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Waze landmarks serve to orient drivers and to establish app-searchable points-of-interest (POI) for situations where the primary POI search engines may not find the desired location.  Despite these helpful attributes, landmarks are easily overused, leading to map clutter and POI redundancy.  Waze offers a plethora of landmark types, but most of these do not really help drivers and are typically avoided.
Waze landmarks serve to orient drivers and to establish app-searchable points-of-interest (POI) for situations where the primary POI search engines may not find the desired location.  Despite these helpful attributes, landmarks are easily overused, leading to map clutter and POI redundancy.  Waze offers a plethora of landmark types, but most of these do not really help drivers and are typically avoided.


In general, '''if a location is not extensive or significant enough to orient drivers, and is already searchable using the primary POI search engines, it should not be landmarked in Waze.'''  Three common exceptions are gas stations, which receive special handling; government or transit-oriented destinations for the general public; and school or university campuses, whether public or private.
In general, '''if a location is not extensive or significant enough to orient drivers, and is already searchable using the primary POI search engines, it should not be landmarked in Waze.'''  Three common exceptions are gas stations, which receive special handling; government or transit-oriented destinations for the general public, such as parks and airports; and school or university campuses, whether public or private.


The Waze editing community in the US has not reached firm consensus regarding the landmarking of private or commercial property.  On the one hand, Waze's business model includes on-map advertising, and free landmarking of their competitors may discourage advertisers.  On the other hand, large private country clubs, golf courses and retreat centers with extensive, highly-visible grounds may help orient drivers.  Regardless, the twin criteria of either '''orienting drivers''' or '''not otherwise findable with a primary POI search engine''' apply to landmarking private as well as public locations.
The Waze editing community in the US has not reached firm consensus regarding the landmarking of private or commercial property.  On the one hand, Waze's business model includes on-map advertising, and free landmarking of their competitors may discourage advertisers.  On the other hand, large private country clubs, golf courses and retreat centers with extensive, highly-visible grounds may help orient drivers.  Regardless, the twin criteria of either '''orienting drivers''' or '''not otherwise findable with a primary POI search engine''' apply to landmarking private as well as public locations.

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Waze landmarks serve to orient drivers and to establish app-searchable points-of-interest (POI) for situations where the primary POI search engines may not find the desired location. Despite these helpful attributes, landmarks are easily overused, leading to map clutter and POI redundancy. Waze offers a plethora of landmark types, but most of these do not really help drivers and are typically avoided.

In general, if a location is not extensive or significant enough to orient drivers, and is already searchable using the primary POI search engines, it should not be landmarked in Waze. Three common exceptions are gas stations, which receive special handling; government or transit-oriented destinations for the general public, such as parks and airports; and school or university campuses, whether public or private.

The Waze editing community in the US has not reached firm consensus regarding the landmarking of private or commercial property. On the one hand, Waze's business model includes on-map advertising, and free landmarking of their competitors may discourage advertisers. On the other hand, large private country clubs, golf courses and retreat centers with extensive, highly-visible grounds may help orient drivers. Regardless, the twin criteria of either orienting drivers or not otherwise findable with a primary POI search engine apply to landmarking private as well as public locations.

Below is the list of Landmark Types provided by WME. This list is to facilitate a discussion in the forums about what Landmarks should and should not be included in the map The discussion is located at https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=26005 Eventually we hope for this to become the guide for which landmarks get mapped & how they get mapped.

Minimum landmark size

Transportation

Gas Station

Toll booth

Terminal

Airport

Train station

Bus Station / Bus Terminal

Sea Port

Parking Lot

The parking lot landmark is currently being discussed in detail in this forum. Everyone is welcome to participate in the discussion.

Junction/Interchange

Bridge

Tunnel

Subway station

Ferry lane

Car Rental

Garage

Leisure

Park

Museum / Visitor Center / Monument

Mall/Shopping Center

Convenience Store / Kiosk

Restaurant / Bar / Coffee Shop

Stadium / Sports Facility

Hotel / Motel / Guest Room

Club/Concert Hall

Beach

Camp site / RV Park

Casino

Marina

Promenade / Boardwalk

Store/stall

Nature

Island

Sea/Lake/Levee

River/Stream

Forest/Grove

Farmland

Gravel

Danger Zone

Public

Religious Site

Bank

Office Building

Industry

Public Building

Tourist Site / Attraction

ATM

Pharmacy

Supermarket/Market

Public Service

Hospital/Clinic

Correction Facility / Prison

Military Site

Government / Municipal Building

Police Station

University / College / Academy

School / Kindergarten / Junior High / High School

Cemetery

Fire Department/Emergency Service

Post Office

Other

Other