Open CloCkWeRX opened 7 years ago
It has been 4 years already and I am unsure about it, what are we still waiting for to add wheelchair accessibility ?
I'm happy to review a pull request if you have something in mind.
Don’t get me wrong, I am simply asking from a non-expert point of view what the first message mean. I understand that it would add a Wheelchair section in the form, but what does "internationalized" mean ? Is it simply a matter of translating the content of it ?
Yep, it would be deciding what questions to ask and then adding the fields to the form. Then posting here to ask folks for help with localization.
According to the wiki, which cite the Americans with Disabilities Act, the question to ask would be like: "Is your business accessible to wheelchair users?" followed by three choices:
Another solution would be to make use of the wheelchair:description key with a free form so that users can type freely the same way as Wheelmap.
To go one step further, we could also provide a checkbox for the ramp key that would add a "ramp=yes" attribute to the note. The ramp:wheelchair key seems a bit too much to ask as it requires the incline of the ramp.
Hi, I'm one of the maintainers of Wheelmap 👋 First, thanks for your awesome work on this project!
wheelchair=yes/no/limited
, re-use Wheelmap's localization if you wantwheelchair:description
, but don't use it to replace other tagsramp:wheelchair
if possible, but be sure that it's used correctlyhighway=steps
and entrance
wheelchair=yes/no/limited
…is a very good idea, this is what Wheelmap uses. Yes/no/limited can be either deduced, or you could explicitly ask about the specific requirements that @le-jun listed, in separate questions. So far, Wheelmap has had good experiences with this 'traffic light system'. Feel free to get inspired by our UI and even copy our localization:
Localization files: https://github.com/sozialhelden/wheelmap-frontend/tree/main/public/i18n
wheelchair:description
Often containing very valuable information for complex, difficult to tag issues though, like: 'You have to ring some bell and then use a second special entrance via a courtyard and an elevator'. This is information that you can't convey with tags, so I'd absolutely add it, too. Important: It should not be used to replace other tags, though, because:
ramp:wheelchair
+1 for ramp:wheelchair
! It needs a warning or additional question though, to ensure that the owner knows that the incline is really <4%, otherwise its unusable for most manual wheelchair users, and even dangerous in winters. Don't forget that the following thing is considered a ramp, too:
Extra bonus points for this: The number and height of steps at the entrance is very valuable information, too. Many wheelchair users know exactly how high they can climb, and people with mobility impairments who use no wheelchair can use it to decide if they can or cannot enter a place. For OSM mapping, it's not sensible to add it to a place directly, but to its entrance. Inspiration: entrance
, highway:steps
Ultimately, tagging can make the real world itself more accessible for everybody.
https://github.com/osmlab/onosm.org/pull/2/commits/4b3e8214a0f72e1350c4f26d5c26bc963d6acca8 but internationalized