Por 130 million people, this is the number of people with disabilities in the world, organizing a trip or even a simple move has a few more complications. Difficulties that are not only physical in nature, but also encompassing the lack of services suited to their needs.
Little information for wheelchair users
Get on a bus, go through an underpass, access a toilet in a room, are actions that for those who live in wheelchairs they become a real odyssey. And, then, given that the administrations do the bare minimum, technology and digitization will compensate.
Google Maps: “Accessible places” arrives
Google Mapslaunched its new feature “Accessible places” which allows you to plan a visit or a trip to a new place, arriving at your destination prepared, without those questions anymore, will i succeed? will I be able to?, which often force one to give up.
Accessibility in over 40 million places, including in Italy
“Accessible Places” is intended to provide information on wheelchair accessibility for over 40 million locations worldwide, including Italy. Just activate the setting in the Google Maps app. On the profile of a certain activity will come a wheelchair icon is displayed if the entrance is wheelchair accessible, and the same icon crossed out if it is a non-accessible place.
The feature will help you plan your trips, as it will allow you to see in advance whether a particular establishment has accessible seating, toilets and parking. And it can also be useful if you want to avoid the stairs because you have a strollera Baggage or you use a cart.
Interactive Google Maps: everyone can contribute
“Accessible Places” was created with the support and commitment of beyond 120 million Local Guidesof the wider Google Maps community edand business owners from all over the world who have contributed over a billion updates.
It will be possible also actively contribute, personally entering details on accessibility: just find the business profile you want to edit, tap “Information” and then “Edit characteristics”.
Increasingly inclusive maps
The arrival of “Accessible Places” in all countries of the world, and not only in Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States where it has been present since 2020, was created precisely to build a map that is increasingly complete and increasingly inclusive and useful for everyone, no one excluded.
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