Parking Lot Place
Parking Lot Places are always drawn as an Area. It is a sub-category on its own. A Parking Lot Place should be a distinctly-marked area where cars can park, separated from the road and with its own driveable segments. If the car parking spaces are accessed directly from the road, this is on-street parking and should not be mapped, whether or not there are car park signs.
Parking Lot Road segments should be added, but only the minimal amount required to allow navigation into and out of the car park.
The following principles govern whether a given lot, structure or garage warrants a Parking Lot Area Place:
- General Public Use
- All Parking Lot Area Places must be legally and locally condoned for at least short-term use (paid or not) by the general public. The Waze map must never show a Parking Lot Area Place where a naïve driver could risk towing, ticketing, or violating community norms. There are no exceptions.
- General Purpose Use
- Drivers who leave cars in a Parking Lot Area Place should be entitled to walk or take other transportation to any destination of choice, and this should be a common occurrence.
- Distinctive and Significant
- Overuse of Area Places quickly leads to map clutter. A Parking-Lot Area Place must mark a parking facility that would be distinctive and significant to passing drivers, including those not seeking parking.
Parking that does not satisfy these principles shall not be marked with the Parking Lot Area Place.
Primary lot type
- Public is the default parking lot type.
- Restricted: some restriction apply (only for customers, vistors, ...). Map only restricted parking lots if their entrance differs from the point of interest itself.
- Private: only accessible to a specific group (residents, employees, ...). Don't map private parking lots.
Paid Parking Lots
As long as parking satisfies the two principles of general public and general purpose, it is eligible for a Parking Lot Area Place regardless of whether it is free or paid.
Adding the € symbol after the name of paid parkings, e.g., “Quick Parking Zaventem [€]” is not needed anymore.
Parking Lots Names
Use the commonly used name such as “Quick Parking Zaventem”.
Names like "Parking de l’Hôpital Saint-Luc" could be used for restricted parking lots.
Do not use completely generic names such as "Parking" or "Public Parking" for anonymous parking facilities. If a Parking Lot has no specific name, leave the name open or name it as [P]. In case the parking lot has no commonly used name please add the name of the road in the address. This should be the road where the (main) entrance of the parking lot is. This way when you search for a parking in the app you can see the difference between the Parking Lots and it won't fill the map with unnecessary names.
Locking
As Parking Lots are important for Waze routing, the Area Places should be locked to Level 2 at least.
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More info
Specify as much as possible the parking attributes.
For further reading see the global page Parking Lot.