Tag:communication=mobile_phone
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 communication = mobile_phone
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Using this tag is discouraged, use communication:mobile_phone=yes instead.
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This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is:
The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.
communication:mobile_phone=yes.The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.
History
communication=mobile_phone has been used in two ways:
- To specify that a feature is used for transmitting or receiving mobile phone signals. This usage is similar to the tag
communication:mobile_phone=yeswhich is much more common according to taginfo. - To specify that a household communicates via mobile phone. Most uses of the tag
communication=mobile_phonewere added by an organized mapping activity in eastern Nepal in 2015 (taginfo chronology, overpass-turbo link), along with similar tags describing the household, with the source "Nepal Red Cross Society Survey".