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 < [email protected]> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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