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, South Dakota and Chiang Mai. You can reach me via private message.
Milestones
- First edits 2015-12
- R3 2016-06
- First AM 2016-08
- LAM for Central Ohio 2016-11
- US Wiki Master 2017-02
- R4 2017-04
- Formal mentor 2017-06
- SM for Ohio 2017-11
- R5 2017-11
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 2106-10-18
- 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 on closed places, published for USA 2017-05-30
- 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/Interchanges including new geometry and TIO info, published for USA 2017-11-20
- User:Kartografer/Wayfinder split from JSG/Interchanges, published for USA 2017-11-20
- User:Kartografer/Major Traffic Event fork from a Benelux page
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
- Regional project on unsafe lane crossing times
- State of the state and state of the region UR & MP reports
- Subway ad pins
- Red Lobster ad pins
- Panera Bread ad pins
- Presentation planning for GLR meetup 2017
- CCP meeting with City of Columbus/Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Meetups
- First US Waze Cafe initiated October 2016, held in Columbus, OH, 2017-01-08
- Second Waze Cafe in Columbus, 2018-02-17
- Currently unable to travel to meetups due to family needs
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, complete)
- mmilliron501 (formal along with RonRover, R2 to R3, complete)
- GuideOnGirl (formal along with Dude495, R1 to R2, in progress)
- SethSpeedy28 (formal, R2 to R3, complete)
Map raid participation
- Rhode Island, 2016-03
- India, 2016-04
- Massachusetts, 2016-04
- South Africa, 2016-05
- New Hampshire, 2016-07
- West Virginia, 2017-01
- China, 2017-08
- MMR X, 2017-11
- Russia, 2018-02
VEOC
- Hurricane Matthew 2016 (closure reporting)
- Louisiana flooding 2017
- Hurricane Harvey 2017 (closure and reopening reporting)
- Hurricane Irma 2017 (closure and shelter reporting)