The Waze community has created the following plugins/extensions/addons for use in the Waze web-based environments. See browser requirements and instructions.
Browser requirements
Chrome / Blink / Opera Next
- If a download is available from the Chrome Web Store, choose that.
- Without an add-on to manage scripts, simply download the script file or Chrome executable package (CRX). Then drag and drop the file into the Chrome Extensions Tab [chrome://extensions] of the browser.
- Install TamperMonkey or equivalent.
Firefox / Mozilla
- Install GreaseMonkey.
Internet Explorer
- Install GreaseMonkey or equivalent.
Safari
- Install script as an extension.
- Install GreaseMonkey or equivalent.
- Install WazeBar for Safari.
GreaseMonkey or TamperMonkey add-on for script management
The easiest way to load and manage add-on scripts is with Greasemonkey, TamperMonkey, or an equivalent browser add-on for script management. When you install a user script, the script manager catalogs it and automatically runs it anytime any page for which it is declared is loaded by your browser.
Map Editor presentation enhancements
WME Colour Highlights for Landmarks and Segments (WMECH)
by Timbones
This script adds color highlighting to segments and landmarks according to their status and type. The highlighting of segments is likely to be most useful, for it shows locked and nameless roads.
DOWNLOAD WME Colour Highlights
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WME Level Highlighter
by Kuhlkatz
WME Script allowing Segment highlighting based on segment levels. Please note that this conflicts with Tim's WME Colour Highlights and that both should NOT be active at the same time.
DOWNLOAD WME Junction Angle info
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WME Junction Angle info
by milkboy
Waze Map Editor (WME) addon to help with junction design. If two connected segments are selected, it shows the turn angle, otherwise it shows the the angle between each segment.
DOWNLOAD WME Junction Angle info
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UR Overview Plus (URO+)
by Twister-UK
- URO provides various filtering options to show/hide update request, map problem, and camera markers according to type, age, comment keyword, etc.
- For any UR markers where a conversation is taking place, the marker is modified to show a small quote icon in place of the Waze icon.
- For any markers that are visible, hovering the mouse pointer over the marker generates a pop-up which contains a summary of the marker information and some marker-type specific actions (e.g., opening an update request in a new tab, deleting a camera).
- Functionality from DrivesTabEnhancer (DTE) script:
- This script modifies the Drives tab in the left-hand panel to show more drives per sub-page (up to the WME limit of 50/page), and to inform the user which drives are available to view on the map as a route trail. Although Waze stores the drive summaries (date, distance, etc) for every drive ever made, it stores the actual route data only for the most recent drives.
- Functionality from Select Roundabout Segments (SRS) script.
- Adds a Select roundabout button to the segment edit panel when a single segment from a roundabout is selected. Clicking the button selects the entire roundabout. Note that if the entire roundabout doesn't get selected, it probably means the roundabout itself is broken.
DOWNLOAD Update Request Overview
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WME layout tweaking user style
This is a custom stylesheet that tweaks the Waze Map Editor layout to reduce the amount of white-space and increase the editable area.
Download WME layout tweaking user style
- Firefox : from userstyles.org (requires Stylish).
- Chrome: from userstyles.org (requires Stylish).
Map Editing
WME Junction Node Fixer (JNF)
by bgodette
Junction Node Fixer has several features. The primary focus of JNF is that it overloads the 'q' (disallowAllTurns) keyboard shortcut to preserve existing turn restrictions. 'Overloading' means that it takes over all functionality of the 'q' hotkey only. The 'q' keyboard shortcut performs the following actions
- Fixes any self and reverse connectivity issues
- Fixes closed loop roads (by splitting into two segments with a joining junction)
- Terminates dead-ends with a junction
- Makes dead-ends two-way (only if both ends of the segment are visible)
- Sets the Type of a roundabouts using lowest of two highest rule and sets country/state if needed
- For UK sets Type of roundabouts using highest type excluding Freeway rule.
- Does a traditional 'qw' (clears reverse connectivity, and locks turns)
- Causes the turn arrows to refresh (the side effect of 's' but without the shifting).
Since you end up with the same turns restricted, that means you need to press 'w' if you really want all turns allowed. This is why it overloads 'q' instead of 'w'. Ultimately this will be a separate hotkey that's editable through WME's '?' interface.
JNF also:
- Saves the state of WME's ShowAllTurns, ShowTurns, and Full-screen mode across Refresh/F5/Permalink.
- Forces data model reload after successful save.
This has been tested only in Chrome; it has been reported to work in Firefox with GreaseMonkey.
DOWNLOAD WME Junction Node Fixer
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WME Toolbox
by OyyoDams
This script adds many features like small junctions highlight, redo roundabout, convert roundabout to standard road, clear road geometry, many permalinks to external sites, and more.
This script is live updated so it doesn't need to be updated each time a new version is released.
