Disabilities

Feature : Disabilities

Description

Tags and features that will be relevant for disabled users

Tags

information=tactile_map information=tactile_model ramp=yes/no tactile_paving=yes/no/... traffic_signals:arrow=yes/no traffic_signals:minimap=yes/no traffic_signals:sound=yes/no/... traffic_signals:vibration=yes/no traffic_signals:floor_vibration=yes/no wheelchair=yes/no/... wheelchair:description:en=* blind:description:en=* deaf:description:en=* and many others...

For a quick how to mapping guide see the page How to map for the needs of people with disabilities.

General information sources

• Please see handicaching.com for an already used system of categorizing ways for disabled persons.
• Pictograms for accessibility

Tagging for disabilities in general

• Tourism: Lower Key:fee for disabled person
• Free Key:fee for assistants of disabled people
• Proposed features/DisabilityDescription

Different accessibility challenge types

Visual impairment/blindness

Main article: OSM for the blind

• Also see section "Accessibility for persons with disabilities" in the "List of OSM-based Services"
• LoroDux Pedestrian Navigation for the blind (+ OSM editor integration planned)
• HaptoRender German project for tactile maps for the visually impaired / blind.
• Loadstone OpenStreetMap POI transfer to navigation tool for the blind
• OSM VIwGoA Open Street Maps for Visually Impaired with GPS on Android
• OSM Direction tool for Visually Impaired
• Look and Listen Map Online routing service
• AmauroMap

Routing

• Loadstone GPS is a free non-graphics satellite navigation software developed for Symbian Mobile/phones using the Series60 platform. See also the interface Nuance Talks.
• LoroDux is a OSM and Java ME based multi platform navigation software for mobile devices for blind and visually impaired persons.

Maps

• HaptoRender
• Look and Listen Map
• Mapbox iOS SDK – compatible with Apple's built-in VoiceOver screenreader

Using online maps without adaptation

… or: how to make the words on the map bigger?

• For most/all slippy maps (like the one on osm.org) you can just use your browser's zoom feature (e.g., of Firefox) to enlarge everything. Be sure to not set "zoom only text" in your browser's settings/view/zoom menu options. A downside is that the map image usually gets blurry. If you view a slippy map which uses "retina" tiles, you can magnify much more until the image get blurry (comparison example).
• Use the zoom function of your operating system (as the font size problem does not only affects you on maps).
• Using another map style with bigger text and better contrast is another option: for example OpenTopoMap (no street names) or even more contrast with toner-lite by stamen / toner by stamen (few names).

Tagging

• Structure in the pavement to be felt with a long cane (white blindmans's stick): tactile_paving=yes/no/incorrect; e.g., used on highway=steps or on highway=bus_stop or platforms.
• Relief maps information=tactile_map
• Tactile writing:
  • information=braille (e.g., used on highway=steps with Braille writing on handrails)
  • information=tactile_letters (e.g., used in elevators, where the buttons have imprinted numbers in ordinary writing)
• Voice interfaces acoustic=voice_description; e.g., voice_description=rfid in Bern for public transportation
• Cinema / Theatre: additional narrator acoustic=voice_description ?
• Traffic lights with sound traffic_signals:sound=yes/no
• description:en:blind=The city of Weingarten offers tactile paper maps at the tourist information office for a small fee.
• lit=* to identify well-lit routes for people affected by night-blindness
• ...

You can find a lot of tags concerning accessibility in these categories:

• Visual Impairment

Walking impairment/wheelchair drivers/stroller

• On Wheels app Finding wheelchair accessible information about buildings, public space, routes and public transport
• Accessible Play Location of play equipment for disabled children
• Wheelmap
• Libero Accesso...Accesso Libera Tutti! Mapping the accessibility for persons with reduced mobility in Castelfiorentino (Tuscany) ITALY
• Augsburg/Datenspende Stadtplan für barrierefreie Mobilität data for wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility about accessibility of footways and buildings/amenities in Augsburg, Germany
• AccessMap.app Routing for person with limited mobility. Right now just Seattle, Mount Vernon and Bellingham in Washington State, US.
• API.Wikiocity Color coded maps for handicap accessible ramps, transportation, restrooms, and data for all points of interest.

Tagging

• Tag:highway=steps, Key:ramp, Key:incline
  • with Key:handrail
• fuel stations with service (not only self-service)
• Elevator
• wheelchair=yes/no/limited
  • Key:wheelchair
  • for (public) toilets
  • for door width
  • Parking
  • Public transportation
    • Buses
    • Trams
    • Railway
    • Taxi
  • Shops
    • Extra wide cash desk in amenity=shop
    • Special shopping cart available
  • Car repairs: Modifies cars to be used by or for disabled persons.
• Special seats / empty spaces for wheelchairs
• …

You can find a lot of tags concerning accessibility in these categories:

• Walking Disability

Routing

• OpenRouteService Wheelchair Online Routing
• DE:Rollstuhlfahrer-Routing German project for wheelchair routing.

Hearing impaired/deafness

• Visual map with icons for objects of special interest to deaf persons (Project does not exist yet)
• Tags for deaf persons or persons with hearing impairment: See category:Hearing Impairment
• (Add your project here)

Tagging

• Sign language translation
• amenity=cinema: Movies with subtitles shown
• amenity=theatre: Special headphones available

You can find a lot of tags concerning accessibility in these categories:

• Hearing Impairment

Maps

• Want to start this project? Just go ahead and link your map here.

Routing

• Deaf persons can usually handle ordinary visual routing software.

Routing for deafblind/hearing impaired and visually impaired

• LoroDux is a routing software for blind users. It has a vibration mode for navigation, but is not fully accessible for deafblind users.
• Want to start this project? Just go ahead and link your router here.

How can I help?

You can support this project for example by working on the following tasks:

• Identify objects of special interest in your surrounding and map them if tags exist. If there are no tags documented, ask for them here.
• Help in one of the listed projects.
• Tell your disabled friends about OSM and ask them to tell their needs here.
• Organize micro mapping parties that collect very accurate data.
• Translate this page to other languages.
• proposing needed tags and keys here on this page
• adding headlines for other handicaps here on this page
• adding lines for objects of interest here on this page
• reminding mappers on object pages to enter additional keys helpful for disabled persons
• creating icons for the tags and keys and request their rendering
• programming routing software or renderers that do not rely on visual output.

More information

This page is supposed to collect features, tags and information relevant for disabled persons.

Please add links to the related topics.

You can find a lot of tags concerning accessibility in these categories:

• Disabilities

Join the accessibility mailing list by sending an email to accessibility-subscribe@openstreetmap.org.

See this page in other languages for local language mailing lists.

Information sources

• ONU - Disability
• Vorbildliche Projekte (de) (dead link)
• Tastbarer Stadtplan Graz (de)
• Nullbarriere.de (de)