December 6, 2008 11:02 AM PST

SitOrSquat tells you where to go (literally)

by Josh Lowensohn
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SitOrSquat is a handy service that helps you find the nearest public bathroom. Unlike MizPee, which has been doing this since October of last year, SitOrSquat has gotten its act together enough to put out two great apps for iPhones and Blackberry phones. The key benefit of these being the inclusion of GPS, which narrows down where you are with just one click. If you're in a hurry--which is inevitable when using a service like this, this feature is immensely helpful.

In addition to its GPS locating, the mobile application lets you take photos of the facilities from your phone's camera, which go into a central library others can eyeball before they go. You can also add new locations right from your device, which will get pushed up live to the service's network of bathrooms.

SitOrSquat throws in all the bells and whistles you'd expect for a bathroom-rating social network. Registered users can rate each location on a five-star scale. This meta-rating gets translated into a recommendation of whether your should sit or squat, with the latter being undesirable.

One thing that's missing from the mobile app, and present on the actual site is information on whether or not the bathroom has any sort of prerequisites to get in, such as a purchase or a key. It's also missing the hours of operation, something which can be helpful if you're trying to use the application at night or on the weekends when a business might be closed. Mizpee has both of these features, and they can be total deal breakers in your hunt for porcelain.

If you're an iPhone user you can pick up the app here (iTunes warning). BlackBerry users have the option to either download the app or run it as a WAP version over the air.

Related: Diaroogle helps you find clean public bathrooms

Find nearby bathrooms to do your business, either on the Web or on your phone with some smart little mobile apps.

(Credit: CNET Networks)
Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications and services. E-mail Josh, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Josh.
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by AndrewRich December 6, 2008 12:31 PM PST
It also needs information on how clean or disgusting the restroom in question is. Perhaps a ranking scale of one to ten, ten being luxury hotel-clean and one being any of the gas station bathrooms along I-5.
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by MTGrizzly December 6, 2008 3:12 PM PST
Didn't I just read about some guy who got arrested for taking pictures of the inside of a public restroom??????
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by kfunkjr December 7, 2008 7:34 AM PST
I wonder what i did in the days before I could find everything on the web. Oh, that is right, I visited the nearest gas station of fast food joint. I am quite certain stupid people do not need another reason to not be watching the road while they drive!
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by jglanz December 7, 2008 10:39 AM PST
Priceless, absolutely....iPhone app ROCKS
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by nukemdomis December 7, 2008 5:12 PM PST
These online websites are getting crazier and crazier. Before stopping here I was at a website called 'Horsebanger' that offers web based email. I wonder if the two are related.
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by sblservices December 8, 2008 1:29 AM PST
Keep up the good work.
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