[Tagging] Reviving "pitlatrine" proposal from 2011

Brian Wolford worldwidewolford at gmail.com
Thu Jun 20 18:53:50 UTC 2013


I don't see the relevant difference, then, between an onsite compost toilet
and a pit, to the toilet experience.They are both an open drop where you
can see the waste. I think it's better to use composting= for designating
if its composting and how. Especially since it can or cannot apply to
multiple types. And many people have an interest in composting objects.

I would replace composting with chemical in the toilet:vault options. Or
maybe "portable" is a better option.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_toilet

toilets:vault <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:toilets:type>=[flush,
pit <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:pitlatrine>,bucket,portable]

I like portable better than chemical. I think there is a big difference
between the other types of toilets and a portable one. And this distinction
is a very important one when mapping sanitation objects for humanitarian
use. So it is better it gets  designated and documented in a proper way.

+1 on rendering not being able to pick up more than 2 or 3 types, or
needing to. In disclosure, I am influenced by the complexity of sanitation
objects I have had to map with HOT and other orgs, but it is useful and
needed info.


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com> wrote:

> To me a bucket is a bucket. What happens *outside the toilet* is of no
> relevance to the toilet experience.
>
> The use of chemicals is, however, relevant.   Chemically sensitive people
> for example may avoid chemical toilets of any style.
> Does that have to be a tag of its own?
>
> toilets <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Toilets>=yes
> *toilets:chemical*=[yes,no]
> toilets:vault <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:toilets:type>
> =[flush,vault,pit <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:pitlatrine>
> ,bucket,composting]
> toilets:positions=[urinal,seat,squat]
> toilets:wheelchair <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:wheelchair>
> =[yes,limited,designated,no]
> drinking_water <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:drinking_water>=yes
> fee=no
>
> That said, I can't see rendering engines using more than two icons:
> "toilet" and some form of "outhouse".
> All our composting and chemical dreams aside, those are the two most
> important subdivisions.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Brian Wolford <
> worldwidewolford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is great.
>> One note on composing. Compost toilets can be both fixed location pits,
>> and buckets. I'm familiar with systems where buckets (5 to 40 gallons) are
>> filled with waste and then dumped on a local compost or picked up by a
>> third party and brought to a human waste composing center.
>>
>> I would say toilets:waste=flush,pitlatrine,bucket. And then add the
>> established composting=yes tag to tag as composting. This also covers flush
>> composters.
>>
>> I would also like to see chemical toilets brought back in somehow. They
>> are important WASH objects in camp mapping.
>>
>
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