[talk-au] List of potential datasources

[John Smith]

--- On Mon, 17/8/09, Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess the problems with this would be:
> * Duplication with public toilets that are already marked

Only import toilets where there is no node=amenity within 250-500m, throw them into an exceptions file for manual inspection/verification/insertion.
 
> * The toilet map lists toilets that are semi-public. e.g.
> Inside shops. Normally I wouldn't bother to mark these
> on OSM.

I'd mark it as part of the shop, but not in and of itself.

> Thinking about it, if the search was improved for OSM a bit
> (i.e. faster) maybe OSM could tender to host toilet map. I
> guess our base street map coverage is a bit thin in rural
> areas for that, but just a thought.

A POI search in general would be good.