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PAGE 32The Great BritishPublic Toilet MapTHE GREAT BRITISH PUBLIC TOILET MAPThe provision of public toilets is fragmented. Thereare 406 councils in the UK who are responsible forpublic toilet provision (although there is no statutoryrequirement for local authorities to provide publictoilets at all).However information about where public toilets are,when they are open and who they are accessible tois essential for people with continence concerns, toimprove their quality of life.of public toilets that anyone could access in order tocreate local, regional, customisable or online mapsand smartphone applications. However with so manycouncils responsible for public toilets, the information tocreate this is currently not available.A Key outcome of the TACT3 research project will beThe Great British Public Toilet Map, a publicparticipation website to improve information aboutthe UK’s public toilets. The Great British Public ToiletMap aims to encourage local authorities to provide andmaintain public toilet information as Open Data.The purpose of the map is to show which councilspublish Open Data about their public toilets. Toilet datafacilities.a public toilet. Visitors to an area, who do not have priorknowledge of public toilet locations, are unlikely to knowwhich council area they are in.Open Data is part of the government’s commitmentto greater transparency. It refers to data that can befreely used, re2used and redistributed by anyone. Thisallows the public to not only use the data, but to collate,combine and enhance it, and display the information inmaps and applications that are better2designed aroundthe needs of the user.THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC TOILET MAPThe Australian Government’s Department of Health &Ageing launched the National Public Toilet Map(www.toiletmap.gov.au) in 2001, as part of the NationalContinence Management Strategy. It now containsdetails of over 15,000 publicly accessible toilets withdata provided by over 1000 local councils and otherorganisations.The website currently attracts 100 000 visitors eachmonth and visits have grown by 700% since 2004.The up2to2date toilet map data is available as OpenData from www.data.gov.au, where it is being usedapplications.If a council does not publish Open Data about theirpublic toilets, users will be able to contact the councilto explain why this information would be useful, withthe help of a sample letter. The website will be live fromSeptember 2011, initially for the London area.OPEN DATAMany local authorities provide some information abouttheir public toilets on their council website. However this
PAGE 33USES FOR DATAThere are numerous ideas that could be developed if UKpublic toilet data existed.THE PUBLIC COULDto expect.THE COUNCILS COULDto provide maps about their own and adjacent areas.the value of the provision and warding off anti2socialbehaviour that takes place when public toiletsare underused.across the UK, then share best practice.FINALLY, COMMUNITIES, CAMPAIGNERS ANDRESEARCHERS COULDtoilet provision.population demographics, anti2social behaviour,or council expenditure.compare aspects of the provision such as accessibletoilets or night2time toilets.http://www.greatbritishpublictoiletmap.com/The Great BritishPublic Toilet MapMap About Contact us Show Councils Show <strong>Toilets</strong>Please enter place or postcodeLondonLondon Borough of CamdenThis council publishes data about33 toiletsShow toiletsThis data is published by thecouncil on their website under anopen license. You can downloadthe data from the council’s opendata page.Council dataThis data may not be perfect.If you think it should includecontact
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