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Adding my first point (a toilet) - I have added it but it seems to have disappeared

I recently added my first point on OSM - a public toilet at 43.12681/12.05348 - but it seems to have disappeared. I'm guessing I did something wrong but I wonder what. Can anyone help please?

toilet editing newbie disappear adding

asked 05 May '14, 16:54

GrahamI
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edited 08 May '14, 12:43

aseerel4c26 ♦
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So you're saying it was flushed away?

da-dum ting

okgottago

(07 May '14, 21:42) Jack the Ripper

LOL. Apparently not flushed away. It was still there in edit mode but since I'd given it no attributes it wasn't visible in normal view...

(08 May '14, 09:43) GrahamI

One Answer:

I have added amenity=toilet to tagging and it now works.

I have added amenity=toilet tag

see https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/43.12691/12.05373

In windows7 i had to press F5 a few times to get an update

happy mapping

answered 05 May '14, 17:28

andy mackey
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edited 07 May '14, 21:09

aseerel4c26 ♦
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Ah - many thanks. That's what I missed!

(05 May '14, 17:35) GrahamI

you are welcome

(05 May '14, 17:37) andy mackey

Unless the name of the public conveniences is really name=Toilet (which I doubt) then the fictitious name should be removed from the database.

(06 May '14, 08:52) BCNorwich

I'm sure Grahaml will learn all that wiki tagging link

(06 May '14, 10:16) andy mackey

@GrahamI: I try to explain the name issue with more words and links: You have tagged (and it is still) the toilet node (among other tags) with name=Toilet. Which likely (but not necessarily) is wrong and should be removed.

(07 May '14, 21:05) aseerel4c26 ♦