How to map for the needs of people with disabilities

Feature : How to map for the needs of people with disabilities

Description

How to map features and conditions relevant for disabled users

Group

Disabilities

Tags

wheelchair=yes/no/... wheelchair:description:en=* disabled=* capacity:disabled=* fee:disabled=* information=tactile_map information=tactile_model ramp=yes/no tactile_paving=yes/no/... traffic_signals:arrow=yes/no traffic_signals:minimap=yes/no traffic_signals:sound=yes/no/... traffic_signals:vibration=yes/no traffic_signals:floor_vibration=yes/no blind:description:en=* deaf:description:en=* and many others...

Practical accessibility

The tag wheelchair=* is used to indicate if/how some place/feature/amenity/means of transportation is physically accessible with wheelchairs or similar disabilities - see the tag description page for more details.

Legal accessibility

Features that have special legal allowance for disabled persons can be tagged with access:disabled=* disabled=*, for example in combinations, such as;

• access=no + disabled=yes - Only allowed for disabled people
• access=no + disabled=customers - Only allowed for disabled people and only if they are customers

Conditional restrictions allows handling of more complex cases such as time-based restrictions

Designated parking space

For the whole parking area:

• amenity=parking + capacity:disabled=*

For particular parking lots mapped separately (Original proposal contains more details but is outdated):

• amenity=parking_space + access=no + disabled=yes/designated

- or -

• amenity=parking_space + parking_space=disabled

For parking spaces along streets (side is left, right or both and depends on the side of the road the information is refering to):

• parking:side=* + parking:side:disabled=designated

- or -

• parking:side=* + parking:side:capacity=*

(Note: see also the examples for disabled parking on the street parking page.)

Fees, special conditions

Disabled persons frequently enjoy reduced fees, this can be indicated using

• fee:disabled=*

An alternative is to use the conditional restrictions syntax such as

• fee=yes + fee:conditional=no @ (Su,PH); no @ disabled

Special aids for the blind, deaf etc

• tactile_paving=*

• traffic_signals:sound=*
• traffic_signals:vibration=*
• traffic_signals:floor_vibration=*

See also OSM for the blind

Description for the disabled

Several variants of the description tag exist for the needs of disabled people, see more details at disabilitydescription.

For all kinds of disabilities:

• disabled:description:en=*

For special handicaps:

• wheelchair:description:en=*
• blind:description:en=*
• deaf:description:en=*

See Also

• wheelchair=*
• Disabilities - page listing all possible related issues but not giving much help for practical mapping
• surface=*
• smoothness=*
• Barriers
• barrier=kerb
• kerb=*
• Wheelchair routing - also listing many potentially useful tags