The information about RPPs in the Places page is very outdated and incorrect.
The current wording is wrong: "Residential Point Places (RPPs) or Private Places will not be searchable, and we will not expose the identity of whoever created them or attached pictures to them. We will be using the pictures and exact locations to improve our house numbers database and show photos to people driving explicitly to that address." 1. RPPs are searchable 2. The identity of the creator and any modifications made are shown in history 3. The identity of the photo addition is shown in history
I also think that we need to explain how to position away from the main road. And state what actually needs to occur for the RPP to work (Address number/street name/city name and entry point) and that the street name and city name combination need to be nearby for it to work.
Proposed changes:
Change title from "What is the Residential setting? Private and public places" to ==== Residential place points ====
Residential Point Places (RPPs) are used for when an address (residential address or business address) is not navigable from the main road. Houses that are on a private road/pipestem, businesses that have a vanity address on a major road (but their entrance is on another named lesser road), or businesses that are on parking lot roads within a shopping center are some examples.
RPPs
- Appear as triangles in the app
- Are searchable by address
- Any name on a place that becomes an RPP disappears after saving and is not searchable
- Can not be converted to a place point or place area
- Appear in the app search usually within minutes
- Are a very high priority in an address search hierarchy
See differences between House numbers and Residential place points for comparison to HNs.
searchable, and we will not expose the identity of whoever created them or attached pictures to them. We will be using the pictures and exact locations to improve our house numbers database and show photos to people driving explicitly to that address.