Tag:amenity=parcel_locker
 amenity = parcel_locker
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Machine for picking up and sending parcels. 
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Status: approved
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Parcel locker are electrical machines with lockers for picking-up parcels. They allow for interaction with the customers, usually by a touchscreen. Some parcel lockers also allow for sending parcels or to be used as ordinary lockers.
How to map
Put a node 
at the exact location or draw an area 
taken by the machine.
- This tag is not to be confused with amenity=vending_machine.
- Such machines were previously tagged with e.g. vending=parcel_pickup;parcel_mail_in, vending=parcel_pickup.
Related tags
| Tag | Description | Recommendation |
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| amenity=parcel_locker | Defining locker itself. | ! Required |
| brand=* | Parcel service brand | ‽ Important |
| operator=* | Machine operator | ? Optional |
| ref=* | Reference identifier as defined per brand/operator. Also used by some mappers for the label of an Amazon locker, but see #name_or_ref below. | ? Optional |
| colour=yellow/gray/.. | Recognizable colour scheme of the parcel locker | ? Optional |
| refrigerated=yes | If lockers is dedicated for receiving packages containing perishable goods and is refrigerated. | ? Optional |
| parcel_mail_in=* | If locker allow to send packages. | ? Optional |
| parcel_pickup=* | If locker allow user to pick up parcels. yes is assumed default option. If no you should explicitly tag available functions. |
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| opening_hours=* | Usually 24/7 (it is recommended to indicate if other than 24/7). | ? Optional |
| collection_times=* | If locker allows to send parcels and its collection times are signed/known. | ? Optional |
| payment=* | Payment details | ? Optional |
| parcel_locker:type=* | Type of the locker, circular, cabinet, parcel_box, ... | ? Optional |
| surveillance=* | If lockers are being surveyed. | ? Optional |
| wheelchair=* | Handicapped accessible, yes, no, limited, designated | ? Optional |
| capacity=* | Integer number of how many cells are supported by parcel locker. | ? Optional |
| name=* | Used by some mappers for the label of an Amazon locker, see #name_or_ref below.
As always, do not use descriptive names: |
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| addr=* | Parcel lockers may have an official address | ? Optional |
Tagging example
| Paczkomat InPost | DPD Pickup Station | DHL Packstation | Amazon Locker |
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Operating options / Features
The features and operating actions of a parcel locker can be mapped with the following tags:
Features:
- Name/identifier: ref=*, e.g. ref=leaside for an Amazon locker labelled "hello my name is leaside". Do not use the name=* tag for such an identifier.
- Label printer: label_printer=yes/no
- Display: display=* (see also display_operated=yes/no)
Control:
- Control via an (integrated) display: display_operated=yes/no
- Control via app: app_operated=yes/no/only
Login/authentication at the parcel locker:
- Via membership card: authentication:barcode_scanner=*
- Via Bluetooth (mostly when controlled via app): authentication:bluetooth=*
- Additional options (e.g. NFC or WLAN) can also be added with the authentication:*=* scheme.
name or ref
Old versions of this page incorrectly stated that name=* is discouraged, based on a misreading of the proposal, which only discouraged descriptive names (such as Yellow InPost locker) and said nothing of the locker's label.
Amazon lockers have a non-unique label, for example adam or leaside. These are not reference identifiers, because they are not unique. For example
- the label
alvais present twice in Germany: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1Q9K - the label
Lavendaris present once in the UK and once in Germany
There is no consensus as to which tag should store the Amazon label. Some mappers use name=* and others use ref=*. Informal discussion within local communities has shown that the reason may be that people do not know that the labels are not unique. As of August 2024, the Amazon case has not been thoroughly discussed on the forum to choose one single key. When choosing the tag, note that, for obvious reasons of management and automation, lockers must have secret unique identifiers; if these identifiers are ever published in the future (on the lockers, or on Amazon's locker search webpage), they will need to be stored into a different tag than labels.
Rendering
The standard OSM Carto style render this tag as following:
The alternative Carto style from Tracestrack renders it as the following screenshot:
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Also the Apps Organic Maps and OSMAnd render parcel lockers.
Tools
- JOSM
- TaggingPreset (EN / DE / PL): The ParcelLockers preset contains a template for parcel lockers in general and modified templates for DHL-Packstations, DHL-Paketboxes and Amazon Hub-Locker
- Style: The style ParcelLockers adds icons for parcel lockers which are shown in the size of 16px
- Overpass-Turbo
- https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1ktW (Query to find parcel lockers tagged with the old tagging scheme.)
See also
- Proposal of this feature
- DHL Packstation
- amenity=post_box – A box to deposit outgoing postal items
- amenity=letter_box – Private mailboxes where mailmen or other people deposit letters to specific addresses
- amenity=give_box – A small facility where people drop off and pick up various types of items in the sense of free sharing and reuse
- amenity=mailroom – A mailroom for receiving packages or letters
- amenity=locker - A locker for personal belongings, as found in shopping malls, gyms or beaches
- amenity=luggage_locker - A locker to store luggage