From Mother England:
If you’re caught short in central London tonight then just text Westminster Council (WC), because it has launched a loo-locating texting service.
Mobile-enabled geeks out on the pi** now need only text the word ‘toilet’ to 80097 and the service will text you back the street name of your closest water closet. The service is called Sat Lav and was designed by student Gail Knight.
A spokesperson for WC told Register Hardware that its service communicates with nearby mobile phone masts to triangulate your location. Sat Lav includes the details of 40 toilets and covers 8.5 square miles of Westminster.
Well, that’s good to know. I guess.
November 29th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Another feature that will be added on in the near future will be an additional text message to remind you to put the seat down, flush and wash your hands. These messages will all start off with a recognizable ring tone, “Hellooo!”