Spot the Box: How we mapped the missing USPS Collection Boxes

Oct 30, 2020 at 5:35 PM EST · Connect 2020

In August 2020, news reports indicated USPS collection boxes were being removed in large numbers and members of the OpenStreetMap community responded with Spot the Box. Spot the Box (https://spot-the-box.us) is a web application built on top of FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request data to identify which collection boxes had been removed and which are still in place.

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