[OSM-talk] OSM on German TV

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:59 AM, wer-ist-roger <juwelier-online at web.de> wrote:
> Am Samstag 19 September 2009 schrieb Maarten Deen:
>> I just saw an item on OSM in (a rerun) of Quarks & Co on the German TV
>>  station WDR. It was about mapping the inner city of Bonn for wheelchairs.
>>  Nice example of micromapping, where mappers were even measuring the height
>>  of the curbs and inclination of streets (both very important for
>>  wheelchair users).
>>
>> The video [1] is available on Quarks & Co's website [2]. All in German, but
>> google's translate does a decent job of the website.
>>
>> [1] http://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks/videos/flashplayer.jsp?mid=84793
>> [2] http://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks/sendungsbeitraege/2009/0915/008_karten.jsp
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maarten
>
> Things like this are very good to know. I mean I allway map all kind of steps
> that I see (even though there are only to steps) just to make sure that
> handycaped people know that there comes stair. But I never thought about the
> steapnes or anything simmilar. That is really important and good to know.

Can someone point to areas in Bonn that have been mapped like this or
to pages on the wiki where the tagging system they're used is
documented? I couldn't find it.