BagCan

Are you one of those who always forget the bags to collect your dog's excrement? Well, there are no excuses for being uncivil. At least if you live in Madrid. And it is that the consistory of the capital has launched an application to find the exact position of the public dispensers. It's called BolsaCan. A utility that can now be downloaded for free for Android phones.

The application is really simple. All it requires is to know the location of the user.In this way, as soon as you start it, a map of the city of Madrid is shown centered on the location where you are. On this map of BolsaCan the more than 6,000 litter bins that have a dispenser for excrement bags are marked. All this to know where they are specifically.

Simple and full of information

The green dots with the trash can icon in BolsaCan not only mark the location of these hygiene and civility objects. By clicking on any of them it is possible to access a somewhat more complete file to find out their location and status. And, since you are going to use them, it is better not to take the walk in vain and find a dispenser without bags, for example.

Within the tab of each BolsaCan bin you can find data such as the name of the district in which it is located.And the same with the name of the neighborhood. Accessory data perhaps, but useful to have all the information about these devices. However, the most useful thing is to know its status. That is, if they are operational or not And, in addition, it is possible to know the date of their installation.

Street Finder

Another point in favor is the possibility of planning walks with the dog. It is not that it has routes or anything similar, but it does have a street search engine. In this way, we can find all the dispensers and bins available in a specific location Or see those closest to that point. Something that will prevent us from having to carry the bags, or to plan a destination without surprises.

There is still room for improvement

But this app still has room for improvement. And it is that the users themselves comment on how useful it would be to know the date of the last load of bags. Something that would save many useless walks to these dispensers.

In addition, after testing this application, we verified that it lacks some data such as the number or the height of the street where they are. As well as a direct link to Google Maps with which you can be guided to the bin with a dispenser.