Hi, the wiki page about amenity=toilet clearly states - in English and German version, that it is used to identify a toilet *open to the public*.
As far as I can see, this seems to be the case since at least 2010 (although I didn't check any single one for intermediate differences). The French seems to agree on that on the current version, the other available languages I can't check with my limited language skills. The wording might be difficult here, but home toilets were never included by the tag according to the wiki. In fact a private toilet IMHO doesn't qualify as an "amenity" (yes, I know, the wording of amenity itself is questionable nowadays). I therefore would prefer to use a distinct tag for private toilets, preferably attachable optionally to buildings. With that I would (in contradiction of your proposal) retag toilets with operator:type=private to the new private-toilet tag. regards Peter Am 02.03.2015 um 19:05 schrieb Bryce Nesbitt: > For developing world demographers, data on home toilets is important. > This data periodically gets recorded in Open Street Map. > > Unfortunately this brings up a number of conflicts, among them the use > of a map by a member of the public wishing to use a toilet. Nothing > distinguishes a toilet one can walk into, from a toilet where that would > be rude at best. > > Here's an example: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3066715547#map=18/-16.03918/34.72667 > > > I'm opening a discussion about at least mechanically re-tagging > operator:type=private > into "access=no" or "access=private", so that rendering software can > choose to omit these locations depending on the map purpose. > > And further seeking comments on what could be done to limit the number > of private inaccessible facilities that end up in the database. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
