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Data Sources

QuickToilet combines authoritative open data from city portals with OpenStreetMap community data. Below is a full list of providers, licences, and attribution requirements.

OpenStreetMap contributorsOpen Database Licence (ODbL)

World-wide (Belgium, Germany, France, …)

Attribution: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Primary source for Belgium-wide, Berlin, and France-wide toilet data. Share-alike applies when redistributing a derived database; map display only requires attribution.

Ville de Bruxelles — Urinoirs publicsModellicentie Gratis Hergebruik

City of Brussels (Ville de Bruxelles)

Attribution: Ville de Bruxelles

Only public urinal locations are published; full toilet dataset not available from this source.

Stad Antwerpen — Openbaar toiletModellicentie Gratis Hergebruik

City of Antwerp

Attribution: Stad Antwerpen

Ville de Liège — Toilettes publiques (ODWB)Modellicentie Gratis Hergebruik

City of Liège

Attribution: Ville de Liège

Stad Gent — Publiek sanitairModellicentie Gratis Hergebruik

City of Ghent

Attribution: Stad Gent

Ville de Paris — SanisettesLicence Ouverte 2.0 / Etalab

City of Paris

Attribution: Ville de Paris

Gemeente Den Haag — Openbare toilettenCC0 1.0 Public Domain

The Hague (Den Haag)

CC0 — no attribution required.

OpenStreetMap contributors — SpainOpen Database Licence (ODbL)

Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, and all other cities)

Attribution: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Covers all of Spain via Overpass API. Dedicated open-data portals exist for some cities (e.g. datos.madrid.es) but OSM provides the broadest coverage.

Berlin Open Data — Öffentliche ToilettenCC BY (Creative Commons Attribution)

Berlin (reference; actual map data via OSM)

Attribution: Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt Berlin

Official dataset is XLSX-only; QuickToilet currently pulls Berlin coverage from OSM (ODbL). The Berlin open-data source is listed here for reference.

Licence summary

  • CC0 — fully public domain, no restrictions.
  • Modellicentie / Licence Ouverte / CC BY — free reuse; attribution to the publisher is required. No share-alike.
  • ODbL — attribution required; share-alike applies only if you redistribute a derived database. Displaying data on a map does not trigger share-alike.