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Google Maps And The Big Apple's Potty Finding Problem

Posted by: David Gest
Thanks to: Stuart Meck, FAICP/PP
21 March 2006 - 12:00pm

Rutgers planning professor Wansoo Im uses powerful GIS tools and mapping software to track down public restrooms in New York City.

Using Google Maps, GIS wizard Wansoo Im and Rutgers University Senior Ian Kraut inventory public toilets in the Big Apple and make the information available on the Web. "If everyone contributes information to the map, pretty soon there will be no more rest-room problem," Im predicts.

Full Story: Department of Amenities: A New Map
Source: The New Yorker, March 20, 2006
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