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This comprehensive Glossary has been designed to function as a glossary, an index and a cross reference by means of sorting features and a table of context index.

It attempts to include all of the many abbreviations, acronyms and terms that we may see in the various Waze communication mediums.

Some existed before Waze, while others were officially coined by Waze. Many evolved naturally within the various Waze communication mediums used by Wazers and staff alike. Regardless of origin, all are important to help understand Waze Speak!

Please carefully consider your use of the abbreviations and acronyms in your conversations, since they can be unfamiliar when not used in conjunction with other terms or without defining context.

Many terms apply globally, however, this glossary is North American English centric.

The descriptions within this Glossary attempt to merely resolve ambiguity of terms, and reference other Wiki pages, articles, and sections, along with other Waze and external sources. This intentional lack of description content helps avoid duplication of source content, and facilitates future maintenance when source content changes.

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Glossary Table

Waze Glossary
(With sortable entries!)
Glossary Term Abbreviation
Acronym
Alias		 Description Dates
Updated (U)
Added (A)

#WazeWin WazeWin  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)

Abbreviations Acronyms See the Abbreviations and acronyms Wiki Page
Also see the Text-to-Speech (TTS) Abbreviations in Waze Clients - Test List for North America External page 		2015-02-23 (A)
Acronyms (alias) See the Abbreviations Glossary Term 2015-02-23 (A)
AGC (abbr.) See the At-Grade Connectors Glossary Term 2014-10-12 (A)
AMGR (abbr.) See the Waze AM Layers Glossary Term 2015-02-23 (U)

2014-08-11 (A)

Angle ~ There are three different types of angles.

Please choose the relevant Glossary Term:

See the Junction angle Glossary Term
See the Roundabout angle Glossary Term
See the Turn angle Glossary Term
Also see the Juntion Angle Info Glossary Term

2014-10-12 (A)
Area ~ A "Place Area" is a Waze POI with an associated polygon displayed on the map, as opposed to the "Place Point".

(Not the same as "Points" as used in Points Ranking)

See the Places Glossary Term
Also see the Point Glossary Term
Related entries: Point

2015-02-22 (A)
Area Manager AM An assigned role to help manage and maintain the map of a given geographical area.



See the Area Manager Wiki Page
Also see the Editing Roles Glossary Term
Related entries: Waze AM Layers

2015-02-08 (U)

2014-08-11 (A)

ASR (abbr.) See the Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term 2012-08-18 (A)
At-Grade Connectors AGC, Connector Segments that interconnect roads at the same grade elevation.

See the At-grade connectors Wiki Page 		2014-10-12 (A)
Automatic Speech Recognition ASR The ability of a smartdevice to convert voice commands into actions on the device.

See the Voice_Commands Glossary Term


Related entries: Voice

2012-08-18 (A)
Avatar ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)

Badges ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
BC (abbr.) See the Best Continuation Glossary Term 2014-09-14 (A)
BDP (abbr.) See the Big Detour Prevention Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Best Continuation BC The segment that Waze determines is what drivers would consider the "no turning path" or "going straight" through the intersection. This segment will get a 'continue' instruction, which is ignored by the client app.

See the Best_continuation#Best continuation Wiki Page 		2014-09-14 (A)
Best Practices/Best Map Editing Practice ~ See the Best_map_editing_practice Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Beta beta (β)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Big Detour Prevention BDP A system designed to prevent routing off, and then back on to the same Freeway/Highway for a small savings in time.

See the Detour Prevention Mechanisms Wiki Page
Also see the Small Detour Prevention Glossary Term


Related entries: Small Detour Prevention

2015-01-30 (A)
Big Green Sign BGS A Big Green Sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information. 2012-08-18 (A)
Blog ~ The Waze Blog

See the Waze Blog Waze Blog 		2015-01-30 (A)
BM (abbr.) See the Bookmarklets Glossary Term 2014-10-11 (A)
Bonus Candies (alias) See the Candies Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Bonus points and road goodies Bonus Candies, Candies, Goodies, Road Goodies Special items that appear on the map to achive bonus poiints.

See the Bonus points and road goodies Wiki Page 		2015-02-10 (A)
Bookmark (alias) Place markers in your web browser store the link to websites. Scripts can be inserted instead of URLs to create Bookmarklets. 2015-01-30 (A)
Bookmarklets BM, Bookmark A Javascript stored as a web browser bookmark.

See the Bookmarklets Wiki Page 		2014-10-11 (A)
BugZilla ~ A third party "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System" previously used by Waze. Use of Bugzilla by Waze has been discontiued.

The archived previous usage of Bugzilla Wiki Page 		2015-01-30 (A)

Camera Watch List CWL Term used within the URO+ script extension. 2015-01-30 (A)
Candies (alias) See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term 2013-05-11 (A)
CAR (abbr.) See the Community Action Request Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Car Pool Lane Express Lane, High Occupancy Vehicle See the Carpool,_HOV,_Transit_lanes Wiki Page


Related entries: High Occupancy Toll • High Occupancy Vehicle

2013-03-12 (A)
Carriageway ~ UK English term for Highway.

