About Restroom Finder

What is Restroom Finder?

Restroom Finder is a web application designed to help people locate public restrooms across the United States. We understand that finding a clean, accessible restroom when you're out and about can sometimes be challenging, especially for people with disabilities, parents with young children, or individuals with medical conditions.

Our goal is to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date database of public bathroom locations with relevant information such as accessibility features, changing tables, and operating hours.

How It Works

Our application uses your current location (with your permission) to display nearby public bathrooms on an interactive map. You can also search for specific locations, filter results based on your needs (like accessibility or changing tables), and get directions to your chosen bathroom.

The data is collected from various public sources, including:

  • Refuge Restrooms database
  • Public government datasets
  • User contributions

Privacy

We value your privacy. When you use our "Locate Me" feature, your location data is only used to show you nearby bathrooms and is never stored on our servers or shared with third parties. The application works directly with your browser's geolocation API.

Technology

Restroom Finder is built using:

  • Flask (Python web framework)
  • OpenStreetMap and Leaflet
  • HTML5 Geolocation API
  • Bootstrap for responsive design