Southeast/AL-NoFL MapRaid 2019 View history

The AL-FL MapRaid (MR) is scheduled to run from 27 October 2019 at 19:00 UTC through 09 November 2019 23:59 UTC.

The MR Time Zone is Central Daylight Time (UTC -5).

AL-FL MapRaid ended on 09 Nov 2019 23:59:00 UTC. Please check back here for results and check the Mapraid Forum for mapraid announcements.

(DRAFTː NOT IN USE AT THIS TIME)

WELCOME

Welcome to the Alabama and north Florida MapRaid! We appreciate whatever your contribution will be, whether many edits to the map or just a few. Each and every one moves us one step forward and improves the quality of the map.

This MapRaid (MR), like others before it, is bringing editors together from across the community, pooling all efforts on a specific area within our region for a short and focussed burst of editing activity. How? All participants will be granted the ability to edit within the complete MR area for the duration of the raid. Each of you will be attached to a raid group with an assigned geographical area pulled from the entire and list of editing priorities. It will be your task to work with your group to help address those objectives!

MISSION & PRIORITIES

The primary goal for this MapRaid is to update as many places as possible and to resolve any existing place-based issues with the map. We want to continue to provide the best possible experience for all Wazers as they negotiate their way through the Southeast region and beyond. So, finding a place in search (with complete and accurate business / entity details) and arriving at its location in a timely (accurate) manner is extremely important!

The editing priority is:

Place [Place Point (PP) & Area Point (AP), only] ,
Place Update Request (PUR),
Residential Place Point (RPP),
Parking Lot Road (PLR),
Map Problem, and lastly,
Parking Lot Area (PLA). (Please don't work these until the others have been addressed.)

MAP RAID HOSTS

Username	Raid Role	Host for	Waze Roles
N4DOG (PM [Help])	Planning Committee (Coordinator)	Alabama	Alabama SM
BruceQC (PM [Help])	Planning Committee (Coordinator)	Alabama	Alabama SM
ardan74 (PM [Help])	Planning Committee	Florida	Florida SM
DCLemur (PM [Help])	Planning Committee	Florida	Florida SM
fjsawicki (PM [Help])	Planning Committee	Florida	Florida SM
Rainman3699 (PM [Help])	Planning Committee	Alabama	Georgia SM
westjacksonfd (PM [Help])	Planning Committee	Florida	Florida SM
willdanneriv (PM [Help])	Planning Committee	Florida	Florida SM/CM

COMMUNICATION

All group communications for the map raid be made in the SER MAP RAID channels on the Waze Southeast Editors Discord server.

group-0-chat - chat channel for all map raid participants.
group-#-(area name) - channel for member to member communications within that specific group.

EDITING BASICS

WORKING ON THIS DIALOG: MR wiki; USA wiki; SER wiki there are very helpful links in the section below.....

WME Editor Visibility

While editing in the raid area, please make yourself visible to other editors.
Enable the Live users layer so you can see other editors in your immediate area.

WME Editing Restrictions

Level 1 and Level 2 editor map editing restrictions remain in effect during the raid.

MapRaid Glossary (Acronyms)

Signaling when Help is Needed

WORKING ON THIS DIALOG: ***Offer*** Format used in SER. Lots of SER editors in MR who know how to respond - helpful to use this method to communicate. Quick and effective

Request to have a lock level changed (Unlock/Down-lock & Lock/Up-lock):

   Current Level -> Desired Level, City, State  Planned Edits (Purpose)   Permalink (PL)
   REAL LIFE EXAMPLE NEEDED

Request for PUR action:

    Desired Lock Level,  City, State   PUR   Action Requested   Permalink (PL)
    REAL LIFE EXAMPLE NEEDED

Editors Responding to requests signal what they are doing by attaching the appropriate emoticon:

    NEED TABLE of EMOTICONS with MEANINGS

PLACE EDITING GUIDANCE

Please read this entire MapRaid wiki. If you are uncertain or have questions about how to address something you see on the map, please ask your group leader.

WORKING ON THIS DIALOG: SER follows the national wiki. Any exceptions taken or variations made to that guidance are explained below. We also have occasions where we have chosen to further define what the acceptable practice is for specific types of edits. And we have also included guidance which conforms that the national standards that we feel needs to be emphasized to help us reach our map raid goals. USA Places guidanceand here is a link to Southeast Region guidance.

Places NOT mapped

Any places from this list which are mapped (despite this guidance) are locked to a minimum of level 5.

 Ex:  There are some rivers mapped as requested by Waze staff.

interchanges/junctions
water of any kind
islands
beaches
toll plazas

Mapping Style - Area or Point

Places in the following categories are mapped as indicated [either as an area (AP) or a point (PP)] in exception to national guidance: https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places#When_to_use_area_or_point


Place type	Mapping Style	Place type	Mapping Style
City Hall	Area Place	Campground	Point Place
Government	Area Place	Car Dealership	Point Place
Library	Area Place	RV Park	Point Place
Museum	Area Place
Post Office	Area Place
Sports Court	Area Place

Most APs are mapped as basic polygons reflecting the building footprint.
APs consisting of multi-building campuses, e.g. schools & universities, are mapped as one large polygon inclusive of all parcel boundaries.
Gas stations are mapped to the fenceline or parcel boundaries.

