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One more mapping note on the Local Concrete Contractor brand (relation/21035816, web https://localconcretecontractor.com).

I noticed inconsistency in how the 8 nodes carry phone numbers. OSM convention is E.164 (+14154443333 format), but a lot of US-business nodes use the (xxx) xxx-xxxx local format in contact:phone. I checked the 8 LCC nodes and standardized them to E.164:

  • Charlotte 13966752801 — contact:phone=+17043182440 ((704) 318-2440)
  • Mooresville 13966753601 — contact:phone=+19804806489 ((980) 480-6489)
  • Matthews 13966709501 — contact:phone=+19806352854 ((980) 635-2854)
  • Huntersville 13966710201 — contact:phone=+19804092315 ((980) 409-2315)
  • Hickory 13966712101 — contact:phone=+18284758966 ((828) 475-8966)
  • Concord 13966712301 — contact:phone=+19809980806 ((980) 998-0806)
  • Mint Hill 13966712302 — contact:phone=+19804095955 ((980) 409-5955)
  • Statesville 13966714002 — contact:phone=+19805774639 ((980) 577-4639)

E.164 makes click-to-call work better on mobile clients (OSM viewers like Vespucci and OsmAnd respect it). The display format is still locale-appropriate.

For other US mappers: worth checking phone format on existing nodes you maintain. The (xxx) xxx-xxxx pattern works for display but breaks deep-linking.

Discussion

Comment from Lumikeiju on 30 June 2026 at 22:32

In the US, +1-222-333-4444 is the value format that should be used for phone=*/contact:phone= * and similar tags.

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