[Accessibility] wheelchair=yes/no vs. public_transport=stop_position/platform

[Holger Dieterich]

Dear Mike,

Holger from http://wheelmap.org here. We hope no edits get overridden
by wheelmap edits. If it does, please email me an example so we can
look into that.

"stop" vs. "platform":
We naively thought stop signs would be the appropriate place to put
the wheelchair-tag. Now we are learning that it is more complex:
First, you are right and the "platform" seems like a good place as
fell. Second, not only the platform has to be accessible, but maybe
also the bus lines (if the busses have automatic ramps for example).

It's complicated and we even thought about removing bus stops from
wheelmap because of that complexity.

What do you think?

Regards,
Holger

PS: Right now wheelmap does only support nodes but we plan to add
areas in the future. Not sure how to  include ways (like bus lines),
though.



2011/10/3 Michael Forster <email at michael-forster.de>:
> Hi,
>
> According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Public_Transport
> I'm tagging train halts/stations with (at least) two types of OSM
> elements:
>
> * A node on the route with public_transport=stop_position
> (railway=station/halt).
> * A node, way or area next to the route with public_transport=platform
> (railway=platform).
>
> Where does the wheelchair=yes/no tag go?
>
> My naive thought was that it should go on the platform, not on the
> stop position, because I imagine that it is the platform that
> determines the accessibility, not the stop position. (I'm not a
> wheelchair user, so I'm guessing).
>
> But my edits keep getting overridden by anonymous edits from
> wheelmap.org, which places the tags on the stop position and seems to
> ignore the platforms.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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