Engineer makes Google Maps disabled-friendly with introduction of accessibility features

Living in a world that’s not designed for the disabled is hard and anything we can do to help such people is always for the better. A Google engineer has made the lives of wheelchair-bound people just that little bit easier. Rio Akasaka is a product manager on Google Drive, but he and a small team worked on introducing a set of accessibility guidelines to Google Maps. As per the new guidelines, Google Maps can now display information on the wheelchair friendliness of locations. Business Insider reports that Google Maps normally sources this information from local guides, users who answer questions on places they visit.