User:HBiede/Interstates as Area Places

When driving on an interstate, it is useful knowing where you are and what exits are coming up. To that end, one solution to this for Waze is to create an area place dedicated to said exit displaying in-app. These exits are conceivably usable for navigation, but serve the primary function of giving users an at-a-glance view of upcoming junctions as they travel, possibly before an exit sign has even come into view.

Standards

In the creation of an Interstate Exit Area Place (IEA), the following standards are to be observed:

Drawing

The shape of the IEA shall be drawn to include the entirety of the outermost ramp segment, fitted to their shape. This gives the most precise shape of the exit.

Too Generic, Not Fitted to the Intersection

Includes All Ramp Segments, Fitted to Size

Metadata

An interstate exit area place should follow the following standards for metadata:

• Name: "Exit 401", "Exit 201-A", not "Exit 440 - 72nd Street"
• Street Address: No House Number; Street, City, and State set to the same as the freeway segments contained in the area
• Primary Category: Junction/Intersection
• Lock Level: Equal to the freeway segments contained in the area

Routing Based Information

Information commonly used for navigable places such as Photos, Descriptions, etc. are not necessary, but can be added at the discretion of the editing team.