# OpenStreetMap : new "mapillary" tag **URL:** \ **Category:** Contributing and equipment\ **Created:** [November 22, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300 "2015-11-22T13:54:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LeGrandBlond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/legrandblond/32/101_2.png) [@LeGrandBlond](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/LeGrandBlond)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/1 "2015-11-22T13:54:19Z")
To all OpenStreetMap contributors around here, I would like to let you know about the “mapillary” key that you can add to any OSM feature : [Key:mapillary - OpenStreetMap Wiki](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mapillary) Some OSM viewers now use this tag, like [OpenLevelUp](http://github.pavie.info/openlevelup) for indoor rendering. Here is an example : [OpenLevelUp!](http://is.gd/71D8Mu) Click on items with green circle to view the related Mapillary photo where the said item appears. ---
**Author:** ![de\_vries](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@de\_vries](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/de_vries)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/2 "2015-11-22T14:34:50Z")
You know who also has a mapillary tag? Wikidata: [Mapillary ID - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1947) ---
**Author:** ![eneerhut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/eneerhut/32/1011_2.png) [@eneerhut](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/eneerhut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/3 "2015-12-04T15:21:55Z")
Thanks for sharing this @LeGrandBlond. Interesting to see the indoor rendering used quite well. ---
**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/4 "2016-03-30T13:28:06Z")
**OSM mapillary tag value** Which form of value do you prefer ? 1. The long string as in [Node: 2989006638 | OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2989006638) 2. The short one as in [Node: 452515421 | OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/452515421) Is started a discussion on the OSM Wiki under “Why substring the url”. [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:mapillary](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:mapillary) My point of view is that computers can easily conditionally parse an url. It is not human work to select a part of a string, copy it and paste it. At this moment, one would even have to paste back into an url to get an image. I am surveying the drinking water fountains in Brussels. When ready, I will show the map to all stakeholders. The only way to convince anyone that this is correct is to allow easy access to the Mapillary pictures. I do not know when a link between OSM and Mapillary will be done. Examples at this moment are Wikidata and Wikipedia. [Wikidata - OpenStreetMap Wiki](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wikidata) A 5 seconds query : [overpass turbo](http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/fl1) In the mean time people are expected to install JOSM with the Tag2Link plugin. I am not going to change the wiki without some backup of knowing people. In the mean time I might invent an new mapillary tag key in order not to loose my work and to be able to work. ---
**Author:** ![LeGrandBlond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/legrandblond/32/101_2.png) [@LeGrandBlond](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/LeGrandBlond)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/5 "2016-03-30T19:05:20Z")
Definitely use the short tag. Do not repeat yourself, tag only the useful data. ---
**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/6 "2016-04-27T12:24:54Z")
I now have given 100 OSM nodes the tags “mapillary” and “mapillary\_url”. I am not a masochist monk. I stop doing such silly computer work. Neither do I see tens of thousands of people doing that millions of times. It must have been a programmer who came up with the substring value. ---
**Author:** ![Hjart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Hjart](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Hjart)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/7 "2018-03-17T11:01:20Z")
If you are still not aware of it, it should be noted here that for quite some time the JOSM Mapillary plugin has had functionality which will allow you to tag a selected OSM object with mapillary=‘ID of current image’ just by pushing a button: ![AddMapillaryTag](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/mapillary/original/2X/2/24f4288b89413e9d0b8deeb05631c5328c78d693.png) ---
**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/8 "2018-03-17T11:04:50Z")
As far as I know, the official mapillary tag can only be used in Overpass. Neither does it allow filters, or in picture tags. ---
**Author:** ![Hjart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Hjart](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Hjart)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/openstreetmap-new-mapillary-tag/300/9 "2018-03-17T14:04:39Z")
Please note that the OSM mapillary tag isn’t any more “official” than any other OSM tag and that anyone can build projects using it. An interesting example is [http://projets.pavie.info/openlevelup-dev/?l=0#20/48.89098/2.36151](http://projets.pavie.info/openlevelup-dev/?l=0#20/48.89098/2.36151) (click the shops)