What problem does it solve?
Users often struggle to find accessible public restrooms when away from home, especially without reliable local knowledge or real-time data on restroom locations and availability. This skill eliminates that hassle by aggregating official public restroom data and optional Kakao Maps point-of-interest results to deliver accurate, nearby options tailored to the user's location.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Official Data Aggregation: Pulls from the Korean government's nationwide standard public restroom dataset, with optional Kakao Local API integration to add open restrooms and gas station restroom POIs for more comprehensive results.
- Location-Aware Search: Requires users to share their location first (as a landmark, address, or coordinates), uses Kakao Map anchor resolution to convert location strings to precise coordinates, and narrows searches to the relevant metropolitan area when possible to improve accuracy.
- Accurate, Actionable Results: Recalculates distances using the haversine formula instead of relying on third-party distance fields, deduplicates results within 50 meters, and returns 3-5 closest options with addresses, hours, and direct map links for easy navigation. A common use case is a parent out with children in Seoul asking for "Gwanghwamun nearby restrooms" and getting a short, sorted list of the closest options with map links.
Quick Start
Ask the public-restroom-nearby skill for nearby public restrooms and share your current location as a landmark name, address, or latitude and longitude coordinates to receive a list of the closest options with navigation map links.
