USA/Southeast/Important Links

Mapping Resources By State

Region

• Southeast Region Wiki
  
• Region Update Request Chart (Mobile friendly)
  
• Region Update Request Chart (Interactive)
  

Alabama

• Mapping Resources
  
• Update Request Chart (Mobile friendly)
  
• Update Request Chart (Interactive)
  

Florida

• Mapping Resources
  
• Speed Limit Resources
  
• Update Request Chart (Mobile friendly)
  
• Update Request Chart (Interactive)
  

Georgia

• Mapping Resources
  
• Update Request Chart (Mobile friendly)
  
• Update Request Chart (Interactive)
  

Beginning Editors

Where To Start

• Welcome to Waze Map Editing
  
• Glossary
  
• 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.

• Map Editing
  
• 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.

• 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
  

How what do in the Waze Map Editor shows up in the client app, and how we get it there.

• Navigation Instructions and Unnamed Segments

Includes discussion on median segment names.

• Waze Application Questions

Also useful with update requests.

Discussions

• 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

• USA Regions Slack Invitation Form

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

• Waze USA Slack Invitation Form
  

Other regions (South Atlantic and South Central, for example) have channels where we can communicate with other editors who do not edit primarily within the Southeast Region."

• Report a Waze Bug Form

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
  
• Functional Classification and Continuity in Road Types
  
• Road Types (USA)

Includes functional classification table and segment types.

• Non-Drivable Roads
  
• Roundabouts (USA)
  

Discussions

• Functional Classification Discussion
  
• Junction Box Forum Discussion
  
• Destination Correcting
  
• Routing Server Discussion
  
• Routing Penalties
  
• U-Turn Prevention
  

Forms

• Satellite Imagery Misaligned Report Form
  
• Forums, Wiki, AM, SM Process
  
• Route Issues (>100 miles but less than 1000 miles)]
  

• 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.

• Southeast Localization script for Validator See script discussion directly above
  
• Responding to Update Requests
  

Advanced Editors

• Best Continuation
  
• Turn Angle Verbal Instructions
• Big / Small Detour Prevention
  
• Wayfinders
  

Forms

• Editors that need help Form
• 'Continue Straight' Form