DOWNLOAD WME Toolbox
More information
- English: Script WME Toolbox forum thread
- Français: Script WME Toolbox discussion dans le forum
WazeBar for Safari
by Mike Bronner; maintained by edsonajj (Edson Jiménez)
WazeBar for Safari is an alternative menu bar for WME that integrates other scripts to make them available on Safari.
Currently integrated scripts are:
- WME Colour Highlights by timbones.
- UR Overview by Twister-UK.
- GeoWipe by bgodette.
- Junction Node Fixer by bgodette.
Additional features:
- Autosave at a certain number of edits.
- More features and script integrations are underway.
DOWNLOAD WazeBar
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WME Permalink+ (WP+)
by berestovskyy
This script improves permalink in Waze Map Editor:
- W - permalink to non-beta version of Waze Map Editor with default set of layers, i.e. a permalink to share.
- L - permalink to Waze Livemap.
- + - paste a permalink from another window to position your current window to the same location.
For instance, you can paste a non-beta permalink to position your WME beta window.
Before downloading a new version, uninstall or disable all previous versions of this script. DOWNLOAD WME Permalink+
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Roundabout Angles and Landmark
by davipt
Roundabout Angles and Landmark is a script with two features:
- selecting a roundabout node, on the left side there is a button to automatically create a "junction" landmark around the landmark. Roundabout segments shall not have street name set, but the roundabout name should be added to this landmark in the middle, so the label appears horizontally.
- selecting a roundabout node, on the left side there is a button to create a temporary landmark in the form of a leaf, which will denote the approximate 90º, 180º and 270º range that Waze uses to switch from the "take the nth exit" to the "straight ahead/turn left/turn right" on roundabouts with two to four connections.
If the created landmark is not round, it means the roundabout has something screwed up, usually a reversed A->B segment, so it also helps ensuring proper roundabouts.
DOWNLOAD Roundabout Angles and Landmark
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WME Aerial Shifter (WAS)
by byo; patched and packaged by berestovskyy
This script helps you adjust the position of underlying satellite imagery to work on road alignment inside WME.
Before downloading a new version, uninstall or disable all previous versions of this script. DOWNLOAD Waze Aerial Shifter version 1.3.2 (Oct 07, 2013):
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Street to River
by aeytom
The script is designed as a helper for creating river/railroad landmarks for the free waze navigation system. The script transforms the geometry of a new unsaved street to a river or railroad landmark. You can predefine the width and the name for the new landmark in the form of a special street name.
Mini how-to:
- Install this script and go to WME.
- Draw a new street but do not save the street.
- Add and apply a street name to define the rivers name and width. This step is optional.
- Example: 20m Spree creates a 20 meters wide river named Spree
- Select the helper street.
- Click the Street to river or Street to railroad button.
- Delete the helper street.
- Edit the new landmark as you like. You can even set the landmark to another type. Here it is used to mark a railroad, using landmark type 'other'.
Examples of rivers created by the script are Spree and Nottekanal.
DOWNLOAD Street to River
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Map validation and routing
WME Route Tester
by Timbones
This script allows you to see the current navigation instructions in the editor. Simply select two segments, and click on the Routes tab that appears on the left.
Screenshot: wme-routes.png
DOWNLOAD Route Tester
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WME Validator
by berestovskyy
This script validates a map area in Waze Map Editor, highlights issues, and generates a very detailed report with wiki references and how-tos.
- Validator reports issues for your country and provides links to the country wiki. See How to adjust Validator for your country.
- Validator highlights issues not features. For example, it highlights not just any locked segment, but only if the lock is an issue.
- There are many country-specific checks on every segment. See complete list of validations.
Validator is BETA software. Please report any issues/suggestions in the forum thread.
DOWNLOAD WME Validator
More information
Validator FAQ and forum thread.
Device
Geocaching
by davipt
Geocaching-Waze bookmarklet is a iOS Safari bookmarklet that allows driving to a given Geocaching coordinate. It assumes a fixed flow within iOS and the official Geocaching client, but it could be adapted to other situations.
Open the iOS Geocaching app, pick up a cache, click on Open on external map, which will open Google Maps on the browser. From this page, click on the bookmarklet which will display the lat+lon; then open Waze on that point, ready to drive there.
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LiveMap
LiveMap UR Overlay (LMUR)
by Twister-UK
LMUR allows update requests and map problems to be displayed on the Livemap, with various filtering options to show/hide requests/problems by type, age, keyword etc. Requires Livemap to be viewed via the secure (https) URL - LMUR will prompt you if a non-secure URL is used.
DOWNLOAD LiveMap UR Overlay (LMUR)
More information
LiveMap UR Overlay forum thread
Developing scripts
Please see WME JavaScript development.
obsolete scripts
Please see Community Plugins - obsolete.
WME Add-Ons
Superseded by WME Toolbox (2013-11-07). See old description.
Superseded by WME Route Tester. See old description.
Select Roundabout Segments (SRS)
Superseded by URO+ (v3.0). See old description.
Drives Tab Enhancer (DTE)
Superseded by URO+ (v3.0). See old description.