Google Maps: Marked the wheelchair accessible routes
The Mountain View company has decided to allow people with disabilities, in this case in wheelchairs, to find the best route to reach a certain destination with their GMaps.
Important news coming for Google Maps in the coming weeks will allow all users, even those less fortunate as disabled people who are wheelchair users, to take advantage of the maps and especially paths precisely adapted to wheelchairs. An eye on the part of the company of Mountain View for people who cannot move like anyone and that may have many difficulties in reaching a particular destination.
Starting today, within the applications for iOS and Android but also on the desktop, it will be possible to choose different public paths without any architectural barrier and also passable by those who are aboard a wheelchair. In this case, Google has decided to add a specific filter that starting from today can be applied to public transport lines allowing to obtain a result that is suitable to accommodate the disabled.
The advantage of this new functionality will not be relegated only to the disabled but also to mothers who may be looking for an optimal path to bring their baby with the stroller around. In this case, they will be able to activate the new functionality of Google Maps and get the easiest and most optimal route. In this case, for the operation just open the application of Google Maps and type a specific destination then tap on ” Directions ” then ” Public Transport ” and in the ” Options ” check if there is in the option routes the words ” Accessible with chairs on wheels. ”
At the moment, the new feature has been released for versions of Google Maps in the cities of London, New York, Tokyo, Mexico City, Boston and Sydney. We already know that the Mountain View company is working to expand these first cities with further expanding the network of routes and destinations capable of supporting the problems of people with disabilities.
