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Pee.ie – Public Toilets Near Me Ireland

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Post by austinallegro » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 8:00 AM UTC

Pee.ie – Public Toilets Near Me Ireland
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Post by nicbou » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 9:17 AM UTC

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.

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Post by FlyingSnake » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 9:27 AM UTC

nicbou wrote: post #2

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.

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

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Post by FlyingSnake » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 9:28 AM UTC

This reminds me of an old project of mine on similar theme.

Years ago, as a frustrated young parent, I created a similar project which helped me find toilets near me. I used OSM's Overpass Turbo API and it was an interesting experience.

https://github.com/samkhawase/LooLocator

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Post by Krasnol » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 9:33 AM UTC

Here is an OSM View on this issue: https://mapcomplete.org/toilets?z=6.9&lat=53.59682559120259&...

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Post by cyco130 » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 9:41 AM UTC

Not saying it’s a bad idea but it’s not original. A certain George Costanza built it first.

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Post by khazhoux » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 9:46 AM UTC

cyco130 wrote: post #6

Not saying it’s a bad idea but it’s not original. A certain George Costanza built it first.

Yes but his iToilet app shut down after he lost all his money with Bernie Madoff.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 10:18 AM UTC

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Post by BSDobelix » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 10:20 AM UTC

FlyingSnake wrote: post #3

nicbou wrote: post #2

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.

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

Yep, and also with much more data for example "toilets:wheelchair=yes/no/limited":

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=toilets

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Post by seszett » Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 10:30 AM UTC

FlyingSnake wrote: post #4

This reminds me of an old project of mine on similar theme. Years ago, as a frustrated young parent, I created a similar project which helped me find toilets near me. I used OSM's Overpass Turbo API and it was an interesting experience. https://github.com/samkhawase/LooLocator

My solution was to use OsmAnd with a custom list of POIs that includes toilets.

This way I got a map that shows at a glance where the closest toilets are, as well as playgrounds, picnic tables, castles, ruins, water mills and lavoir/wash-houses (these are the areas that I've found to always be nice places when you have to stop on the way to rest and eat).