{"id":2407,"date":"2015-06-16T12:45:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T11:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2022-08-23T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T12:01:12","slug":"open-source-map-makes-world-more-wheelchair-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/06\/open-source-map-makes-world-more-wheelchair-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Open source map makes world more wheelchair friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accessibility app\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/wheelmap.org\/en\/map#\/?lat=40.729177554196376&amp;lon=-73.99073123931885&amp;zoom=14\">Wheelmap<\/span>\u00a0is celebrating five years of existence. The free app\u00a0tells you who accessible\u00a0public places across world are. Developed by German nonprofit <a href=\"http:\/\/sozialhelden.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOZIALHELDEN e.V.<\/a>, \u00a0users have added nearly half a million entries\u00a0since it began.<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Wheelmap is now available in 22 languages and on iphone or android.<\/li>\n<li>It has around 35.000 users per month<\/li>\n<li>Places are tagged red, yellow or green to denote whether they are wheelchair accessible, have limited accessibility, or are not currently accessible.<\/li>\n<li>Last month, the app added a new feature that\u00a0lets people know\u00a0whether restrooms are accessible or not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/this-massive-open-source-map-makes-the-world-more-whee-1710196200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a> on Gizmodo<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wheelmap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Access the map<\/a> at Wheelmap<\/li>\n<li>Read more on why <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wtmresponsibletourism.com\/2013\/09\/17\/accessible-tourism-largest-travel-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Accessible tourism could soon be the largest travel market in the world<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wheelmap, an app that enables users to find which facilities and locations are wheelchair friendly, and add their own data, is 5 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,287,265],"tags":[1334,307],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Open source map makes world more wheelchair friendly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wheelmap, an app that enables users to find which facilities and 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