Key:contact
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Description |
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The contact tag is the prefix for several contact:* keys to describe contacts ![]() |
Group: Addresses |
Used on these elements |
Useful combination |
contact: taginfo contact:* |
See also |
Status: in use |
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Tools for this tag |
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Wikidata |
Q2996679 |
The contact tag is the prefix for several contact:* keys to describe contacts.

For the most common keys, the shorter version outside the 'contact' scheme is used more frequently, over the time until now: phone=*, fax=*, email=* and website=*, with other contact tags used rarely outside the namespace scheme. Both schemes are in use for a long time and exist in parallel. Many applications are able to use both of them.
To limit tag fragmentation, consider using the most used keys.
At the same time a proposal to deprecate contact:phone=* was not successful - Discussions/tagging/contact:phone or phone. Idea of deprecating either tags without contact: prefix or ones with contact prefix is repeatedly suggested, often triggering huge discussion and ending with conclusion that there is no consensus. Please, read past discussion before starting a new one[1][2][3].
Values
You should only add contact information to POIs and not to any private address!
Email-addresses which are only available on a website after solving a captcha, or which are in other ways obfuscated to protect against SPAM-bots should not be tagged in OSM. The same applies to fax and phone numbers.
Contact
Key | Value | Element | Comment | Taginfo | Photo | |
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Contact details | ||||||
contact:phone | +44 11223 456-789 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
phone number (see also more popular phone=*) | ![]() | ||
contact:mobile | +44 11223 456-789 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
seperate mobile phone number. The more general tag contact:phone=* should be preferred | ![]() | ||
contact:fax | +44 11223 456-789 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
fax number (see also more popular fax=*) | ![]() | ||
contact:tty | +44 11223 456-789 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
tty (Teletypewriter) number | ![]() | ||
contact:website | http://example.com | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Website-url (see also more popular website=* | ![]() | ||
contact:email | mail@example.com | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
E-mail address (see also more popular email=*) | ![]() | ||
Key | Value | Element | Comment | Taginfo | Photo | |
Social Media / Messengers / Web Services | ||||||
contact:facebook | full facebook URL | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Facebook profile - preferably the full URL (because there are many different kinds of pages in facebook), though simply the public username is also used. (see also facebook=*) | ![]() | ||
contact:vk | VK.com | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
VK link to social network service | ![]() | ||
contact:instagram | Username | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Instagram account name or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:twitter | @OpenStreetMap | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Twitter account name or full URL (see also twitter=*) | ![]() | ||
contact:youtube | Youtube account/channel URL | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
YouTube URL of account or channel officially used by the POI. Sometimes only the YouTube username is indicated. | ![]() | ||
contact:ok | ok URL | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
ok link to social network service. | ![]() | ||
contact:webcam | webcam URL | ![]() |
For denoting a webcam's location, use a node with the tag surveillance:type=camera | ![]() | ||
contact:telegram | https://t.me/Example | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Telegram account name or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:whatsapp | WhatsApp number | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
WhatsApp number officially used by the POI. | ![]() | ||
contact:linkedin | Username | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
LinkedIn account name or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:pinterest | Pinterest URL | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pinterest URL officially used by the POI. | ![]() | ||
contact:viber | +44 11223 456-789 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Viber account name (phone number) or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:foursquare | https://foursquare.com/v/Example | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Foursquare account name (hash) or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:skype | SkypeName | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Skype login name | ![]() | ||
contact:xing | Username | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
XING account name or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:vhf | VHF Channel or Frequency | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Of interest for maritime and airport services | ![]() | ||
contact:flickr | Flickr URL | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Flickr URL. Similar to all others, this is where the POI can be officially contacted, or where they broadcast information. This should not point to a self-taken photo depicting the POI. | ![]() | ||
contact:mastodon | username@server.example | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mastodon social network handle or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:sip | sip@example.com | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
SIP address | |||
contact:diaspora | username@server.example | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Diaspora social network handle or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:gnusocial | username@server.example | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
GNU Social social network handle or full URL | ![]() | ||
contact:xmpp | jabber@example.com | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
JID address (see also contact:xmpp=*) | ![]() | ||
contact:user_defined | user defined | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
All commonly used namespace keys according to Taginfo | |||
Key | Value | Element | Comment | Taginfo | Photo | |
Mail Address | ||||||
contact:housenumber | housenumber | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
For use when the contact address is not the same as the address of the physical location. (Status: "draft" ![]() For denoting the housenumber where a POI is located, see also addr:housenumber=* |
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contact:street | street name | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
For use when the contact address is not the same as the address of the physical location.
For denoting the street name where a POI is located, see also addr:street=* |
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contact:postcode | postcode | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
For use when the contact address is not the same as the address of the physical location.
For denoting the postcode number where a POI is located, see also addr:postcode=* |
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contact:city | city name | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
For use when the contact address is not the same as the address of the physical location.
For denoting the city name where a POI is located, see also addr:city=* |
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contact:pobox | Post Box Number | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Companies and organizations sometimes have a Post Office Box (P.O. Box/ PO Box) to sent mail to instead of to their physical address. | ![]() |
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.
Phone and fax number format ( ITU-T Recommendation E.123,
DIN 5008):
+<country_code> <national_destination_code> <subscriber_number>-<direct_inward_dialing>
See also
- phone=*
- website=*
- email=*
- url=*
- fax=*
- emergency:phone=*
- OpenLinkMap - A slippy map, making this tag's data available as clickable POIs
- JOSM preset
- wikipedia:Telephone numbering plan
- wikipedia:List of country calling codes
- wikipedia:E.164 (ITU-T recommendation on how to save phone numbers)
- OmniROM devs will use OSM phone numbers
- addr=* - The addr tag is the prefix for several addr:* keys to describe addresses
References
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2020-May/thread.html#52379 - May 2020 thread, over 50 messages
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-December/thread.html#49474 - December 2019 thread
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-August/thread.html#47668 August 2019 Thread