Also see the Dual Carriageway Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Cartouche ~ Name of Waze map editor prior to the Waze Map Editor.

See the Waze Map Editor Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
CC (abbr.) See the Connected Citizens Program Glossary Term
See the Center Code Glossary Term 		2015-02-22 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

CCP (abbr.) See the Connected Citizens Program Glossary Term 2015-02-22 (A)
CDP (abbr.) See the Census Designated Place Glossary Term 2013-09-10 (A)
Census Designated Place CDP A United States Census Bureau term for a concentration of population that lack a separate municipal government, but otherwise resemble incorporated places. It is sometimes added to a city name with that classification if there are multiple cities in the same state with that name.

See the CDP Wikipedia 		2013-09-10 (A)
Center Code CC Third party Beta Test Management Solutions used by Waze

See the Waze CenterCode.com External page 		2015-01-30 (A)
Central Reservation ~ British English term for the strip of land or barrier separating a Dual Carriageway which is also a British term for a Divided Highway.

See the Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip Glossary Term 		2010-10-11 (A)
CFI (abbr.) See the Continuous Flow Intersection Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
CH (abbr.) See the WME Color Highlighter Glossary Term 2013-06-03 (A)
Champ ~ See the Community Roles Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Chat (alias) See the WME Chat Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Chat (alain) See the Map Chat Glossary Term 2015-02-23 (A)
City Smudge (alias)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-24 (A)
Client ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
CM (abbr.) See the Country Manager Glossary Term
See the Community Manager Glossary Term 		2015-02-20 (U)

2014-12-07 (A)

Codes ~ See the Search Codes Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Action Request CAR  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum Forum, Waze Forum  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: Forum

2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum Forum  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: Forum

2015-01-30 (A)
Community Manager CM A Waze employee assigned as a liason between Waze staff and the leadership of a local editing community. Usually assigned to an entire country or region of countries.

See the Community Roles Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Community Roles ~ Roles, Champ, CM, GC, LC, RC, SM

See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page
Also see the Roles and responsibilities Glossary Term


Related entries: Champ • Community Manager • Coordinator • Country Coordinator • Mentor • Regional Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki (alias) See the Waze Wiki Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens (alias) See the Connected Citizens Program Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens NYC Meet-Up. W10 The W10 are the first 10 international cities, United States Departments of Transportation (DOTs), and municipal organizations whom Waze has empowered to serve their citizens in the Connected Citizens program.

See the Connected Citizens Program Glossary Term
Also see the PR Newswire article External page 		2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens Program CC, CCP, Connected Citizens The Waze Connected Citizens Program



See the Connected Citizens Waze Blog
Related entries: Connected Citizens NYC Meet-Up.

2015-01-30 (A)
Connectivity Score ~ A number used to define how well the map of region is developed. Measured by Waze staff, the higher the percentage, the better. It rates how well roads are interconnected, when searcching for routes to and from various points in the region. 2015-02-24 (A)
Connector (alias) See the At-Grade Connectors Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Connector ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Continuous Flow Intersection CFI A general category type of intersectiion

See the Displaced Left Turn Glossary Term
Also see the Continuous Flow Intersection Wikipedia 		2015-01-30 (A)
Cookies/Cookie Munching ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-10-11 (A)
Coordinator ~ Coordinators are experts who coordinate between the local community and Waze Team, as community ambassadors. Usually Champs.

See the Coordinators Wiki Page
See the Community Roles Glossary Term
Also see Regional Coordinator Glossary Term


Related entries: Country Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Country Coordinator CC This is an uncommon term sometimes used to refer to Coordinators.

See the Community Roles Glossary Term
See the Coordinator Glossary Term


Related entries: Regional Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Country Manager CM An assigned role to help manage and maintain the map of an entire country.

See the Country Manager Wiki Page
Also see the Editing Roles Glossary Term 		2015-02-14 (U)

2014-12-07 (A)

Crowd Source ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Cul-de-sac ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Curve Point (alias) As used in the Waze Map Editor Guide Full Clip Video. Term not commonly used otherwise.

See the Geometry Node Glossary Term
Also see the Waze Map Editor Guide Full Clip Video External page 		2015-01-30 (A)
CWL (abbr.) See the Camera Watch List Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

DAB (abbr.) See the Disambigution Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Dashboard DB See the Dashboard Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Dashboard ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Data Base DB  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Data Waze ~ Data Waze

See the Data Waze Waze Blog 		2015-01-30 (A)
DB (abbr.) See the Data Base Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
DB (abbr.) See the Dashboard Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
DB (abbr.) See the Dropbox Glossary Term 2015-02-23 (A)
DB (abbr.) See the Dashboard Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Dead End Loops ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Dead End Node ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-08-18 (A)
Department of Transportation DOT  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Detour Prevention Mechanism ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Directionality ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-09-16 (A)
Dirt Road DR  Dirt Road  is a road type in Waze, typically used to represent any dirt roads. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Dirt Road / 4X4 Trail select this link.

