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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 and South Dakota. 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
- Won Beta Battle 2018-10
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/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
- 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 updates with settings info adapted for use by voludu2 and published for USA 2019-01-24
- 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
- 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/AGCs
- User:Kartografer/Routing penalties improved info on penalties
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 the University of Cincinnati
- App beta testing with focus on routing (including RBS) and search
- US wiki update tracking and monthly summary
Meetups
- 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
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)
- mythdraug (R3 to R4, in progress)
- DaveAciny (informal, AM review help)
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 (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)