Google Maps And The Big Apple's Potty Finding Problem

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

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March 21, 2006, 12:00 PM PST

By David Gest

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.

Thanks to Stuart Meck, FAICP/PP

FULL STORY: Department of Amenities: A New Map

Monday, March 20, 2006 in The New Yorker

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