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Mapping Resources By State
Beginning Editors
Where To Start
- Community Bot
- Welcome to Waze Map Editing
- Glossary
- Learn by Watching Videos of Basic Edit Techniques
- Abbreviations / Acronyms Used in the USA
- Specifically regarding how roads are named, and text-to-speech functionality within the Waze Map Editor and client application.
- It is recommended that one get oriented with the forum, as it is a large source of information for editors of all levels of experience.
NOTE: You can see your "recent editing activities": "//www.waze.com/user/editor/" & "editor name" in your browser (e.g. https://www.waze.com/user/editor/ramblinwreck_81)
Alternatively, you can click on the editor's hyperlink after selecting a segment edited by that editor.
- Common Editing Mistakes
- Access roads that distort routing
- Driveways
- Non-Drivable Roads
- Walking Trails
- How Map Tiles Work
- What are map tiles and how do they work? What types of edits trigger a tile update and which do not.
- Includes discussion on median segment names.
- Also useful with update requests.
Discussions
- Where editors of all ranks and experience within the Southeast Region can communicate, share tips, and ask for advice.
- Read these forum instructions before requesting a road to be unlocked in the Waze forum.
Forms
- This form can be used to report advertising place points that are incorrectly placed (among other things
Intermediate Editors
Editing Practices
- Includes discussion on when to divide and un-divide roads.
- Includes functional classification table and segment types.
- Non-Drivable Roads
- Real Time Closures
- Preventing Routes with Certainty
- Roundabouts
- Turn instruction override
Discussions
- Functional Classification Discussion
- Junction Box Forum Discussion
- Routing Server Discussion
- Routing Penalties
Forms
- Before loading scripts, consult with a senior editor on their application. It is usually best to not load multiple new scripts at the same time. Instead, learn how one functions before going to the next. Note that you are responsible for all your edits. Whether a script identified and suggested the edit or not is irrelevant. Improper use of any script - may lead to demotion or loss of editing privileges.
Advanced Editors
Discussions
- Best Continuation
- Detour Prevention Mechanisms
- Turn Angle Verbal Instructions
- Wayfinders
- Interactive Junction Instruction Algorithm
- Debug Logs
- Resolution of Addresses
- Junction Box
- Big Detour Prevention
- Lane Guidance
- Falcon Map-Raid Guidance
Forms
- Use this form to reach out to any editor editing in the SER that is not in our SER discord channel. If an editor is damaging the map, please contact a state manager directly and immediately. For all other map editing issues, if after you message the editor and submit this form they do not correct their edits, please contact the state manager.
- This form is intended for reporting issues with advertised places that don't have a venue point in the Waze Map Editor (WME).