2022
As Local Guides, you all have done so much to make the map more accessible. We’re excited to share that we’re adding some new features to Google Maps that will make identifying accessible places even easier for people.
In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re launching an “Accessible Places” feature. Rolling out soon, this new setting will allow wheelchair accessibility information to be more prominently displayed in search results and in Google Maps. When Accessible Places is switched on, a wheelchair icon will indicate an accessible entrance and you’ll be able to see if a place has accessible seating, restrooms or parking. This detailed accessibility information about places will now be more prominent and discoverable in the app for people who need it most.
The Accessible Places feature will help wheelchair users explore the world more confidently. It will also allow friends and family members of wheelchair users to easily provide an inclusive environment during outings. This setting will also help others who may benefit from wheelchair accessible environments including parents with strollers, people with crutches, and others. You can learn more about the new feature in this post on The Keyword. Please note, Accessible Places will be available first in Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We hope to roll it out to additional markets in the future.
Today, Google Maps has wheelchair accessibility information for more than 15 million places around the world. The Local Guides community has contributed more than 500 million wheelchair accessibility updates. You all have played such an important role in adding this type of helpful information to the map and we encourage you to continue adding these updates. You made the Accessible Places feature possible and for that we thank you.
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