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 and South Dakota. 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
11. Partner Coordinator 2019-07
12. Won Beta Battle 2019-09

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 in places, published for USA 2017-05-30, revised and republished 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/Interchange with new geometry and TIO info, published for USA 2017-11-20
• User:Kartografer/Wayfinder split from JSG/Interchanges, published for USA 2017-11-20
• Detour Prevention Mechanisms worked with voludu2 and subs5 on BDP page rewrite, published for USA 2018-02-26
• 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
• Audible instructions worked with sketch and kentsmith9 on audible instructions page, published for USA 2018-11-20
• User:Kartografer/Locking Standard draft template adapted to GLR and other regions, published for USA 2018-12-18
• User:Kartografer/Lock GLR lock standard examples, published for GLR 2018-12-24
• User:Kartografer/Routing server settings info, XL routing and pruning published for USA 2019-01-24 and again 2019-05-21
• User:Kartografer/0 invisible character template published for USA 2018-12-06
• User:Kartografer/Pad quantifiable spacing template published for USA 2018-12-06
• User:Kartografer/Places draft page for area place size guidance published for USA 2019-05-31
• User:Kartografer/Road types improved info on road type continuity, GLR collaboration, published for USA 2019-03-28
• User:Kartografer/Passageway new road template for passageway published for USA 2019-02-22
• User:Kartografer/Roundabout revision with new section on roundabouts with bypasses published for USA 2019-05-31
• User:Kartografer/Routing penalties improved info on penalties published for USA 2019-06-09
• User:Kartografer/MEP places with multiple entry points, reordered sections, collapsibles published for USA 2019-06-10
• User:Kartografer/Regional Coordinator reordered region list and image map published for USA 2019-06-14
• User:Kartografer/USA Navbox reordered navigation box template published for USA 2019-06-14
• User:Kartografer/Parking lot clarification of naming guidance with examples
• User:Kartografer/Category new template for place category labels published for USA 2019-07-03
• User:Kartografer/Toll tolls and pricing, expanded from best practices & PesachZ's page published for USA 2019-09-10

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 University of Cincinnati
• CCP contact starting 2019-04 with Ohio Department of Transportation
• App beta testing with focus on routing (including RBS) and search
• US wiki update tracking and monthly summary
• Addition of toll prices to the app
  • Ferries in OH, ON, WI, across Lake Michigan
  • Ohio Turnpike (collaboration with OhioStMusicMan)
  • New Jersey Turnpike (collaboration with NJ SMs)
  • Chesapeake Expressway (coordination with AlphaVA)
  • Florida's Turnpike (coordination with jm6087)
  • Pennsylvania Turnpike
  • New York Thruway (collaboration with whoaitspete)

Meetups & Cafes

• First US Waze Cafe initiated October 2016, held in Columbus, OH, 2017-01-08
• Second Waze Cafe in Columbus, 2018-02-17
• Waze Cafe in Harrison, OH 2018-12-01
• NA Mega Meetup 2019 in Los Angeles, CA 2019-02-08
• ODOT tour & Waze Cafe in Columbus, 2019-10-11

CCP/GEP meetings

• Columbus, OH & Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission with TerryPurdue & JustinS83 2017-06-06
• The Ohio State University with buckeyemondo 2018-07-26 & 2018-09-13
• CampusParc 2018-08-06
• University of Cincinnati with RonRover 2018-10-04
• Ohio Department of Transportation 2019-04-09
• Dublin, OH with DaveKS14 2019-05-03
• Worthington, OH with DaveKS14 2019-07-17

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, inactive)
• mmilliron501 (formal along with RonRover, R2 to R3, complete)
• GuideOnGirl (formal along with Dude495, R1 to R2, inactive)
• SethSpeedy28 (formal, R2 to R3, complete)
• mythdraug (R3 to R4, in progress)
• DaveAciny (informal, AM review help)

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)