The SitorSquat geospatial
web application allows you to “find and record bathrooms anywhere in the world”[i].
It provides a global database of public bathrooms to people all over the world
through Google Maps. Sponsored by Charmin[ii],
it is a site that allows you to upload photos, rate the bathroom, list your
favourite bathrooms and comment on whether or not it is sit-or-squat worthy.
This application can be viewed on your computer, iPhone, iPod Touch,
Blackberry, or through SMS Texting. This application has been visited by over
one million people worldwide, 60% of them being female and 40% being male.[iii]
By typing in your GPS coordinates or simply the town/city you are in, place
marks will appear allowing you to review and choose which bathroom is most
suitable for you. The SitorSquat application
is perfect for people travelling to unfamiliar places, long road trips, people
with health issues, parents travelling with infants or small children and
people who are simply very picky with where they go to the bathroom. The founders of this application are
Danika Landers, Jonathan Glanz and Andrew Halley-Wright. SitorSquat started as a
personal blog in October of 2007 and ever since then it has become an
application talked about all over the news. This application was mentioned on the Today Show, The View,
The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, the New York times and the list
continues. The SitorSquat application
was also recommended in Wired Magazine’s “Inside the GPS Revolution: 10
Applications That Make the Most of Location.”[iv]
You can follow SitorSquat on Twitter,
MySpace, Facebook or through the SitorSquat News
Channel.
