Tag:amenity=letter_box

A letter box is a private mailbox where mailmen or other people deposit incoming mail to specific addresses. It's often near a door or a gate of a building or access road. Do not confuse it with an amenity=post_box, which has the opposite function (outgoing mail).

How to map

Add a node on the position of the letter box and add amenity=letter_box. If the box is attached to or built into the wall of a building, insert the node in the building's contour. Also add the address, see #Postal address below.

Mailboxes for several addresses are regularly combined in one place (for example per street in rural areas, or at the front door of an apartment, for a group of trailers in a trailer park) — then use just one single node instead of 20 separate ones.

Postal address

You can map the address the mailbox is for. Use the common addr:*=* scheme, BUT use the prefix post instead of addr.

• post:street=*
• post:housenumber=*
• post:unit=*: for the bus/apartment number if the node represents one single mailbox
• post:flats=*: for the bus/apartment numbers if the node represents multiple mailboxes

If you map multiple mailboxes as one node, it's likely that they have more than one housenumber. Follow the generic addr:*=* rules for that: separate the numbers with semicolons, such as post:housenumber=3;5;7B; create ranges like post:flats=13-24.

Examples

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  Canada (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan):
  amenity=letter_box
  post:housenumber=1-20

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  Germany (Hamburg):
  amenity=letter_box
  support=fence

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  Italy (Venice):
  amenity=letter_box
  support=wall_mounted
  colour=red
  post:housenumber=49

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  United States (Jacksonville, Florida):
  amenity=letter_box
  post:housenumber=834
  support=post

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  United States (Phoenix, Arizona):
  amenity=letter_box (×3)

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  Norway (Hornnes): Postkassestativ

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  , community mailboxes operated by .

See also

• amenity=post_box - A box to deposit outgoing postal items
• amenity=post_office - A place where letters and parcels may be sent or collected
• amenity=parcel_locker - An automated machine with lockers for picking-up and/or sending parcels
• letter box page at Wikipedia