Door Types
Doors serve as crucial access points to buildings and spaces, and their design and functionality can greatly influence accessibility for people with disabilities. Knowing the door type ahead of time will help users to know what to expect and whether they will be able to access the building or space.
Regardless of the package, you do not need to take photos of door types for houses. For public toilets, the images you take under a Public Toilet pin should already include the door type information.
There are 3 categories for Door Type; Automatic, Manual, Push Button To Open.
For the most part, these speak for themselves. However, there are a few that might not appear to fit in any of these categories.
For example, often large stores, such as Cotton On, or more mainstream retail stores like that will not actually have doors. If you come across this kind of ‘Door Type’, you can label this as “Automatic’, as the user does not have to do anything to open the door. Users should also be able to see this in the picture you provide.
Another door type is the revolving doors. Often times you will find that they are automatic. There is also usually a button to slow it down - do not mistake this for the ‘Push Button to Open’. Yes, there is a button, but only to slow it down, not to start. If this is the case then they will go under the ‘Automatic’ category, and you can note in the description that it has a button to slow. If it has to be pushed with your hands to go around then this is manual, and if there is a button to make it start then this goes under ‘Push Button to Open’.
