapped on OSM yet.
Perhaps the permitted development aspects have size limits, or perhaps devolved in Scotland. I would expect Inpost would not want to spend on unnecessary fees.