[OSM-talk] Phone numbers in OSM

[Lulu-Ann at gmx.de]

>>> 1) Is it possible to include more information with the PIOs. Such as
>>> contact numbers ('phone' tag), which would be for restuarants/etc?
>>
>> Don't know - interesting thought!

>I dug a little last night and the spec is understood to contain a bit
>field as to what each/every PIO contains (phone, address, etc). So I think
>it is possible. This would be a good thing for me, as I'm making a tourist
>map for local community, being able to find local resturants and get a
>phone number would be cool.

I am definitively against phone numbers in OSM. On many communities on the internet
publishing phone numbers and email adresses is not welcome because wrong
numbers can't be found easily and people suffering from such phone calls will
be really annoyed.
Please use the WEBSITE tag - nobody will be annoyed by an error in a URL
and if a phone number changes the sitemaster will take care and not the mapper.
If there is no website for the amenity, you can add the URL of the search result of
the yellow pages.

If you want to include any other information use the DESCRIPTION tag.
But please do not add phone numbers.

Lulu-Ann
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