Place Marker & Entry Point Locations

WORKING ON THIS DIALOG: Ensure the Place marker is in the correct spot. Verify an entry point (if present) is anchored to the correct location on a segment for optimal routing.

Place Details - General Tab

WORKING ON THIS DIALOG: Especially for this MapRaid, every place should have as much detail completed as possible.

Name.

Name the business/entity as it is shown on their website or from another approved source.

Place located inside another Place. Append to the place name " ( "inside" other place name) ". (The WMEPH script will ignore the information inside the parenthesis and pull the correct harmonization information.)

 Ex:  Target's CVS Pharmacies are named CVS Pharmacy (inside Target)

Gas Stations. Be sure to follow national guidance for how to name special cases Please, Do not replace the hyphen "-" with a slash "/".

Address.

A full, complete address must be present and a "City" name is required.

For RPPs, use the USPS mailing address city for the "City" name.For businesses,
For all others places (PPs, APs, and PLAs,) the "City" name, as well as the rest of the address, is determined by the business or entity. Use whatever address it identifies on the official or claimed website.

Category.

Link to SER's local guidance for category selection. https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places#Multiple_categories

Description.

"Open Hours" - Different hours based on type of service (i.e. lobby vs. drive-thru). Add the hours set with ...... the greatest number of open hours to the place's open hours. Note the other hours set in the description field.
Descriptions from Imports.

Place Lock Level.

The default lock level for places is Level 3.


Place type	Lock Level
Airports & their PLAs	5
Arenas	5
Colleges	5
Hospitals	5
Park & Ride Lots	5
Universities	5
Urgent Care	5
All Other Places ....(incl. PPs, APs, PLAs, RPPs)\|\| 3

External Provider.

Place Details - More Info Tab

WORKING ON THIS DIALOG: Especially for this MapRaid, every place should have as much detail completed as possible.

Telephone Number.

Telephone numbers must be entered in one of these formats: (XXX) XXX-XXXX or XXX-XXX-XXXX

Website.

*Use the URL that will take you directly to the homepage for the business or entity.

*For '''public schools''', enter the URL which does take one to directly to its website. (They make extensive efforts to keep their naming schemes.)

*For '''Businesses with multiple locations''' (chains or franchises e.g.), please use the ''simplest'' URL that will get you to the main or general business webpage. Please do not link directly to the a location-specific page.

*Verify that a URL works before adding it to a place in WME.

Services.

Operating Hours.

"Open Hours" - Different hours based on type of service (i.e. lobby vs. drive-thru). Add the hours set with ...... the greatest number of open hours to the place's open hours. Note the other hours set in the description field.

Special Category Guidance

[[[Places/Airport|https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places/Airport]]]

[[[Places/Gas station|https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places/Gas_station]]]

[[[Places/Hospitals and urgent care|https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places/Hospitals_and_urgent_care]]]

[[[Places/Post office|https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places/Post_office]]]

[https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/USA/Southeast#Apartment.2FCondo.2FTownhouse_Complexes https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/USA/Southeast#Housing_Developments.2FCommunities https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/USA/Southeast#Places_within_other_Places

Residential Place Points (RPPs)

Place Update Requests (PURs)

IMPORTANT: When editing a PUR, at a minimum, Zoom in to Level 7 (10m or 50').

https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places#Place_updates_.28moderation.29

Run the WME Place Harmonizer script to make sure everything is correct and entered.

per SER guidance (Go beyond green!)

Parking Lot Areas (PLAs)

[[[Places/Parking lot|https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Places/Parking_lot]]]

Map Problems (MPs) Bring PLAs to region standards before approving and closing the MP.

SEGMENT EDITING GUIDANCE

Please read this entire MapRaid wiki. If you are uncertain or have questions about how to address something you see on the map, please ask your group leader.

Parking Lot Roads (PLRs)

No u-turns on PLRs period. Follow the SER standard for adding PLR’s from the Wazeopedia.

Driveways

Add driveways only if needed to support RPP routing

Toll roads

Regardless of rank, Do not alter any toll road segments without first consulting with your group leader. (Requests will be escalated to MR leadership.)

Segment Lock Level

The entire Southeast region (SER) observes the segment locking standards in the chart below.

There are some cases that do not adhere to this standard, such as any theme park type areas in Orlando (5/6). Further, all gates at gated communities / private installation should be locked to at least 5.

**Standard for locking roads in the southeast region:**
Segment Type	Default locks
Freeway	5
Ramp	5
Major Highway	5
Minor Highway	4
Primary Street	3
Street	1
• • • • Ferry • • • •	5
\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\| Railroad \|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|	2

Other roads may be locked higher for protection and special situations (areas with construction, tricky design, frequent mistakes, incorrect images, etc.).

If you believe a lock level is incorrect, please talk to your group leader before making any changes.

When you have finished editing a segment, please ensure the lock level is set correctly. If you are unable to lock it to that level, please lock it as high as you can and ask your group leader to up-lock or raise the segment lock to the correct level.

BEYOND MAP RAID SCOPE

Any major issues that need to be addressed will be followed up on by local editors after the MapRaid's conclusion. Please notify your group leader of any large issues you find.

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