How this map is made
For civic points, OpenStreetMap features and public infrastructure, we follow two rules. Things that break (water points and toilets) are published only with the date someone went and checked, and with the name of whoever did when the source states it: today that is always an OpenStreetMap or fontanelle.org mapper, never us. Of 171 water points and toilets, 94 carry a name, and some of those dates are years old: we show them rather than hide them. Stable things (a square, a bridge, a façade) are published once the source has been checked, and the source is named; they carry no author, because reading a database is not a walk. For curated professional profiles, a third rule applies: we verify professional details in official sources, with source and date shown; an on-site check is not required, and they remain separate from OpenStreetMap/ODbL.
What’s published right now
- acqua: 109, plus 13 reported broken — on the map, struck through, at the bottom
- bagno: 41
- studio: 60
- vedere: 229
- utile: 582
- parco: 63
Checked by OpenStreetMap mappers and the fontanelle.org community (2010-07-22 → 2026-07-17). 94 points out of 1097 carry one.
Two routes, the same neutrality
A host point enters the map only when it offers a real free service with no obligation to buy. Curated professional profiles in “I need” may instead describe paid services: they use details read from official sources and remain separate from the OpenStreetMap/ODbL dataset. In both cases, presence and order cannot be bought: payments, partnerships, contacts and profile completeness give no priority.
Free host points appear in the same map list as every other map point. The map list is ordered by distance from your position when you give it to us, and from the city centre when we do not know it; then points whose check is more than three years old sink below fresh alternatives nearby, and points reported broken go last.
When you search in your own words, the results that best match your question come first; ties are ordered by distance. In “I need”, places whose sources state that they offer the requested service come first, then the nearest ones and, where distances are equal, those with the most recent date. Payments and agreements are not ranking criteria.
Local services and corrections
Local-service profiles use professional details read from official sources, with source and date shown; they are not part of the OpenStreetMap dataset. We publish a contact only when its source presents it for professional use. You can suggest a correction without giving a name, account, contact detail or free text: the server creates a daily pseudonymous HMAC code, deleted within 90 days. The report remains an operational fact until it is checked and never changes a profile automatically.
Weather and official sources
The situation strip is not a map layer and does not use your location. Our server asks for the fixed Pisa city-centre coordinates: MET Norway for the forecast, the national criticality bulletin of the Italian Civil Protection Department for official weather and hydrogeological alerts in area A6 (Arno-Costa), of which we show only the colour, with a link to the Tuscany regional bulletin, and INGV for seismic events that have already occurred. Alert source: Dipartimento della Protezione Civile-Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, CC BY 4.0.
MET Norway data is credited under CC BY 4.0. Every source keeps its official link and timestamp. If a source is stale, incomplete or unreachable, it is shown separately as “Source cannot be verified right now”: the guide does not turn an unknown state into “no alert”. INGV does not predict earthquakes, and perdiqua does not present its event catalogue as a forecast.
What we don’t do
- No ratings, no rankings, no stars. We say what was there, and when.
- Browsing the map requires no sign-up or email, and we use no cookies or third-party trackers. Messages you choose to send us are covered by the privacy notice.
- Some guides include fares and opening times published by operators, with the source and the date we checked it. Check with the operator before you travel: prices, times and conditions can change. Public transport fines are set by a public act rather than by a business, and the operator publishes them in the service charter that we link next to them. Opening times on map cards come from the sources shown, including OpenStreetMap, with the caveat alongside. When they are missing or we cannot interpret them, we do not say whether a place is open.
What we give back
The point data comes from OpenStreetMap under the ODbL licence. A correction becomes ours only after we’ve been there; once checked, the method is to publish it there with its date. Source checks and the walk remain visibly separate.
When this map switches itself off
The most likely way a project like this dies is not a mistake: it is staying online after it is over. That is why every point carries the date of its check in plain sight, and the oldest ones sink to the bottom of the list instead of sitting at the top: if this map ages, you can see it, point by point.
Corrections already published on OpenStreetMap remain there with their dates if the project closes: that work does not disappear with the guide.
Who runs it
RUMBA S.r.l. runs it, and it is not affiliated with the City of Pisa.
perdiqua Pisa is an independent project by RUMBA S.r.l. Ortolano del Vintage and Perligio sign distinct editorial voices and selections. The guide stays free: businesses may distribute it or offer a useful service, but cannot buy presence or rank.