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-02-15 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Disambigution DAB  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Displaced Left Turn DLT At specfic type of a Continuous Flow Intersection.

See the Displaced Left Turn Wiki Page
The [Continuous Flow Intersection] Glossary Term links here
Also see the Continuous Flow Intersection Wikipedia


Related entries: Continuous Flow Intersection

2015-01-30 (A)
Divided Highway Dual Carriageway A road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a barrier, strip of land, or other obstruction (known as a central reservation or median). In Waze, such roads may be represented by parallel segments, one for each direction, but this should only be done under certain specific conditions. Dual Carriageway is a common term used for Divided Highway in UK English.


Related entries: Dual Carriageway

2010-10-11 (A)
DLT (abbr.) A specific type of Cotinous Flow Intersection.

See the Displaced Left Turn Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Dogleg ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-12 (A)
DOT (abbr.) See the Department of Transportation Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
DR (abbr.) "Dr" is also used as an abbreviaion for "Drive" and "Dr." for "Doctor" in segment naming.

See the Dirt Road Glossary Term
Drive (alias) See the Google Drive Glossary Term 2015-02-23 (A)
Driven Area ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Drives ~ See the Road Types Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Drives Tab Enhancer DTE  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Dropbox DB  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
DTE (abbr.) See the Drives Tab Enhancer Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Dual Carriageway Carriageway Dual carriageway

A road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a barrier, strip of land, or other obstruction (known as a central reservation or median). In Waze, such roads may be represented by parallel segments, one for each direction, but this should only be done under certain specific conditions.

See the Divided Highway Glossary Term
Related entries: Carriageway

2010-10-11 (A)
Duplicate Cities ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)

Editable Area ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-01-23 (A)
Editing Roles ~ These are assigned roles given to users who request them, and show they are qualified. They exist to enableusers to help manage and maintain the map.

See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page
Also see the Roles and responsibilities Glossary Term


Related entries: Area Manager • Country Manager

2015-02-15 (A)
Elevation Level  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
End Point Node ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-05-06 (A)
Estimated Time of Arrival ETA  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: ETA

2015-01-30 (A)
ETA ~ See the Estimated Time of Arrival Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Event ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Expert ~ See the [] 2015-01-30 (A)
Express Lane (alias) See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term 2012-08-18 (A)
Extension ~ Usually refers to a browser extension script 2015-01-30 (A)

FAQ (abbr.) See the Frequently Asked Questions Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
FC (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
FE (abbr.) See the Ferry Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Federal Highway Administration FHWA  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Feed The Waze ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
Ferry FE  Ferry  is a road type in Waze used to represent ferry routes which can be taken with a vehicle.
For more information on Ferry select this link.

See Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
FHWA (abbr.) See the Federal Highway Administration Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
FM (abbr.) See the Formal Mentoring Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Formal Mentoring FM The process of rapidly advancing editors skills and knowledge through an assigned mentor, in a formal arrangement with set expectations and time limits.

See the Formal Mentoring Wiki Page


Related entries: Mentor • Mentoring

2015-01-30 (A)
Forms ~ See the Forms Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Forum (alias) See the Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Forum (alasi) See the Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Freeway FW Motorway; the major road system in your country.
 Freeway  is the highest of the road types in the Waze hierarchy. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Freeway select this link.

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2010-09-15 (A)
Frequently Asked Questions FAQ  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Frontage Road ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
Functional Classifiction FC  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
FW (abbr.) See the Freeway Glossary Term 2010-09-15 (A)

GC (abbr.) See the Global Champ Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Geo-node (alias)  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-08-17 (A)
Geo-Ops ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-21 (A)
Geographic Information System GIS Commonly used by various governmental entities such as county auditors to provide parcel information along with maps. 2015-01-30 (A)
Geometry ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-09-15 (A)
Geometry Handle Handle Any object that can be used to adjust the geometry of a segment or node placement. 2015-01-30 (A)
Geometry Node Geo-node, Geonode, Curve Point  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-08-17 (A)
Geonode (alias)  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-08-17 (A)
GHO (abbr.) See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
GIS (abbr.) See the Geographic Information System Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Global Champ GC, Waze Global Champ  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Global Positioning System GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite based system used by navigation devices to locate the device anywhere on the globe. Applications like Waze use this information to provide turn-by-turn information. 2014-02-17 (A)
GM (abbr.) See the Greasemonkey Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
GMAP (abbr.) See the Google Maps Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
GMM (abbr.) See the Google Map Maker Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Goodies (alias) See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Drive Drive  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
Google Forms ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Google Hangouts GHO, Hangout, HO, HoG  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Google Map Maker GMM  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Google Maps GMAP  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Google Sheets ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Google Streetview GSV, SV, SV  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Gore ~ r 2014-11-02 (A)
GPS (abbr.) See the Global Positioning System Glossary Term 2014-02-17 (A)
Grade ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-09-15 (A)
Greasemonkey GM  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: Tampermonkey

2015-01-30 (A)
Groups ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
GS (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)

Handle (alias) See the Geometry Handle Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Handle ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Hangouts (alias) See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
HC (abbr.) See the Help Center Glossary Term
Help (alias) See the Help Center Glossary Term
See the Support Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Help Center HC, Help  content for this entry is still in progress 
High Occupancy Toll HOT, HOT Lane A lane that permits single passenger vehicles who choose to pay a toll to take advantage of a lane that generally moves faster than the other lanes in the same direction.

