USA/Southeast/Important Links

Mapping Resources By State

Region

• Southeast Region Wiki
  

Alabama

• Mapping Resources
  
• Missing Speed Limits on Alabama Primary Streets

Florida

• Mapping Resources
  
• Speed Limit Resources
  
• Florida Missing Speed Limits (MH, mH, and PS)
  

Georgia

• Mapping Resources
  
• Missing Speed Limits on Georgia minor highways

Beginning Editors

Where To Start

• Community Bot
• Welcome to Waze Map Editing
  
• Glossary
  
• Learn by Watching Videos of Basic Edit Techniques
• Abbreviations / Acronyms Used in the USA

Specifically regarding how roads are named, and text-to-speech functionality within the Waze Map Editor and client application.

• City Field in Road Names
  
• Map Editing
  
• Using External Sources
  
• Editing Manual
  
• Forum Information

It is recommended that one get oriented with the forum, as it is a large source of information for editors of all levels of experience.

• Parking Lot Places
  
• Places
  

NOTE: You can see your "recent editing activities": "//www.waze.com/user/editor/" & "editor name" in your browser (e.g. https://www.waze.com/user/editor/ramblinwreck_81)

Alternatively, you can click on the editor's hyperlink after selecting a segment edited by that editor.

• Common Editing Mistakes
  
• Access roads that distort routing
  
• Driveways
  
• Non-Drivable Roads
  
• Walking Trails
  
• How Map Tiles Work
  

What are map tiles and how do they work? What types of edits trigger a tile update and which do not.

• Navigation instructions for unnamed segments

Includes discussion on median segment names.

• Waze Application Questions

Also useful with update requests.

Discussions

• Join us on Discord Chat

Where editors of all ranks and experience within the Southeast Region can communicate, share tips, and ask for advice.

• Update Requests - Etiquette
  
• Requesting a road to be unlocked for editing:

Read these forum instructions before requesting a road to be unlocked in the Waze forum.

• Unlock Request Forum
  

Forms

• Request addition, change, or deletion of gas brand
• Report a Waze Bug

This form can be used to report advertising place points that are incorrectly placed (among other things

Intermediate Editors

Editing Practices

• Best Map Editing Practices

Includes discussion on when to divide and un-divide roads.

• At-Grade Connectors
  
• Junction Style Guide
  
• Military Bases
  
• Road types

Includes functional classification table and segment types.

• Non-Drivable Roads
  
• Real Time Closures
  
• Preventing Routes with Certainty
  
• Roundabouts
  
• Turn instruction override
  

Discussions

• Functional Classification Discussion
  
• Junction Box Forum Discussion
  
• Routing Server Discussion
  
• Routing Penalties
  

Forms

• Satellite Imagery Misaligned Report Form
  
• I want to be an Area Manager
  

• Scripts

Before loading scripts, consult with a senior editor on their application. It is usually best to not load multiple new scripts at the same time. Instead, learn how one functions before going to the next. Note that you are responsible for all your edits. Whether a script identified and suggested the edit or not is irrelevant. Improper use of any script - may lead to demotion or loss of editing privileges.

• Responding to Update Requests
  
• Bookmarklets

Advanced Editors

Discussions

• Best Continuation
  
• Detour Prevention Mechanisms
  
• Turn Angle Verbal Instructions
  
• Wayfinders
  
• Interactive Junction Instruction Algorithm
  
• Debug Logs
  
• Resolution of Addresses
  
• Junction Box
  
• Big Detour Prevention
• Lane Guidance
  
• Falcon Map-Raid Guidance
  

Forms

• | SER Editor Outreach Form
  

Use this form to reach out to any editor editing in the SER that is not in our SER discord channel. If an editor is damaging the map, please contact a state manager directly and immediately. For all other map editing issues, if after you message the editor and submit this form they do not correct their edits, please contact the state manager.

• The 'Continue Straight' Form
  

• Misplaced Ad Pin

This form is intended for reporting issues with advertised places that don't have a venue point in the Waze Map Editor (WME).