User:Kartografer

My name is Michael, and I'm a Waze user and map editor based in central Ohio. I currently have rank 5 and serve as a state manager for Ohio, large area manager for central Ohio and area manager for central New Mexico, South Dakota and Chiang Mai, Thailand. You can reach me via private message.

Milestones

1. First edits 2015-12
2. R3 2016-06
3. First AM 2016-08
4. LAM for Central Ohio 2016-11
5. US Wiki Master 2017-02
6. R4 2017-04
7. Formal mentor 2017-06
8. SM for Ohio 2017-11
9. R5 2017-11
10. Won Beta Battle 2018-10

Wiki contributions

• User:Kartografer/Map protection first wiki editing attempt to clear up some formatting and add throttle info
• User:Kartografer/Roundabouts/USA rewrite of understanding navigation instructions, published for USA 2016-08-01
• User:Kartografer/Road types/USA upgrading roads for road type continuity and runways, published for USA 2016-08-01
• User:Kartografer/Prewritten messages messages for new editors
• User:Kartografer/Basemap new national page, published for USA 2016-10-18
• User:Kartografer/Map Comments new global page, pending indefinitely
• User:Kartografer/Map comments new national page, published for USA 2017-01-25
• User:Kartografer/Scheduled reconfigurations new national page, published for USA 2017-03-07
• User:Kartografer/Hospital small draft revision
• User:Kartografer/Closed place new section on closed places, published for USA 2017-05-30, revised and again published 2018-08-17
• User:Kartografer/Airport new national page, published for USA 2017-05-15
• User:Kartografer/Military base draft on capitalization
• User:Kartografer/Interchange rewrite of JSG/Interchanges including new geometry and TIO info, published for USA 2017-11-20
• User:Kartografer/Wayfinder split from JSG/Interchanges, published for USA 2017-11-20
• User:Kartografer/Major Traffic Event fork from Benelux to replace mega events page, published for USA 2018-05-15
• User:Kartografer/Pedestrian path new page to split from road types, published for USA 2018-06-04

Projects

• Sync and switch of old wiki to US Wazeopedia
• Detour prevention testing to determine direct route full name and type continuity requirement and detour name and type discontinuity requirements only at the last segment
• Junction box difficult turns testing and bug reporting
• Junction box instruction overrides and alternative routes testing and reporting
• Toll pass and HOV testing and bug reporting
• Pedestrian path/virtual node testing and bug reporting
• Regional project on unsafe lane crossing times
• State of the state and state of the region UR & MP reports, transitioned to UR and PUR stat sheets
• Subway ad pins
• Red Lobster ad pins
• Panera Bread ad pins
• Presentation planning for GLR meetup 2017
• CCP contact starting 2017-06 with City of Columbus/Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
• GEP contact starting 2018-07 with the Ohio State University
• GEP contact starting 2018-10 with the University of Cincinnati
• US wiki update tracking and monthly summary

Meetups

• First US Waze Cafe initiated October 2016, held in Columbus, OH, 2017-01-08
• Second Waze Cafe in Columbus, 2018-02-17
• Third Waze Cafe planned near Columbus winter 2019
• Currently unable to travel to meetups due to family needs

Mentoring

• sandcrawler (formal, R1 to R2, inactive)
• RainMan3699 (formal, R2 to R3, complete)
• theKTR101 (formal, R2 to R3, in progress)
• AProdzilla (informal, R2 help)
• buckeyeguy857 (informal, AM review help)
• tonkamedic (formal, R1 to R2, inactive)
• mchueby (formal, R2 to R3, complete)
• mmilliron501 (formal along with RonRover, R2 to R3, complete)
• GuideOnGirl (formal along with Dude495, R1 to R2, in progress)
• SethSpeedy28 (formal, R2 to R3, complete)

Map raid participation

1. Rhode Island, 2016-03
2. India, 2016-04
3. Massachusetts, 2016-04
4. South Africa, 2016-05
5. New Hampshire, 2016-07
6. West Virginia, 2017-01
7. China, 2017-08
8. MMR X, 2017-11
9. Russia, 2018-02

VEOC

• Hurricane Matthew 2016 (closure reporting)
• Louisiana flooding 2017 (closure reporting)
• Hurricane Harvey 2017 (closure and reopening reporting)
• Hurricane Irma 2017 (closure and shelter reporting)
• Wisconsin flooding 2018 (closure creation)
• Hurricane Florence 2018 (closure reporting)