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This data should be contributed to openstreetmap and not just added to a possibly short-lived public website. OSM has been outstandingly good for finding publi

by nicbou 2y ago

This data should be contributed to openstreetmap and not just added to a possibly short-lived public website. OSM has been outstandingly good for finding public toilets almost wherever I went.

FlyingSnake 2y ago
I second this. The data should be merged upstream to OSM, and they have a fairly well documented process to add such contributions.
- BSDobelix 2y ago
  Yep, and also with much more data for example "toilets:wheelchair=yes/no/limited": https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=toilets https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=toilets
  - nicbou 2y ago
    As well as cost, payment methods and opening hours
- nicbou 2y ago
  For those who are interested, the OsmAnd app with the OSM extension enabled is the easiest way to add/enrich map data in my opinion. I have added hundreds of small contributions over the years.
woadwarrior01 2y ago
A lot of the data is already available on data.gov.ie in geojson format, especially for the Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. I just wish these people would abide by the CC-BY licence of their original datasource and credit it.
- dghughes 2y ago
  I wish we in Canada had a great site like that. Statistics Canada is notoriously aggressive and the data they do collect is presented in a horrible like a website from the 1990s. That's if you can even find what you want on one of several sites, each dataset is its own website.
lfaw 2y ago
what search engine/service do I need to use to find public toilets on OSM? I tested it with public toilets but was only able to find one 'dog toilet' within city limits...
- nicbou 2y ago
  In the end OSM is a database. I use OsmAnd, but I believe that Maps.me uses the same dataset.
- wkat4242 2y ago
  LavSeeker app. It's on F-Droid. Not sure if it's on the play store too.
- alx_the_new_guy 2y ago
  https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1Wqq https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1Wqq Basically this Fiddle with the query, and you can extract pretty much whatever you want from the OSM database
wkat4242 2y ago
And there's already an app that shows toilets based on OSM, it's called LavSeeker.
shellfishgene 2y ago
Then it would also show up in the nice oss LavSeeker app: https://github.com/woheller69/lavatories https://github.com/woheller69/lavatories

by nicbou 2y ago

This data should be contributed to openstreetmap and not just added to a possibly short-lived public website. OSM has been outstandingly good for finding public toilets almost wherever I went.

FlyingSnake 2y ago

I second this. The data should be merged upstream to OSM, and they have a fairly well documented process to add such contributions.

BSDobelix 2y ago
Yep, and also with much more data for example "toilets:wheelchair=yes/no/limited": https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=toilets https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=toilets
- nicbou 2y ago
  As well as cost, payment methods and opening hours
nicbou 2y ago
For those who are interested, the OsmAnd app with the OSM extension enabled is the easiest way to add/enrich map data in my opinion. I have added hundreds of small contributions over the years.

woadwarrior01 2y ago

A lot of the data is already available on data.gov.ie in geojson format, especially for the Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. I just wish these people would abide by the CC-BY licence of their original datasource and credit it.

dghughes 2y ago
I wish we in Canada had a great site like that. Statistics Canada is notoriously aggressive and the data they do collect is presented in a horrible like a website from the 1990s. That's if you can even find what you want on one of several sites, each dataset is its own website.

lfaw 2y ago

what search engine/service do I need to use to find public toilets on OSM? I tested it with public toilets but was only able to find one 'dog toilet' within city limits...

nicbou 2y ago
In the end OSM is a database. I use OsmAnd, but I believe that Maps.me uses the same dataset.
wkat4242 2y ago
LavSeeker app. It's on F-Droid. Not sure if it's on the play store too.
alx_the_new_guy 2y ago
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1Wqq https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1Wqq Basically this Fiddle with the query, and you can extract pretty much whatever you want from the OSM database

wkat4242 2y ago

And there's already an app that shows toilets based on OSM, it's called LavSeeker.

shellfishgene 2y ago

Then it would also show up in the nice oss LavSeeker app: https://github.com/woheller69/lavatories https://github.com/woheller69/lavatories