I would suggest developing a new tag that means, "this authority has designated this path as accessible by wheelchair users", as that's the information you actually possess and can communicate. A description of on-the-ground infrastructure would also be appropriate, though I suspect there might not be good tags for doing this on trails. Example: I'm not sure if anyone has evaluated whether different users consistently tag "smoothness" the same way (a potential issue with data maintenance / accuracy) nor whether the tag captures the information wheelchair users need to know.
wheelchair=yes is usually an inappropriate tag for most situations because wheelchair users tend to disagree about what paths are accessible. Factors such as the chair they use, experience with their chair, athleticism, and comfort with risk-taking all factor into it, so a one-size-fits-all approach is tricky. You will find wheelchair users that are happy to ignore an 8 cm raised curb and others who are uncomfortable with inclines flatter than the legal limits. I just reviewed how wheelchair=designated is documented. In terms of the actual words in the tag, I initially thought this would be a reasonable tag (someone has designated this path as wheelchair accessible!), but the wiki makes me think it shouldn't be used here. The wiki states that this tag is rarely used and that it implies specific infrastructure has been built to support wheelchair users, which might not be the case for a path that's been declared accessible by a particular authority. Best, Nick On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 7:32 AM Andreas Lattmann <andrea.lattm...@ga-2.it> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I don't know if it's the right mailing list. > I would like to propose a new tag (if it is not already there). The new > tag is wheelchair = hiking because in Italy many associations are creating > mountain trails for disabled people. > It would be nice to be able to map these paths. > Thank you > > Andreas Lattmann > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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