See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term 		2014-08-11 (A)
High Occupancy Vehicle HOV, HOV Lane See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term 2010-09-16 (A)
HN (abbr.) See the House Numbers Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
HO (abbr.) Less dersireable abbreviation for Google Hangouts.

See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
HoGs (abbr.) Humorous abbreviaion occasionally used for "Hangout Groups".

See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
HOT (abbr.) See the High Occupancy Toll Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
HOT Lane (alias) See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
House Numbers HN  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
HOV (abbr.) See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2010-09-16 (A)
HOV Lane (alias) See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)

IGN (abbr.) See the IGN Editors Glossary Term
Also see the Inter-geometry node Glossary Term 		2013-03-11 (A)
IGN Editors IGN Editors paid by Waze to make updates to the map. (Not to be confused with inter-geometry node.)

See the IGN Wiki Page 		2013-03-11 (A)
IL (abbr.) See the Israel Waze server Glossary Term
See the Illinois USPS code Glossary Term 		2014-05-17 (A)
Illinois USPS code IL Illinois USPS postal code

(This term is only included in glossary to compare with :"L" for Israel.)

Also see the Israel Waze server Glossary Term
Related entries: Israel Waze server

2015-02-21 (A)
IM (abbr.) See the Informal Mentoring Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Indentifer ID: "ID:" is used within Permalinks to identify various objects within WME including, Cameras (unknown), Nodes (nodes=), Places (venues=), PURs (unknown), Segments (segments=), URs (mapUdateRequest=) Some ids are also visible in the left WME panel.
Informal Mentoring IM The process of helping editors advance their knowledge and skills as questions or issues arise, without any preexisting arrangement or expectations. This can be performed by anyone.


Related entries: Mentoring

2015-01-30 (A)
Inter-geometry node ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2014-07-29 (A)
International Intl  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-10-04 (A)
Internet Relay Chat IRC  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
ISO-8601 ISO-8601  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Israel Waze server IL Standard two-letter ISO code, which also refers to the routing and editor infrastructures which is distinct from Rest Of World and North America servers.

Also see the Illinois USPS code Glossary Term


Related entries: Illinois USPS code

2014-05-17 (A)

JAI ~ See the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Jturn ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
Junction Junction Node, Junction Point
The point where two or more road segments connect at their ends. It is sometimes called a 'junction node' or 'junction point', but should not be confused with other types of nodes.

Junctions look different depending on the situation:
Selected and editable segment junction
Selected and uneditable segment junction (no permissions to change due to locks)
Changed, unsaved junction

A junction should be visible at the end of a dead end road, and should be corrected if not visible.

See the Junction Style Guide Wiki Page
Also see the Nodes Glossary Term
Also see Fixing Dead-End Nodes Wiki Page 		2015-02-08 (U)

2010-09-16 (A)

Junction angle ~ The measured angle between any two segments connected at a junction.

Also see the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term


Related entries: Angle

2015-02-08 (U)

2914-09-02 (A)

Junction Angle ~  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: Angle

Junction Angle Info JAI A browser extension script which displays Junction Angles or Turn Angles in WME. It can also estimate what a turn instruction will be for a given turn.

See the WME Junction Angle Info Wiki Page


Related entries: Angle • Junction angle • Turn angle • JAI

2015-02-08 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Junction node (alias) See the Junction Glossary Term 2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Node Fizer JNF  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Junction point (alias) See the Junction Glossary Term 2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Style Guide JSG  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)

Landmark (alias) The previously used term "Landmarks" has been deprecated in favor of the term "Places".

See the Places Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
LC (abbr.) See the Local Champ Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Level ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-10-17 (A)
Live Map LM  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Live Map UR Overlay LMUR  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
LM (abbr.) See the Live Map Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Local Champ LC, Waze Local Champ  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Lock ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Loops ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)

Major Highway MH  Major Highway  is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Major Highway select this link.
Note that when abbreviated to MH, the "M" must be capitalized to differentiate from "mH - Minor Highway".

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2014-08-11 (A)
Managed Area ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices MUTCD National source of road, sign, and abbreviation guidelines.

Individual states often have their own guidelines expaned from the MUTCD.

See the MUTCD External page

2015-01-30 (A)
Map Chat ~  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: Chat

2015-02-23 (A)
Map Issue ~ A button on the Waze client app Report menu to indicate there is a problem with the map by means of an Update Request.




See the Map Issue Wiki Page
Also see the Update Request Glossary Term
Related entries: Update Request

2013-02-25 (A)
Map Problem MP, Map Issue An automated report from the Waze servers that identifies a possible problem with the map. See Map problem for more information.

