Key:wheelchair
 wheelchair
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Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs 
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Status: approved
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This tag may be used to mark places or ways that are suitable to be used with a wheelchair and a person with a disability who uses another mobility device (like a walker). It should only be used if you are sure about it, this can either be because there's a special sign or because of personal experience/someone with a wheelchair told you. There are also a lot of other tags that can help to determine if the way is suitable for wheelchairs.
If you are unsure, give more information in wheelchair:description=* or wheelchair:description:lang=*.
For a quick howto style mapping guide of other aspects of mapping for disabled users see the page how to map for the needs of people with disabilities.
Common values
wheelchair=yes
Wheelchairs have full unrestricted access. Use this tag to mark a feature in the United States as compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- entry: stepless
- rooms: stepless
wheelchair=limited
wheelchair=limitedWheelchairs have partial access (e.g some areas can be accessed and others not, areas requiring assistance by someone pushing up a steep gradient).
- entry: has a step but not higher than 7 cm / 3 inch (i.e. a handbreadth)
- rooms: the most important rooms are stepless
wheelchair=no
Wheelchairs have no unrestricted access (e.g. stair only access).
- entry: has a step higher than 7 cm / 3 inch (i.e. a handbreadth)
- rooms: the important rooms are not accessible
wheelchair=designated
The way or area is designated or purpose built for wheelchairs (e.g. elevators designed for wheelchair access only).
Note: There is currently no default value for wheelchair access. The wheelchair=no tag should be used to explicitly indicate a way is not accessible.
Examples
Ways
- if there are stairs and there is no ramp.
One may use also ramp:wheelchair=*.
(Hint: Always think of heavy electric wheelchairs that can not pass any steps.)
Ways - Adaptive Sports
For ways used in Adaptive Mountain Biking (AMTB) mtb:scale:amtb=* may be used to indicate 'How much support is needed?' distinct from mtb:scale:imba=* which only speaks to trail difficulty.
Amenities
Public transport stops/platforms
public_transport=platformwheelchair=yes(if all wheelchairs can board / alight vehicles without assistance)wheelchair=limited(if wheelchairs can board / alight vehicles with limitation, e.g. they need to request help, or limited to specific kinds of wheelchairs. Give more information in thewheelchair:description=*tag.)wheelchair=no
Hotel
You might want to provide the website=* of the operator=* if it has more detailed information.
Cinema
- if you have to ask for help or a key, or if not all theatres are reachable without steps. Give more information in the description key.
You might want to provide the website=* of the operator=* if it has more detailed information.
Museum
tourism=museumwheelchair=yeswheelchair:description:en=also offer wheelchair-accessible guided tour
Toilets
See expanded guide to wheelchair accessible toilets for all info.
Public transport routes
wheelchair=yes(if all of the vehicles on the route can carry wheelchair)wheelchair=limited(if some of the vehicles on the route can carry wheelchair)wheelchair=no(if none of the vehicles on the route can carry wheelchair)
Example pictograms
Related
Designated parking space
See how to map for the needs of people with disabilities#Designated parking space
Legal access, special conditions and fees
See the respective sections in how to map for the needs of people with disabilities
Data sources
UK
- [1] (NB: original website closed; this is an archived copy from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)
Maps showing wheelchair data
- wheelmap - wheelmap.org Who take only
wheelchair=*and notcapacity:disabled=*another project to show wheelchair accessibility information on a map - MapComplete/onwheels
- On Wheels app
Possible tagging mistakes
See also
toilets:wheelchair=*- States if a location has a wheelchair accessible toilet or notcapacity:disabled=*- Describes the capacity for disabled parking spacesparking_space=disabled+amenity=parking_space- A parking space exclusively for use by those who are disabled. In some places this may be a legal restriction.- Proposed features/DisabilityDescription - for adding descriptions of special relevance to disabled persons.
- Proposed features/Steps features
- Category:Disabilities
- Category:Walking Disability
- Approved features/wheelchair
- Wheelchair routing (for example mentions tags Key:incline, Key:surface, Key:smoothness and Key:width for tagging some physical way properties which could also be relevant for wheelchair accessibility) and the German project DE:Rollstuhlfahrer-Routing
route=wheelchairfor signed wheelchair route-relationsdisabled=*- Used to map legal access rules regarding disabled peoplestroller=*- used to mark places or ways that are suitable to be used with a stroller