[talk-au] 1300 / 1800 phone number format

Andrew Harvey andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 14 02:03:12 UTC 2019


This sounds good to me.

On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 12:42, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just opened a Map Roulette challenge for phone numbers not being in the
> "correct" format.
>
> The first one that came up was a local Dan Murphy's with it's number
> entered correctly as 1300 723 388, which has apparently errored because of
> this
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:phone :
> "Also some amenities have a local phone number which can only be used
> domestically not cannot be called internationally (notably for toll free
> phone numbers, or abbreviated phone numbers). For example:
>
>    - phone:FR=0 800 123 456 for standard toll free call only from France
>    where the amenity is (note that there's NO "+" sign, it is NOT in
>    international format),"
>
>
> Our Oz guidelines
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#1300.2C_1800_and_1900_numbers
>  say
>
> "1300 and 1800 and 1900 numbers cannot be called from overseas so should
> simple be entered as they are. Some 1800 numbers give another number for
> calls from overseas. It may be best to put in the local number, no codes."
>
> So, should we start entering *phone:AU=1300 xxx xxx*, & also amend our
> guidelines?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
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