[Accessibility] questions about tagging for disability/accessibility mapping

[Vid Gabor]

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:20 PM, assistieren at gmx.de <assistieren at gmx.de>
wrote:

> Hi Gabor Vid,
>
> > toilets:wheelchair and wheelchair:toilets
>
> I GUESS this means the wheelchair-accessibility of toilets (that can be
> used by anyone) versus the accessibility of additional, separated
> toilets for wheelchair users only. In praxi: In our town public toilets
> for women are often wheelchair-accessible while those for men are not.
> So wheelchair users of any gender or sex have to use the
> "women-only-toilets". This can be quite an issue. Somewhere else you
> might have three types of toilets: women and men, which are not
> wheelchair-accessible, and wheelchair-accessible, which should be used
> by wheelchair-users only. (A question of hygiene, as well, for example
> for people who have to catheterize themselves or need this room for
> other medical procedures).
>

OK. We understand this. But We don't know which tag is preffered for eg.
route planners, or wheelmap or other applications for disabled peoples.
But, this is an new view point for us.


>
> > entrance:width and wheelchair:entrance_width
>
> Quite often wheelchair users cannot use the main entrance and so there
> is often a special entrance for wheelchair users. The properties of this
> special entrance MIGHT be meant here.
>

OK.


> >
> >
> > wheelchair:entrance_door (manual or automatic) and door (manual or
> > automatic) and automatic_door (yes or no)
> >
> >
> > wheelchair:step_height (563 times) or step.height (748 times) or
> > step:height (368 times)
>
> With those I am not sure as well, but I personal often have the problem,
> that we cannot pass "steps" that "walkers" don't even realize as steps.
> For example the 3cm between board and street. So this might be a
> question of perspective as well. For walkers this is irrelevant to even
> talk about a step, for us it is a barrier we cannot pass.
>

OK.


>
> Best regards,
> Elke
>
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