Google Maps already has information for people with reduced mobility

Google's effort to make our lives easier involves adapting its services to all kinds of people. And by types of people we refer to that group that does not have it as easy as us to go to the places we all go to. Going to a restaurant, finding a seat in the cinema… These are things that we have assumed as normal. For millions of people around the world, any situation that requires mobility, outside their home environment, can be authentic torture.

That is why Google has enabled in its Google Maps application the possibility of include information about the accessibility of the places we visit Now, together, we can build a proper accessibility map so that when someone wants to visit a bar, they know if they have the right services. Including that information is very simple. Read below, with the Google Maps application open, and you will have the precise information.

How to add accessibility information in Google Maps

If you want to add accessibility information to Google Maps, do the following. Enter the menu and look for 'My contributions'. In your personal contributions screen, you must enter the 'Improve the map near you' part, the option 'Provide the missing information'. Here inside you will see a map with places marked with crosses. Above, you will see the missing information from those sites.Click on 'Accessibility' and the sites that lack that information will remain. What you have to do now is click on the sites and modify said information. For example, if you have a disabled lift, wheelchair access, disabled parking, disabled toilet, etc.

Want to see if a site is handicap accessible? The procedure is very simple. Just look for the site on Google Maps and click on its description. If such information exists, you will find it under the heading 'Accessibility'. Here you can find out if the place you want to go to is well adapted for people with disabilities.