On 20.06.2013 21:39, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Brian Wolford > <worldwidewolf...@gmail.com <mailto:worldwidewolf...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > 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. > > > Perhaps the user experience difference is better captured in a > out-of-osm voting system about how "stinky" a toilet is. > > We seem to agree that "water flush toilet" is a clear category. But > "pits" get murkier: chemical vs. no, vault vs. unlined pit, > composting vs. pile of waste, portable bucket vs. permanent.
In Asia it is quite common to flush manually (e.g. you have a water filled bucket next to toilet and a small bowl to get the water in the toilet. > A pit has a pile of human waste at the bottom. > A chemical toilet drops the same waste into a liquid chemical. > A composting toilet the majority of the waste is undergoing composition. > These all smell /completely/ different. > http://www.energyvanguard.com/blog-building-science-HERS-BPI/bid/47951/Won-t-That-Stink-Living-in-a-Green-Home-with-a-Composting-Toilet Yeah, quite a big difference ! Myself, has no problem with the first and third solution but I try to avoid the second one and rather find my own place and use a shovel. fly _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
