Key:contact

contact
Description
The contact tag is the prefix for several contact:* keys to describe contacts
Group: Address
Used on these elements
See also
phone=* fax=* email=* website=*
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The contact tag is the prefix for several contact:* keys to describe contacts.

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.

Contact

Contact details.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Taginfo	Photo
contact:phone	+44 11223 456-789		phone number (see also phone=*)
contact:fax	+44 11223 456-789		fax number (see also fax=*)
contact:mobile	+44 11223 456-789		mobile phone number. The more general tag contact:phone=* should be preferred
contact:website	http://example.com		Website-url (see also website=* and url=*)
contact:email	mail@example.com		E-mail address (see also email=*)
contact:telegram	https://t.me/Example		Telegram account name or full URL
contact:foursquare	https://foursquare.com/v/Example		Foursquare account name (hash) or full URL
contact:viber	+44 11223 456-789		Viber account name (phone number) or full URL
contact:xmpp	mail@example.com		JID address (see also xmpp=*)
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:twitter	@OpenStreetMap		Twitter account name or full URL (see also twitter=*)
contact:linkedin	Username		LinkedIn account name or full URL
contact:instagram	Username		Instagram account name or full URL
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:mastodon	username@server.example		Mastodon social network handle or full URL
contact:xing	Username		XING account name or full URL
contact:webcam	webcam URL		For denoting a webcam's location, use a node with the tag surveillance=webcam
contact:vhf	VHF Channel or Frequency		Of interest for maritime and airport services
contact:vk	VK.com
contact:skype	SkypeName		Skype login name
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:youtube	Youtube account/channel URL		YouTube URL of account or channel officially used by the POI. Sometimes only the YouTube username is indicated.
contact:whatsapp	WhatsApp number		WhatsApp number officially used by the POI.
contact:pinterest	Pinterest URL		Pinterest URL officially used by the POI.

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

• 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