User:Kartografer View history

My name is Michael, and I'm a Waze user and map editor based in central Ohio. I currently have rank 5 and edit throughout Ohio. 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, revised with junction box information and again published 2021-08-22
• User:Kartografer/Routing penalties improved info on penalties published for USA 2019-06-09
• User:Kartografer/MEP places with multiple entry points, reordered sections, collapsible 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)