Place categories
The Place categories used in Waze are not always directly applicable to the BeNeLux, for they are global categories. At this time, it is not possible to adapt these categories to local customs. Waze has several major categories, which includes quite a number of subcategories.
If you choose a main category within WME, you automatically get to see the sub-categories to choose from. It is also possible to directly type in a category. If you cannot find an applicable sub-category, just use the main category.
Categories that require special handling are described briefly in this section. A complete list can be found in the table below. It also lists the keywords that can be used in the app to search for the category.
Car Services
Gas Stations
Parking Lot
Garage / Automotive Shop
Car Wash
Charging Stations.
Transportation
Airport
Bridge
- Use only to represent a named road bridge with local or navigational significance.
Bus Station
Ferry Pier
Junction / Interchange
Seaport / Marina / Harbor
Subway Station
Taxi Station
Train Station
Professional and public
For public buildings or services such as fire departments, town halls and the like, we set the location of the name after the name, e.g., Stadhuis Antwerpen. For Organisations that have several locations, specify the location after a hyphen, after the general name of the organisation, e.g., UZ leuven - campus Gasthuisberg.
Cemetery
City Hall
College / University
Courthouse
Embassy / Consulate
Factory / industrial
Fire department
Government
Hospital / Medical Care
- The category Hospital / Medical Care currently only apply to Hospitals, First Aid Posts and other places that offer emergency aid. At the moment, no separate category is available for all other medical care. Therefore we use a provisional category like Office, Personal Care, Organization or Association, or any other category that best applies.
Information point
Kindergarten
Library
Military
Offices
Organization or Association
Police Station
Prison / Correctional Facility
Post Office
Religious Center
School
Shopping and services
Arts and Crafts
ATM
Bank / Financial
Bookstore
Car Dealership
Car rental
- Rental-car facilities and returns, including at airports, should be marked as a Point with the “Rental Car” Place category. If the return location is a normal Parking Lot, then mark it with the Parking Lot category and the building with the Car Rental category.
Convenience Store
Currency Exchange
Department Store
Electronics
Fashion and Clothing
Flowers
Furniture / Home Store
Gifts
Gym / Fitness
Hardware Store
Jewelry
Laundry / Dry Cleaning
Market
Music Store
Personal Care
Pet Store / Veterinarian
Pharmacy
Photography
Shopping Center
Sporting Goods
Supermarket / Grocery
Swimming Pool
Toy Store
Travel Agency
Food and Drink
Bakery
Bar
Coffee shop
Dessert
Fast Food
Food Court
Ice Cream
Restaurant
Culture and Entertainment
Art Gallery
Casino
Club
Game Club
Movie Theater
Museum
Music Venue
Performing Arts Venue
Racing Track
Stadium / Arena
Theme Park
Theater
Tourist Attraction / Historic Site
Zoo / Aquarium
Other
Construction Site
Lodging
Bed & Breakfast
Camping / Trailer Park
Cottage / Cabin
Hostel
Hotel
Outdoors
Beach
Golf Course
Park
Playground
Plaza
Promenade
Scenic Lookout / Viewpoint
Ski Area
Sports Court
Natural features
Farm
Forest / Grove
Island
River / Stream
- Use only if water itself is visually obvious to drivers on nearby roads.
Sea / Lake / Pool
- Use only if water itself is visually obvious to drivers on nearby roads.
Canal
Swamp / Marsh
Dam
Tipː for splitting place areas of this category the script WME Split POI can be used.
Car park
Table
This table shows the categories used for the Waze Places. It shows examples, lock levels and search strings (scroll to the right of the table). Also, there is an indication to the use of a Point or an Area Place. Area Places should have a minimum area size of 500 m2 (e.g., 50m x 10m) to be visible in the client's display. See also the paragraph on how to determine Area or Point.
At the bottom of the table you can choose the language in which you want the categories to show.
If you want to search this list you can view it with this link.