See the Map Problem Wiki Page 		2014-08-11 (A)
Map Protection ~ Methods to protect and uphold the quality of the Waze map from both intentional and unintentional harm.

See the Map Protection Wiki Page


Related entries: Throttling • Regression Checker

2015-02-09 (A)
Map Team ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-21 (A)
Map Tile ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-02-08 (A)
MapRaid MR, Raid See the MapRaid Wiki Page 2014-11-10 (A)
Median ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-10-11 (A)
Median Barrier ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-10-11 (A)
Median U-Turn Intersection MUTI See the Median U-Turn Intersection Glossary Term


Related entries: Median U-Turn Intersection

2015-01-30 (A)
Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip ~ Strip of land or barrier separating a dual carriageway.

See the Median strip Wikipedia
The [Central Reservation] Glossary Term links here


Related entries: Central Reservation

2015-01-30 (A)
MediaWiki ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Mentor ~ An experienced and knowledgeable editor, assigned the role to teach others, and help them become better editors.

See the Becoming a Mentor Wiki Page
See the Formal Mentoring Glossary Term
See the Community Roles Glossary Term 		2015-02-20 (A)
Mentoring ~ Experienced editors passing on their knowledge and skills to others. There are different categories of mentoring.

See the Mentoring Wiki Page
Also see the Formal Mentoring Glossary Term
Also see the Informal Mentoring Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
MH (abbr.) See the Major Highway Glossary Term
mH (abbr.) See the Minor Highway Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
Michigan Left Turn MLT A specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and now adopted elsewhere. 2015-01-30 (A)
Michigan Left Turn MLT A specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and occasionally adopted elsewhere. 2015-01-30 (A)
Micro-dogleg mDL  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-03 (U)

2015-01-12 (A)

Minimum Bounding Box ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Minor Highway mH  Minor Highway  is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Minor Highway select this link.
Note that when abbreviated to mH, the "m" must not be capitalized to differentiate from "MH - Major Highway".

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2014-08-11 (A)
MLT (abbr.) See the Michigan Left Turn Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Moods ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Motorway ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-09-15 (A)
MP (abbr.) See the Map Problem Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
MR (abbr.) See the MapRaid Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
Multiuse Lanes ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Munching ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-10-11 (A)
MUTCD (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
MUTI (abbr.) See the [] 2015-01-30 (A)
My Car ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
My Waze ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)

NA (abbr.) See the [North American] Glossary Term links here 2012-10-04 (A)
Name Normalization NN, NormName  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
nanoRep ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2014-11-18 (U)

2013-06-01 (A)

National Functional Class NFC  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Navigation Guideance ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
NFC (abbr.) See the National Functional Class Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
NI (abbr.) See the Not Identified Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Node ~  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: Junction

2010-09-16 (A)
NormName (alias) See the Name Normalization Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
North American NA  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-10-04 (A)
Not Identified NI  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Nuance ® ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)

Opening Post OP  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Origin ~ Starting point for a driving route, with the destination being the ending point. 2010-09-16 (A)

Pacman Roads ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-09-24 (A)
Papyrus ~ Old working name for the Waze Map Editor.

See the Waze Map Editor Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Parking Lot Road PLR  Parking Lot Road  is a road type used in Waze for the internal roads of parking lots and driveways. Not all internal parking lot roads, and driveways are supposed to be on the map. Not to be confused with the Area Place called Parking Lot.
For more information on Parking Lot Road select this link.

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-02-15 (U)

2013-06-03 (A)

Pathfinder (alias) See the Wayfinder Glossary Term 2012-08-17 (A)
PB (abbr.) See the Pedestrial Boardwalk Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Pedestrial Boardwalk PB  Pedestrian Boardwalk  is a non-routable road type in Waze used to represent paths which should not be driven on, but which the routing server does not see these roads as an option.
For more information on Pedestrian Boardwalks select this link.

See Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Permalink PL A browser link (http://...) that shows the map with the same view as the user who created the Permalink (PL). Location, zoom, layers, and selected segments will be the same. You can find the icon for the Permalink in the lower right corner of the WME screen (two chains linked together). When the mouse is hovered over the icon, press Control-C to copy the Permalink to the clipboard or right-click it and choose copy). You can then paste the PL into an e-mail or forum message so others can access what you are seeing.

Note that you should not copy the URL from the browser address bar as a Permalink, as it does not change as you work on the screen. The Permalink icon always has the current Permalink. You can also click the Permalink icon to completely reload your current window without changing the view.

See the Permalink Wiki Page
Related entries: Super Permalink

2014-08-04 (A)
phpbb ® ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Place Update (alias) See the Place Update Request Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Place Update Request PUR, Place Update A Place Update Request is displayed in WME on its own layer. It is produced either from the client app similar to an Update Request, reported by a user from the requesting a new Place or an update to photo or details of an existing Place which the user doesn't have permision to update. It can also be produced in WME when an editor attempts to modify a Place locked above their rank.

