About

What is the purpose of boxlocator.com?
Based upon the Openstreetmap database we show the location of vending machines and other similar amenities around the world. This website and the android application are free of charge. The same applies for our API.
We update our internal database once a day by pulling the latest Openstreetmap diff. Changes which are done by the community (or by you) will show up on this website during 24 hours. The same applies for newly added vending machines.

The following types of vending machines can be found in our database and on the map:

#	Kategorie	Automatentyp
1	Commodities	Cigarette Vending Machines
		Snack Vending Machines
		Drink Vending Machines
		Condom Vending Machines
		Newspaper Vending Machines
2	Money	ATMs
		Banks
3	Postal	Post Boxes
		Post Offices
		Parcel Drop off/Pickup
		Stamp Vending Machines
4	Transport	Parking Ticket Vending Machines
		Fuel Stations
		Electric Fuel Stations
		Public Transport Tickets
		Bicycle Rental Stations
		Bicycle Tube Vending Machines
		Toll Ticket Vending Machines
5	Communication	Telephone Booth
		Mobile Phone Voucher Vending Machines
6	Recycling	Recycling Container
		Excrement Bag Vending Machines
7	Photo	Photo Printing Machines
		Photo booth
8	Standard	Unknown/Undefined Vending Machines
		Animal Food Vending Machines
		Unspecified Ticket Vending Machines
		Voucher/Coupon Vending Machines

Our Interface

Pull of specific data tiles

Example API call:https://api.boxlocator.com/box/id/276818587

  Work in progress

Pull information about a specific vending machine

Example API call:https://api.boxlocator.com/box/id/276818587

{
  "_id": "63c3420a739b3839b5a346a4",
  "id": 276818587,
  "version": 5,
  "uid": 16358,
  "timestamp": "2022-11-15T15:00:35.000Z",
  "changeset": 128946826,
  "tags": {
    "amenity": "telephone",
    "check_date": "2021-03-05",
    "covered": "yes",
    "internet_access": "yes",
    "internet_access:fee": "yes",
    "internet_access:operator": "Telekom",
    "operator": "Deutsche Telekom AG",
    "operator:wikidata": "Q9396",
    "payment:coins": "yes",
    "payment:credit_cards": "yes",
    "payment:telephone_cards": "yes",
    "sms": "yes"
  },
  "location": [
    13.7370056,
    51.0473877
  ],
  "lat": 51.0473877,
  "lon": 13.7370056,
  "deleted": false,
  "user": "Mike Krüger",
  "visible": true,
  "types": [
    15
  ],
  "typeNames": [
    "TELEPHONE"
  ],
  "geoHash": "u31f2sfux",
  "translatedTypeNames": {}
}

Usage of our interface

We are providing our interface for other projects by the the licence mentioned below for private or business use.

Please contact us if you plan to use the interface heavily via a short message to info@boxlocator.eu.

Licence

Because our main data source origins from Openstreetmap the following licence is applicable:

The Box Locator Database is made available under the Open Database License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/. Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/