Proposal:Wheelchair:entrance

Wheelchair:entrance
Proposal status:	Draft (under way)
Proposed by:	RobinJulien
Draft started:	2024-01-05

Proposal

With the On Wheels app we have collected around 25 000 data nodes were we have a lot of accessibility info for wheelchair users (mainly in Belgium), about shops, restaurants, cafes, hotels, toilets, parking spaces, … Today this data is stored on a private server, but we want to add this data directly in OSM. We have been working on a new app that will view, edit and add this data from/to OSM, but that can also add and edit existing data. Because every wheelchair user is different, adding a Key:wheelchair=yes/no is not enough for most users. With our On Wheels app the user can set a personal wheelchair profile (width and kerb height) and decide for themselves what is accessible. We propose to add more specific data tags and keys to buildings and public spaces nodes.

Rationale

Data about accessibility and wheelchair users have been very subjective. In OSM buildings are tagged wheelchair=yes/no, but this is not enough information for wheelchair users to now if they can access the building. Since other OSM tags are based on objective data, we want to also do this for data about accessibility by adding extra datasets/keys to the nodes/tags: Key:entrance

Tagging

-->Entrance: Key:entrance

Key	Iaginfo	Description
entrance:step_count=*		for number of steps
entrance:kerb:height=*		for the total height of the steps, of the kerb
ramp:wheelchair=*		for a wheelchair ramp
entrance:width=*		for the entrance door width
entrance:wheelchair:turning_circle=*		for the turning circle
entrance:automatic_door=*		for an automatic door
entrance:door=*		for type of door

External discussions

• https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/big-import-of-accessibility-data-from-the-on-wheels-app/101897

• tagging-request@openstreetmap.org

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