See the Places Glossary Term 		2014-10-05 (A)
Places Venue, Landmark Waze's implementation of a POI system. Places can be either an Area or a Point which affects their display on the map, but not any other features.

See the Places Wiki Page


Related entries: Point of Interest • Point • Area • Points • Place Update Request

2015-02-22 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

PLR (abbr.) See the Parking Lot Road Glossary Term 2013-06-03 (A)
PM (abbr.) See the Private Message Glossary Term 2013-04-30 (A)
POI (abbr.) See the Point of Interest Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Point ~ A "Place Point" is a Waze POI without associated polygon displayed on the map, as opposed to the "Place Area".

(Not the same as "Points" as used in Points Ranking)

See the Places Glossary Term
Also see the Area Glossary Term
Also see the Points Glossary Term
Related entries: Area

2015-02-22 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Point of Interest POI A specific location of interest, usually with accompanying details. Used by many GPS and mapping softwares for indentifying businesses, etc. on the map.

Waze uses the "Places" for it's implementation of "Points of Interest" in it's maps.

See the Places Glossary Term

2015-01-30 (A)
Points ~ "Points" as used with rank and edits. (not the same as "Point" as used in Area Point)

See the Rank Glossary Term
Also see the Places Glossary Term


Related entries: Point

2015-01-30 (A)
Pothole ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-07-21 (A)
PR (abbr.) See the Private Road Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Primary Street PS  Primary Street  is a road type in Waze, typically used to represent the collector roads in a city. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Primary Street select this link.

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-02-15 (U)

2014-08-11 (A)

Private Installations ~ See the Private Installations Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Private Message PM The Private Messaging system used in the Waze forums or Messages as used in the Waze Client.

See the Private message (forum) Wiki Page
See the Private message (Waze app) Wiki Page 		2013-04-30 (A)
Private Road PR  Private Road  is a road type used in Waze for drivable roads which should be mapped, but are not for public use.
For more information on Private Road select this link.

See Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-02-15 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

PS (abbr.) See the Primary Street Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
PUR (abbr.) See the Place Update Request Glossary Term 2014-10-05 (A)

RA (abbr.) See the Roundabout Glossary Term 2015-02-09 (A)
Raid (alias) See the MapRaid Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
Rail Road RR  Railroad  is a non-routable road type in Waze used to represent railroad tracks which are visible from the surface. The routing server does not see these as an option.
For more information on Railroad select this link.

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Ramp Sliproad A freeway entrance or exit; AKA a sliproad. Ramps may be on-ramps or off-ramps. Ramps are used to connect roads at a different grade from the connecting road or freeway, and are handled specially by the Waze routing, and client.
For more information on Ramps select this link.

Also see the Junction Style Guide Wiki Page
See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-02-15 (U)

2010-09-15 (A)

Rank Lock level, Points Rank (ranking) and Editor Rank & Zoom terms)  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: Points

2013-10-17 (A)
RC (abbr.) See the Regional Coordinator Glossary Term
See the Release Candidate Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
RC (abbr.) See the Regional Coordinator Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Rcut ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Real Time Search Engine RTSE  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Red Light Camera RLC  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Regional Coordinator RC See the Regional Coordinator Wiki Page
See the Community Roles Glossary Term
Also see the Country Coordinator Glossary Term


Related entries: Release Candidate • Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Regression Checker ~ A specific method of Map Protection.

See the Map Protection Glossary Term 		2015-02-09 (A)
Release Candidate RC A version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version.

See the Release Candidate Wiktionary
Also see the Release Candidate Wikipedia
Also see Regional Coordinator Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Rest Of World ROW, ROTW, World  content for this entry is still in progress  2014-05-17 (A)
Restiction Types ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
RevCon (abbr.) See the Reverse Connectivity Glossary Term 2013-01-14 (A)
Reverse Connection (alias) See the Reverse Connectivity Glossary Term 2014-01-27 (A)
Reverse Connectivity RevCon, Reverse Connection  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-01-14 (A)
Reversible Lanes ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
RLC (abbr.) See the Red Light Camera Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Road Candies (alias) Small candy shaped icons that appear on the Waze client app. Drive over them to collect the points associated.

See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Road Goodies (alias) Special items that appear at random locations on the map ro special occasions like hoildays.

See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Road Muching ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-10-11 (A)
Road Munching ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2010-10-11 (A)
Road Report ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
Road Types ~ Road types as used in WME, listed by their hierarchy of preference.

Road Type Abbr.
Highways
Freeway FW
Major Highway MH
Minor Highway mH
Ramp Ramp
Streets
Primary Street PS
Street ST
Other - drivable
Dirt road / 4X4 Trail DR
Parking Lot Road PLR
Private Road PR
Ferry FE
Non-driveable
Walking Trail WT
Pedestrian Boardwalk PB
Stairway SW
Railroad RR
Runway/Taxiway RW


See the Road types/USA Wiki Page


Related entries: Drives • Freeway • Major Highway • Minor Highway • Ramp • Primary Street • Street • Dirt Road • Parking Lot Road • Private Road • Ferry • Walking Trail • Pedestrial Boardwalk • Stairway • Rail Road • Runway/Taxiway

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2015-01-30 (A)

Roles ~ Roles are assigned to users, and indicate involvment in certain areas of Waze. They can be used to identify a users place in the community leadership hierarchy,a special interest, knowledge, or skills set. There are a number of different roles in Waze.

