Proposal:Collection times

The Feature Page for the approved proposal Key:collection_times is located at Key:collection_times

collection_times
Proposal status:	Approved (active)
Proposed by:	krza
Tagging:	collection_times=* Data item
Applies to:	node
Definition:	Specifies when (e.g.) the post box is emptied resp. the letters are collected. Syntax is same as for opening_hours=*. The original proposal was called "emptying_times" but during discussion it changed to "collection_times".
Statistics:
Rendered as:	n/a
Draft started:
Proposed on:	2008-12-11
RFC start:	2008-12-11
Vote start:	2009-01-11
Vote end:	2009-02-08

Rationale

Specifies when the amenity=post_box is emptied resp. the collection is done. The syntax is the same as for opening_hours=*, including the hyphen because there are post boxes which are emptied several (undefined) times or one (undefined) time in a certain time frame. This shall be covered also. See examples below.

Key extension

collection_times:type=*

Sometimes there are special (mostly late) collections which apply to mail only which is destined for local distribution (mostly within the city). They can be tagged separately using the ":local" extension (analogous to the localization of name=*).

Additional extensions may be added in the future based on separate proposals if necessary - e.g. to specify that the post box is used for internation mail only or something.

Usage Extension

In principle it would be possible to use this tag for other kinds of collections as well, e.g. amenity=recycling, because there's no logical link between collection_times=* and the post box or the recycling container from the database's perspective. The actual meaning results from the existence of a matching tag in the node, and there shouldn't be two of them in one node.

Such extension could lead to additional key expansions like :glass or :paper (see below for examples). But again: This proposal covers the :local extension for post boxes only. All additional enhancements should be discussed in further proposals.

In connection with

• amenity=post_box (main usage)
• amenity=recycling (possible, see above)
• ... (?)

Examples

Post Box:

a) standard usage:
<node id='317572784' lat='50.9630365' lon='6.9527873' timestamp='2008-12-09T14:11:22Z'>
  <tag k='amenity' v='post_box'/>
  <tag k='collection_times' v='Mo-Fr 15:00,18:00,19:00,23:00; Sa 15:00; Su 10:30,23:00'/>
  <tag k='operator' v='Deutsche Post'/>
</node>
 
b) collection time frame and additional local collection:
<node id='317572784' lat='50.9630365' lon='6.9527873' timestamp='2008-12-09T14:11:22Z'>
  <tag k='amenity' v='post_box'/>
  <tag k='collection_times' v='Mo-Fr 09:00-12:00,17:00; Sa 14:00'/>
  <tag k='collection_times:local' v='Mo-Fr 23:00; Su 23:00'/>
  <tag k='operator' v='Deutsche Post'/>
</node>

Recycling Container:

a) suggestion of tagging
<node id='123' lat='123' lon='123' timestamp='2022-12-31T23:59:59Z'>
  <tag k='amenity' v='recycling'/>
  <tag k='collection_times:glass' v='Mo'/>
  <tag k='collection_times:paper' v='Th'/>
  <tag k='operator' v='Wall-E Services'/>
</node>

All week days have to be in English: Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa, Su.

Images

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  Example: Germany

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  Example: UK

• 

  Example: USA

• 

  Example: Belarus

• 

  Example: Rome, Italy

• The collection times in the German example can be tagged as collection_times=Mo-Fr 15:00,18:00,19:00,23:00; Sa 15:00; Su 10:30,23:00
• The collection times in the British example can be tagged as collection_times=Mo-Fr 17:30; Sa 12:00; Su 13:00
• The collection times in the American example can be tagged as collection_times=Mo-Fr 12:00,17:00; Sa 12:30
• The collection times in the Belarus example can be tagged as collection_times=Mo 11:20,14:00; Tu-Fr 12:20,14:20; Sa 14:20
• The collection times in the Italian example can be tagged as collection_times=Mo-Sa 12:00

Rendering

The collection_times=* tag is not rendered itself. It contains an additional information to a amenity=post_box node which is rendered as a letter symbol. It's not likely that the collection time is rendered in a map at all but it would be imaginable to have a modified symbol in case a valid collection time is sepcified - like a small dot on it or a different color or something.

The renderer/parser has a list of tags which a) use the collection_times information and b) have an according rendering action assigned. In case it finds a post_box for instance, it looks for the collection_times tag in the node, and if it finds one, it's used to ... do what ever.

Previous Discussions

• Proposed_features/Post_Box_Collections

I disagree this approach because it creates 3 tags and doesn't use the existing opening_hours syntax.

• Talk:Tag:amenity=post_box

Base for this proposal.

Discussion

Please use the discussion page.

Voting

Voting has been finished. Result: Approved (see below). Thanks for your participation.

• I approve this proposal. --Krza 13:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Gkai 15:42, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --xylome 10:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Erik Lundin 19:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --PVitt 19:22, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Mtcv 19:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --achadwick 10:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Serpens 19:26, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Ropino 16:44, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Daniel27 19:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Hawei 10:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Andre68 12:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Mink 23:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --EMerzh 13:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Claas A. 14:51, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --@themis 00:35, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Heye 09:35, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Uboot 14:42, 6 February 2009 (UTC)