Parking Lots
Parking Lot Places are always drawn as an Area. Care should be taken to ensure they don't snap to roads other than the Parking Lot Roads within the area of the location. Three principles govern whether a given lot, structure or garage warrants a Parking-Lot Area Place:
- General Public Use
- All Parking-Lot Area Places must be legally and locally condoned for at least short-term use (paid or not) by the general public. The Waze map must never show a Parking Lot Area Place where a naïve driver could risk towing, ticketing, or violating community norms. There are no exceptions.
- General Purpose Use
- Drivers who leave cars in a Parking-Lot Area Place should be entitled to walk or take other transportation to any destination of choice, and this should be a common occurrence.
- Distinctive and Significant
- Overuse of Area Places quickly leads to map clutter. A Parking-Lot Area Place must mark a parking facility that would be distinctive and significant to passing drivers.