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.

Popularity of phone=* and contact:phone=* indicating ongoing and uninterrupted preference of simple tagging scheme over contact: prefix

For the most common keys, the simple 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. 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.

Given existence of both tagging schemes and ongoing popularity of simple scheme there is little benefit in using contact: prefix.

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 more popular phone=*)
contact:fax	+44 11223 456-789		fax number (see also more popular 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 more popular website=* and url=*)
contact:email	mail@example.com		E-mail address (see also more popular 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