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Trying it here and it is showing toilets inside of the public school that you can’t just stroll into. I’m not sure how the data is gathered, but that’s just wrong. Those are not public use at all.

I gave it my exact location and hit emergency and it put me pretty far from my actual gps.

Was this just a vibe coded project? Sure seems like it.

There’s existing apps like this though:

https://www.loofind.com/ https://www.toiletcodes.com/en https://toiletfinder.net/ https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/ https://toilet.place/

Related (sort of): 2013's Poop Map. Though I suppose it's only for #2.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poop_Map

As someone with IBS whose considered building this many times. Well done!

Just walk into a restaurant an ask nicely?

What was once satire is now reality:

https://theonion.com/new-e-toilet-to-revolutionize-online-sh...

Is there actually a rental system? I only see public toilets on the website.

Wow. Shark jumped.

I feel like we have enough real estate and money to build toilets on every block.

And the urinal stench after a week is a bonus.

I am forever grateful to Starbucks in San Francisco for offering a public accessible restroom during an extreme bathroom emergency. For whatever reason, my body did not react well to "Vitamin Water" while riding on the BART. I think perhaps the crystalline fructose was the problem (Have never drank it since).

Bottom line, I barely made it out of the BART station and had maybe 30 seconds left until purse disaster. I hobbled across the street to a Starbucks and prayed with all my might that the door would not be locked or require some kind of access code. Thankfully it opened and I was relieved from what would have been a most embarrassing day.

This new app is the sh*t.

Note: there is a graveyard full of similar projects. I think this would be a great service if this takes off, but I hope they learn from prior art.

This map widget is terrible. There is no information about each dot on the map screen, you have to click it and go to a new page (with a load spinner!) to see what it is. When you go back to the map, it resets to the original location and zoom level instead of where you had it when you clicked. You also can't zoom the map very far.

A map is useless if you can't quickly view and compare multiple locations. Basic information should be available on the map screen itself, ideally with different icons and/or colors, instant popup dialogs, etc. If you want to have additional detail on a separate page, that's fine, but you shouldn't have to leave the map to accomplish the main function of the site.

I'm confused. The title does not describe the site at all.

The site is a database of public toilets, with leaderboards for people who help update the information.

I can't find anything on it about earning money from toilets or being an "AirBNB of toilets".

In France I heard they had toilets that you had to pay to keep the door from opening. A real “captive audience” and “impulse buy” if I do say so.

In general, owning a gas station on a highway is far more profitable than owning it on a street.