See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page
Also see the Reorganization of the Community: What does my role mean? Waze forum
Also see the Your Rank and Points Wiki Page


Related entries: Community Roles • Editing Roles

2015-01-30 (A)
ROTW (abbr.) See the Rest Of World Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
Roundabout RA  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-09 (A)
Roundabout angle ~ The relative position in compass degrees where a segment connects to a roundabout.

See the Roundabout Angle Wiki Page


Related entries: Angle

2015-02-08 (U)

2914-09-02 (A)

Routing Penalties ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
ROW (abbr.) See the Rest Of World Glossary Term 2014-05-17 (A)
RR (abbr.) See the Rail Road Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
RTSE (abbr.) See the Real Time Search Engine Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Runway/Taxiway RW, Taxiway  Runway/Taxiway  is a roaf type in Waze which is used for runways and taxiways in airports. Not all runways and taxiways should be included in the map.
For more information on Runway/Taxiway select this link.

See the Road Types Glossary Term


Related entries: Taxiway

2015-02-11 (A)
RW (abbr.) See the Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

SB (abbr.) See the Scoreboard Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Scoreboard SB  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
SDP (abbr.) See the Small Detour Prevention Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Seach Codes ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Search Codes ~ See the Search Codes Wiki Page


Related entries: Codes

2015-01-30 (A)
Seg (abbr.) See the Segment Glossary Term
Segment Seg  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-02-07 (A)
Selected Roundabout Segments SRS Selected Roundabout Segments; browser extension for WME 2015-01-30 (A)
Self Connectiviey SelfCon  content for this entry is still in progress 


Related entries: SelfCon

2013-01-14 (A)
Self-Management SM  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
SelfCon ~ See the Self Connectiviey Glossary Term 2013-01-14 (A)
Simple Segments SimSeg  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-09 (A)
Single Point Urban Interchange SPUI  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Slack ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-21 (A)
Slip Road (alias) See the Ramp Glossary Term 2010-09-15 (A)
SM (alias)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
SM (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Small Detour Prevention SDP A system designed to prevent convoluted routing in place of a simple left turn.

See the Detour Prevention Mechanisms Wiki Page
Also see the Big Detour Prevention Glossary Term


Related entries: Big Detour Prevention

2015-01-30 (A)
Smudged City City Smudge See the Smudged City Wiki Page 2013-06-01 (A)
Split ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2014-12-10 (A)
SPUI (abbr.) See the Single Point Urban Interchange Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
SRS (abbr.) See the Selected Roundabout Segments Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
ST (abbr.) See the Street Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Stairway SW See the Road Types Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Starting Point ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-18 (A)
State Manager SM See the State Manager Glossary Term


Related entries: State Manager

2015-01-30 (A)
State Route/Road see Road Type  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Status ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Street ST  Street  is the lowest public road type in Waze, typically used to represent the local roads in a city. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Street select this link.

See the Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-02-15 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Streetview (alias)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Streetview SV  content for this entry is still in progress  2014-08-14 (A)
Super Permalink ~ See the Permalink Glossary Term 2015-02-09 (A)
Support Help  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
SV (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
SV (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2014-08-14 (A)
SW (abbr.) See the Stairway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Tampermonkey ~ Also see the Greasemonkey Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Taxiway TW Prefered term is Runway/Taxiway

See the Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
TB (abbr.) See the Time Based Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TB (abbr.) See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TBR (abbr.) See the Time Based Restriction Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
TBSR (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-11-04 (A)
TBTR (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-11-04 (A)
Teams ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Text to Speech TTS Navigation instructions spoken to the driver by the Waze application that includes street names. Some of the Waze "voices" used for navigation support , while others can only speak directions, and cannot speak street names due to their lack of .

Also see the Voice Glossary Term
Also see the Voice Commands Glossary Term
Also see Kevin Hart rescording voices for Waze. External page


Related entries: Voice

2015-01-30 (A)
Throttling ~ A specific method of Map Protection.

See the Map Protection Glossary Term 		2015-02-09 (A)
Tile ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2012-02-08 (A)
Time Based TB  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Time Based Restriction TBR  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-03-27 (A)
Time Based Segment Restriction TBSR See the Time Based Segment Restriction Glossary Term


Related entries: Time Based Segment Restriction

2013-11-04 (A)
Time Based Turn Restriction TBTR See the Time Based Turn Restriction Glossary Term


Related entries: Time Based Turn Restriction

2013-11-04 (A)
TL (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2014-02-06 (A)
Toolbox (alias) See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TR (abbr.) See the Turn Restriction Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Traffic Locks TL See the Traffic Locks Glossary Term


Related entries: Traffic Locks

2014-02-06 (A)
Transclude Transclusion  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Transfix ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Transit Lane ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2013-03-12 (A)
TTS (abbr.) See the Text to Speech Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Turn angle ~ The supplementary angle to the junction angle between any two segments connected at a junction.

