[Tagging] Open Defecation Areas

[Jez Nicholson]

You are wanting to tag something that is identifiable on-the-ground. It
could be of great social value. What's not to like? The question is more
about the detail rather than whether it should happen.

Has there been any discussion about
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dtoilets applying (or not)
to an open area?

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 10:17 AM Bob Kerr via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Apologies if I started this conversation on the HOT list instead of here.
> I have been away for a while and my protocol is rusty.
>
> I believe that Watsan will stand for Water/Sanitation. It was probably an
> experiment by someone new.
>
> I also stated that 850 million people open defecate, but they are likely
> to use 10 different places a year. This was an unclear guesstimate.
> Apologies
>
> Proper Details here
>
>
> https://www.unicef.org/wash/files/UNICEF_Game_plan_to_end_open_defecation_2018.pdf
>
> For UN Sustainable development goal 6
>
> https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6
>
> There is a community of people that are interested in hygiene: they are
> inspired by the famous broad street pump that was the first time cholera
> was spread by dirty water
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak
>
> This was made possible because they had a map.
>
> My inspiration is that if there is a map of Open Defication Areas(ODA)
> then it will inspire communities to do something about it.
>
> My personal favourite is using solar power to dry the faeces reducing the
> pathogen load, then burning it in a low oxygen environment to kill the last
> pathogens at 600C, this makes biochar/charcol. This makes a great soil
> additive, it has a large surface area, absorbs water and doesn’t degrade.
> This is carbon sequestration. Urine which is sterile makes an excellent
> fertiliser.
>
> Before this I need Open Defecation = yes for an area and a point rendered
> on the humanitarian Openstreetmap tile set. I know that people will be
> inspired to make this map and therefore add to the rest of the important
> features of the map.
>
> I am happy to make the proposal but I wanted to check if it is acceptable
> to the community first.
>
> shall I go ahead with the proposal?
>
> Cheers
>
> Bob
>
>
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