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* Use [[Scripts/WME_Validator|WME Validator]] to assist with identifying roads to update. | * Use [[Scripts/WME_Validator|WME Validator]] to assist with identifying roads to update. | ||
* Then install the [https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/14878-wme-validator-localization-for-nebraska WME Validator Localization for Nebraska] | * Then install the [https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/14878-wme-validator-localization-for-nebraska WME Validator Localization for Nebraska] | ||
* [[Scripts/WME_Color_Highlights|WME Color Highlights]] to help identify other potential problem roads, such as rural one-way roads that should be two-way. | |||
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[[File:Basemap1.jpeg|frameless|right]] | [[File:Basemap1.jpeg|frameless|right]] | ||
[[File:Basemap2.jpeg|frameless|right]] | [[File:Basemap2.jpeg|frameless|right]] | ||
# '''Roads with unknown direction'''. | [[File:Basemap3.jpeg|frameless|right]] | ||
# '''Roads with [[Unknown_direction|unknown direction]]'''. | |||
## ''Rural areas'': Set as two-way unless there is reason to suspect a one-way ([[At-grade_connectors|AGC]], other). | ## ''Rural areas'': Set as two-way unless there is reason to suspect a one-way ([[At-grade_connectors|AGC]], other). | ||
## ''Urban areas'': Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine two-way or one-way. | ## ''Urban areas'': Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine two-way or one-way. | ||
# '''Two-way roads incorrectly marked as one-way''' (one-way roads are rare outside urban areas). | # '''Two-way roads incorrectly marked as [[Determining_one-way_streets|one-way]]''' (one-way roads are rare outside urban areas). | ||
## ''Rural areas'': Set as two-way unless there is reason to suspect a one-way ([[At-grade_connectors|AGC]], other). | ## ''Rural areas'': Set as two-way unless there is reason to suspect a one-way ([[At-grade_connectors|AGC]], other). | ||
## ''Urban areas'': Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine two-way or one-way. | ## ''Urban areas'': Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine two-way or one-way. | ||
# '''Soft (Unconfirmed) Turns'''. | # '''[[Soft_and_hard_turns|Soft (Unconfirmed) Turns]]'''. | ||
## ''Rural areas'': Allow all turns ("Q" then "W" hotkeys with WME Toolbox), unless there is reason to suspect a turn might not be allowed. | ## ''Rural areas'': Allow all turns ("Q" then "W" hotkeys with WME Toolbox), unless there is reason to suspect a turn might not be allowed. | ||
## ''Urban areas'': Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine which turns are legal. | ## ''Urban areas'': Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine which turns are legal. | ||
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## Select the junction and use the upper-right "trash can" delete button, or carefully use the WME Toolbox "Suppress unneeded junctions" function if of sufficient editing level. | ## Select the junction and use the upper-right "trash can" delete button, or carefully use the WME Toolbox "Suppress unneeded junctions" function if of sufficient editing level. | ||
## If you can't delete a junction, something about the roads does not match. Try reloading the roads (ALT+SHIFT+R) to ensure you're seeing valid data. | ## If you can't delete a junction, something about the roads does not match. Try reloading the roads (ALT+SHIFT+R) to ensure you're seeing valid data. | ||
# '''Incorrect u-turns'''. | # '''Incorrect [[Interface_guide#Junction_Arrows|u-turns]]'''. | ||
## Enabled U-turns should be somewhat rare in urban areas, and almost non-existent in rural areas. | |||
## When basemap editing in ''rural areas'', it is generally safe to assume the u-turn should be removed. The "Q" hotkey with WME Toolbox will remove them easily. | |||
## In urban areas, u-turns are governed by [[Nebraska#U-turns|the Nebraska u-turn wiki section]] | |||
# '''Reverse connections'''. | # '''Reverse connections'''. | ||
# '''[[Junction_Style_Guide#One-segment_loops|One-segment loops]]''' (often at the end of rural driveways). | # '''[[Junction_Style_Guide#One-segment_loops|One-segment loops]]''' (often at the end of rural driveways). | ||
Revision as of 21:37, 24 January 2016
The "basemap" is the original road data that Waze imported in 2009. It needs to be updated by map editors to function optimally.
Recommended scripts/plugins
- Use WME Toolbox, and use the recommended settings shown in the screenshot.
- Use WME Validator to assist with identifying roads to update.
- Then install the WME Validator Localization for Nebraska
- WME Color Highlights to help identify other potential problem roads, such as rural one-way roads that should be two-way.
Common basemap issues
- Roads with unknown direction.
- Rural areas: Set as two-way unless there is reason to suspect a one-way (AGC, other).
- Urban areas: Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine two-way or one-way.
- Two-way roads incorrectly marked as one-way (one-way roads are rare outside urban areas).
- Rural areas: Set as two-way unless there is reason to suspect a one-way (AGC, other).
- Urban areas: Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine two-way or one-way.
- Soft (Unconfirmed) Turns.
- Rural areas: Allow all turns ("Q" then "W" hotkeys with WME Toolbox), unless there is reason to suspect a turn might not be allowed.
- Urban areas: Check streetview and/or GIS resources to determine which turns are legal.
- Unnecessary Junctions, which also frequently have Unconfirmed Turns.
- Soft-turns must be confirmed.
- All of the parameters of the 2 roads must match) before the junction can be deleted.
- Select the junction and use the upper-right "trash can" delete button, or carefully use the WME Toolbox "Suppress unneeded junctions" function if of sufficient editing level.
- If you can't delete a junction, something about the roads does not match. Try reloading the roads (ALT+SHIFT+R) to ensure you're seeing valid data.
- Incorrect u-turns.
- Enabled U-turns should be somewhat rare in urban areas, and almost non-existent in rural areas.
- When basemap editing in rural areas, it is generally safe to assume the u-turn should be removed. The "Q" hotkey with WME Toolbox will remove them easily.
- In urban areas, u-turns are governed by the Nebraska u-turn wiki section
- Reverse connections.
- One-segment loops (often at the end of rural driveways).
- You can try to repair the loop, but often these are best simply deleted and the preceding driveway adjusted/extended some.
- 2-segment loops that should be 3-segment (example: multi-entry rural driveways arcs).
- First ensure the correct Road Type and Direction...
- Then select one of the endpoint junctions and press "Q" to have WME Toolbox automatically add an additional junction node for you. Or draw a new road with one end connected to a point in the middle of the loop, then delete the new road.
- Private farming paths that probably should not be mapped at all in Waze (to irrigation pivots, grain silos, other private building that no Wazer would route to.)
- Driveways to buildings that no longer exist, or other superfluous roads.
- "Spaghetti": A mess of private roads, paths, tracks added from a previous visual analysis of satellite imagery.
- Missing, outdated, or incorrect road names, or they do not match the NE road naming standards or USA abbreviations.
- Private roads with the State set as Iowa.
Other improvements to make
- If needed, update the Functional Classification to the appropriate road type.
- Update the lock level to match the road type.
- Add Speed Limits.
- Correct elevation and add bridges/tunnels where appropriate per the Seagull guidelines.
Additional editing tips
- Zoom in to level 4 or closer so that Validator highlights problems on segments of type Street and Private Road, and so that you can see the road characteristics (one-way/two-way/unknown, etc.).
- Consider updating and preserving private roads that parallel a public road (instead of deleting them), so that a Wazer on the private road isn't associated by Waze with the public road and potentially polluting the speed data.