See the Turn angle Wiki Page
Also see the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term


Related entries: Angle

2015-02-08 (U)

2014-09-02 (A)

Turn Restriction TR  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
TW (abbr.) See the Taxiway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

U-Turn ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
ULM (abbr.) See the User Level Monitor Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
United States Postal Service USPS United States Postal Service

See the United States Postal Service External page 		2015-02-21 (A)
Universally Unique Identifier UUID See the Universally Unique Identifier Wikipedia
Also see the UUID Waze forum 		2015-01-30 (A)
Update Report Overview URO, URO+  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Update Request UR, Map Issue An Update Request is a Map Issue reported by a user from the Waze client app. It is also a layer in the Waze Map Editor

See the Update Request Wiki Page
Also see the Map Issue Glossary Term


Related entries: Map Issue

2012-10-04 (A)
UR (abbr.) See the Update Request Glossary Term 2012-10-04 (A)
URO (abbr.) See the Update Report Overview Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
URO+ (abbr.) See the Update Report Overview Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
User Level Monitor ULM Deprecated term. Replaced with Community Action Request. 2015-01-30 (A)
USPS (abbr.) See the United States Postal Service Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
UUID (abbr.) See the Universally Unique Identifier Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Validator (alias) See the WME Validator Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Venue (alias) Internal term used within the WME code to identify Places.

See the Places Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Voice ~ Various male and female voices are available based on location, in a number of languages to provider spoken navigation instuctions.

While all voices provide turn instructions, only some also provide Text to Speech () instructions for street names. In the U.S,, Samantha and Tom are two English speaking voices that support it.

All voices are assigned human names in the client application. Novelty voices may also be available for some languages such as "Boy Band", and celebrity voices such as commedian Kenvin Hart introduced in late 2013.

See the Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term
Also see the Text to Speech Glossary Term
Also see the Kevin Hart recording voices for Waze. External page
Related entries: Text to Speech

2015-01-30 (A)
Voice Commands ~ See the Voice_Commands Wiki Page


Related entries: Text to Speech

2015-01-30 (A)

W10 (abbr.)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Walking Trail WT  Walking Trail  is a routable road type in Waze used to represent paths which should not be driven on, but which the routing server still sees as an option.
For more information on Walking Trails select this link.

See Road Types Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
WAS (abbr.) See the WME Aerial Shifter Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Wayfinder WF, Pathfinder See the Wayfinder Wiki Page 2012-08-17 (A)
Waze AM Layers AMGR Third party web tool used to visualize Managed Areas from WME-Tools.

Coming soon as announced in early 2015: http://waze.tools

See the WME-TOOLS.com External page
Also see the Coming soon: waze.tools External page
Also see the Area Manager Glossary Term

2014-10-11 (A)
Waze Champ ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Expert ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Forum (alias) See the Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Geo-Ops ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Global Champ (alias) See the Global Champ Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Local Champ (alias) See the Local Champ Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Map Editor WME See the Waze Map Editor Wiki Page


Related entries: Cartouche • Papyrus

2012-12-24 (A)
Waze Map Team ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Mobil ~ See the [Waze Mobil] External page 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Speak ~ Friendly term that implies the use of the terms in this glossary within communications. 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki Community Wiki, Wiki When capitalized, "Wiki" as used in Waze communications implies the specific "Waze Wiki". (Side note: The word "wiki" is Hawaiian for "fast".)

See the Main Page Wiki Page
Also see the wiki Wikipedia
Wazer ~ Any user of Waze, and the name used for an anonymous user in the Waze client mobile application.

See the Waze symbols Wiki Page 		2010-09-24 (A)
WazeWin (alias)  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-02-23 (A)
WF (abbr.) See the Wayfinder Glossary Term 2012-08-17 (A)
Wiki (alias) See the Waze Wiki Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
WME (abbr.) See the Waze Map Editor Glossary Term 2012-12-24 (A)
WME Aerial Shifter WAS  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
WME center to Begin-End of Street WME-BES  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
WME Chat ~ Internal chat system used within the Waze Map Editor. 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Color Highlighter CH, WMECH See the Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Wiki Page 2013-06-03 (A)
WME Toolbox WMETB, TB, Toolbox  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
WME Validator WMEV, Validator  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)
WMECH (abbr.) See the WME Color Highlighter Glossary Term 2013-06-03 (A)
WMETB (abbr.) See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
WMEV (abbr.) See the WME Validator Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
World (alias) See the Rest Of World Glossary Term 2012-10-04 (A)
WT (abbr.) See the Walking Trail Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Zoom ~  content for this entry is still in progress  2015-01-30 (A)

Notes

While a few non-Waze centric term are included above, many more may be found in various resources such as the Wiktionary - English Internet Slang.

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