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wheelchair
Description
Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs
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Status:
approved
wheelchair
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overpass-turbo
QLever
Postpass via overpass-turbo
OSM Tag History
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
Contents
Common values
1.1
wheelchair
yes
1.2
wheelchair
limited
1.3
wheelchair
no
1.4
wheelchair
designated
Examples
2.1
Ways
2.1.1
Ways - Adaptive Sports
2.2
Amenities
2.2.1
Public transport stops/platforms
2.2.2
Hotel
2.2.3
Cinema
2.2.4
Museum
2.3
Toilets
2.4
Public transport routes
Example pictograms
Related
4.1
Designated parking space
4.2
Legal access, special conditions and fees
Data sources
5.1
UK
Maps showing wheelchair data
Possible tagging mistakes
See also
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
limited
Wheelchairs 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
Hanover tram system with (non-)wheelchair-symbols
Ways
highway
steps
wheelchair
no
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
platform
wheelchair
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 the
wheelchair:description
=*
tag.)
wheelchair
no
Hotel
tourism
hotel
wheelchair
yes
wheelchair:description:en
3 rooms
You might want to provide the
website
=*
of the
operator
=*
if it has more detailed information.
Cinema
amenity
cinema
wheelchair
limited
wheelchair:description:en
7 places
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
museum
wheelchair
yes
wheelchair: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
wheelchair
yes
wheelchair
designated
wheelchair
no
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 not
capacity:disabled
=*
another project to show wheelchair accessibility information on a map
MapComplete/onwheels
On Wheels app
Possible tagging mistakes
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=bad
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=wheelchair_access
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=half
‒ replace with
wheelchair
limited
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=1
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=official
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=destination
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=unknown
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
More details at tag
info
More details at tag
info
wheelchair=permissive
If you know
places with this tag
, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are
strongly discouraged
unless
you really know what you are doing
See also
toilets:wheelchair
=*
- States if a location has a wheelchair accessible toilet or not
capacity:disabled
=*
- Describes the capacity for disabled parking spaces
parking_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
wheelchair
for signed wheelchair
route-relations
disabled
=*
- Used to map legal access rules regarding disabled people
stroller
=*
- used to mark places or ways that are suitable to be used with a stroller
Retrieved from "
Categories
Key descriptions for group "accessibility"
Key descriptions
Key descriptions with status "approved"
Tagging Mistakes
Walking disability
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