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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jun 10, 2021, 15:21 by pla16021@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm starting to map a new (ish) nature reserve which has permissive access footpaths (that<br></div><div>bit is easy), and some of those footpaths are suitable for wheelchair users. I'm guessing<br></div><div>some will also be accessible to mobility scooters (I will ask them, but I don't expect sensible<br></div><div>answers). Various rambling groups are pushing for better disabled access on footpaths<br></div><div>and bridleways, and UK legislation almost requires it. So...<br></div><div><br></div><div>1) How do we tag that a footpath/bridleway is legally (and practically) accessible to<br></div><div>wheelchairs and, possibly, mobility scooters? I think they need to be covered<br></div><div>independently as legislation doesn't draw a distinction but the situation on the<br></div><div>ground might permit wheelchairs but not mobility scooters. So wheelchair=yes<br></div><div>probably isn't the right way to go.<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">wheelchair=yes is a fitting to describe that way is accessible for wheelchairs<br></div><div dir="auto">(no idea how to tag theoretical case of way accessible to wheelchairs but where<br></div><div dir="auto">using them is forbidden)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">marking access for mobility scooters - no idea which extra tag would be fitting<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>2) The nature reserve states that some of the paths have "shallow gradients" and<br></div><div>"compacted gravel surfaces suited to wheelchair users." Did we ever settle on a<br></div><div>definition of gravel type that would fit this?<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:surface%3Dcompacted">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:surface%3Dcompacted</a> may fit<br></div><div dir="auto">"A mixture of larger (e.g., gravel) and smaller (e.g., sand) parts, compacted (e.g., with a roller), <br></div><div dir="auto">so the surface is more stable than loose gravel."<br></div> </body>
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