Key:communication:mobile_phone

communication:mobile_phone
Description
Cell phones mast
Group: communications
Used on these elements
Requires
man_made=mast or tower:type=communication
Useful combination
man_made=antenna man_made=chimney power=tower
Status: de facto
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The tag communication:mobile_phone=yes is added to a feature (e.g. man_made=mast) to specify that it is used for carrying antennas and equipment for mobile phone communication (mobile mast/tower).

Tagging

Dedicated communication mast:

• man_made=mast (mandatory)
• tower:type=communication (mandatory)
• communication:mobile_phone=yes

Antennas on a supporting structure mapped as a node, such as a power pylon: add tags to that structure.

• Existing tags, e.g. power=tower, man_made=chimney
• communication:mobile_phone=yes

Other antennas, such as on a pole atop a roof: create a new node. (If there's a significant mast on the roof, use man_made=mast with location=roof instead.)

• man_made=antenna (mandatory)
• communication:mobile_phone=yes

See also

• communication:radio=yes
• communication:television=yes
• communication:microwave=yes
• communication:bos=yes
• mimics

Technologies (LTE, 5G, ...)

If the information is available, the communication technology (LTE, UMTS, ...) might be of interest. There are currently two different tagging schemes in use (each more than a thousand times as of April '21):

• communication:lte=yes, communication:umts=yes, communication:5G=yes, communication:gsm=yes
• communication:mobile_phone=lte, communication:mobile_phone=gsm;umts;lte

Both schemes are in use. The first one is rather new, but usage is increasing quickly, while the second one is a bit older.