POI Contact (POIContact)

The POI Contact (POIContact File Geodatabase Table) table provides contact information for a POI. The contact information can be of various types, as indicated by the Contact_Type field. A POI can have multiple entries in the POIContact table, when different contact information is available for the POI.

This table contains the following fields:

Field Name Description Values
OBJECTID Internal feature number Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
POI_ID Point of interest identifier Unique identifier for the POI.
SEQ_NUM POI Sequence Number A counter that starts from the number 1. Each POI is duplicated when it has multiple names.
CONTACT_TYPE Contact Type Identifies the type of contact for a POI: 1 (Phone Number), 2 (Toll Free Number), 3 (URL or Web Address), 4 (Email Address), or 5 (Mobile Phone)
CONTACT Contact Provides the contact information of a POI (for example, Phone Number/Toll Free Number, Email, or Web Address/URL).
PREFERRED Preferred Identifies the preferred method of contact for a POI: Y (Preferred) or N (Not Preferred). Only one Contact for a given POI is coded Preferred='Y'.
PHONE_AREA_CODE Phone Area Code Provides the area or city code of a telephone number.
PHONE_LOCAL_NUMBER Phone Local Number Provides the local portion of a telephone number. This includes the exchange and suffix combined.
E164 Phone number in E164 format Provides the phone number represented in E164 format.