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Validate Vermont ended on 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 UTC. Please check back here for results and check the Mapraid Forum for mapraid announcements. This project page is still under construction. |
Mission
The Validate Vermont Project has been setup to improve the experience of drivers using Waze in Vermont. Our efforts will not only improve the experience for Vermonters but more importantly for the large number of people who visit Vermont and may not be familiar with the area. The primary goal is to ensure that all addresses in Vermont can be properly located from within the Waze app.
This will be accomplished by updating routable segments to include proper primary and alternate city names. Segments should also include house numbers (or RPP if necessary).
Unlike a map raid this project will be a longer term effort where the focus will be cleanup and adding details within the editor’s selected area. Priority should be given to areas of the map where known issues exist including areas that may have original base map import and places where address searches may not return optimal results.
Local Hosts
Project Goals
- Map all of Vermont's incorporated villages
- Update Vermont towns that have villages or cities within their bounds
- Include Post Office cities on segments where needed
- Add HN and RPP to street segments
- Verify Post Office places
- Verify Public Safety (Police / Fire) places
- Clean up Base Map: verify turns, add missing roads, eliminate unnecessary roads
- Correct places: physical location - bring up to date with editing standards
Technique
Primary City Name
- Incorporated City / Village / Town name (St. Albans, Essex Junction, Weathersfield), or
- Unincorporated village name / gore (Buels Gore)
- Only use names on the approved Vermont City list
Alternate City Name
- USPS city name if different than the primary city name (Weathersfield = Springfield, Ascutney)
- Only use names on the approved Vermont City list
Street Names
- The Vermont E911 Viewer is the authoritative source for Waze street names
- Verify every street name for correctness against the Vermont E911 Viewer
- The Primary Street name should always match the Vermont E911 Viewer name including US and Vermont highways
- For US and VT highways - if the VT E911 name differs: add US-XX or VT-XX name as secondary and leave the Waze secondary city blank
- Ensure streets have nodes at city / town / village boundaries in accordance with the WME Cities Overlay script
- This approach will ensure that there will not be duplicate house numbers in the same town
House Numbers
- Add House Numbers or Residential Place Points for each street segment
- All newly drawn street segments must include house numbers
- Use WME house numbers whenever possible
- Use residential place points if:
- A WME house number does not provide proper routing to a place that is not on the named road segment - often this occurs where access is off of a side road
- Where a place is sufficiently away from a named road segment where a driveway (private road) is appropriate
- All residential place points MUST have a stop point
- Add all known house number addresses (or residential place points): Waze interpolation is very low in priority and can be overridden by other sources during a search - any house number added in WME will always take priority with RPP having the highest priority followed by HN
- The WME xxx xxx script displays house numbers and makes it extremely easy to add in WME
- The Vermont E911 Viewer can also be used to verify house numbers
Functional Classification
Vermont Functional Classification is complete. In your efforts to ensure the correctness of every road segment if you find one with the wrong Functional Classification please correct it only if you are 100% sure it is wrong.
Parking Lot Road Usage
- Parking lots
- Apartment and condo complexes
- Cemeteries
Private Road Usage
- Driveways
- Some Vermont class 4 roads - see Class 4 Roads
Segment Locking Standard
Please make sure all segments are locked in accordance with Vermont standards. Occasionally segments may be locked higher for special situations. For segments that need to be locked above your editor rank please request an uplock in the discord channel.
Elevation
- All segments should have an elevation of ground including railroad segments
- -1 elevation should only be used for tunnels
- +1 elevation for bridges and overpasses
- More complicated junctions may need other considerations - please reach out to a local host for assistance
Places
- Every business place should have an address
- Place points should be properly located and a stop point added if needed
- Gas station information should be as complete as possible
- Request an uplock in the discord channel if you can't lock to the standard