building a national toilet map for the public’s convenience, by gail ramster (the helen hamlyn...

http://greatbritishpublictoiletmap.rca.ac.uk

Building a national toilet map for the

public’s convenience

Gail Ramster

Senior Research Associate

The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art

Toilet Finding Apps

Toilet Finding Apps

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

… Please treat this as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005…

The specific data we require, if held by the Council, is:- the longitude and latitude / postcode / exact location- Opening times- If there is a cost to use the facility- Male / female- Disabled access (including RADAR scheme)- Baby changing (male and/or female)- specialist provision such as urinals and/or squatting toilets

We request that this data is provided to us via email and if possible in a spreadsheet (XLS) format.

We also request that this data is provided under licence that allows reuse, ideally the Open Government Licence.

We request a dataset that covers all your toilet provision including public, library, parks and associated offices … community toilet schemes… you may have in operation.

• Support

“I've suffered from Crohn's Disease for the last 5 and a half years, so it’s fantastic to see a map like this become a reality ..”

“My husband has a bowel condition and it does restrict a lot where he can go and what he can do for that very reason. “

• Criticism

“The only public toilet in my village is shown but it's in the wrong location, sufficiently so that you wouldn't find it if need it urgently”

“The map has an edit facility - have you changed the location?”

• Suggestions

• App Requests

• API Requests

Public response to the project

http://schemas.opendata.esd.org.uk/PublicToilets.

Number of public toilets in each council area,

based on council website info and FOI requests