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Welcome to Waze Pakistan</p></div></center>
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You want to help too? Read along and join the [[usa:User:Dude495/drafts/Pakistan#Community|local community]] of Waze Pakistan.<br />
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==What is Waze?==

Waze is a free GPS navigation application for mobile phone or tablet. Waze has speech support, free map updates and uses real time traffic information and actual reports from its users. Users like you!

With Waze you can share your driver experience, connect with friends, send your ETA to show when you will be home, or just avoid traffic jams. Waze is crowd-sourced, meaning it is maintained by its users. <!--[[File:Iphone5_screenshot_01.map.jpg|70px|frameless|right|link=http://www.waze.com]]-->

[[#Top|<small>''back to the top''</small>]]

==Waze in Pakistan==

=== Communication ===

===== Forums =====
Waze Forums are the <b><span style="color:red">official</span></b> Waze communication platform where you will find a lot of information as an editor. Log into the Waze Pakistan forum using your Waze login and password as you would the editor or app. The forum also has [https://www.waze.com/wiki/index.php/Private_message Private Messages] (PM) where you can send and receive messages to other editors.

===== WME Chat =====
[[File:WME-Chat-Window-Minimized.png|80px|right]]

While you are editing, you can directly request help in [https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/Global/Waze_Map_Editor/Chat WME chat]. It shows you the level of the editor you are talking to. Please keep in mind that most editors are willing to help, but not all of them have the technical knowledge or editing experience to give you the best answer. Because the built-in chat does not always work as desired, we mostly use [http://bit.ly/WazePakInvite Slack] to communicate with local community editors. 
===== <span style="color:green">Slack</span> ===== 
While the Waze Forums are the <span style="color:red"><b>official</b></span> method of communications for anything Waze, the local editing community has adapted to Slack for its day to day communication amongst the editors. There are teaching classes and webinars to improve your editing skills. There are several channels, project groups, and you can send Direct Messages (DM) too. If you like to join into discussions and development of Waze Pakistan, Slack gives the best opportunities. You can request access to Slack by filling in this [http://bit.ly/WazePakInvite form]. You will then receive an invitation to Slack, where you need to make an account.

== Community ==

=== Editors ===
The community consists of all people that uses Waze on way or another. Drivers, editors, wiki master and the like. The current active community management in Pakistan is a mix of local and international editors. For any question or suggestion you can contact them via Waze forums or address one of the champs or project leaders directly from the tables below.
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{| border="1" class="wikitable" width="70%"
!colspan="3" style="text-align: center;background:#B0E2FF"| Community leaders of Pakistan
|- style="text-align: center;background:#B0E2FF"
!
! width="40%"| Editor
! | Role
|- 
! width="20%" |Country Coordinator
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* {{Username|Marcin_S}} (Temp.)
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* [[File:Badge_LocalChamp.png|28px]] [[File:Badge_Mentor_Global_Champ.png|28px]] [[file:Badge_Coordinator.png|28px]] [[file:Badge CountryManager.png|28px]]
|- 
! width="20%" |Country Managers
|
* {{Username|jawadch}}
* {{Username|Kashif_Alvi}}
* {{Username|saigal72}}
|
|}

{| border="1" class="wikitable" width="70%"
!colspan="2" style="text-align: center;background:#B0E2FF"|Special ASSIGNMENTS / Projects
|- style="text-align: center;"
! width="20%" |ForuM Moderators
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* {{Username|Marcin_S}} (Temp.)
|-
! width="20%" |Mentoring
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* {{Username|Add Yourself}}
|-
! width="20%" |Wiki Editors
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* {{Username|Kashif_Alvi}}
* {{Username|Marcin_S}}
* {{Username|Mareku188}} 
* {{Username|Dude495}}
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!width="20%" |Area Managers
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* {{Username|Add Yourself}}
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!width="20%" |Supporting Foreign Editors
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* {{Username|Marcin_S}}
* {{Username|Dude495}}
|}

== Roads ==

=== Road Types ===
Pakistan is made up of many different types and styles of roads. Below is a list of a few of them.

* {{Freeway|Freeway (FWY)}} - Motorways (limited access roads with no signal control)

* {{Major Highway|Major Highway (MH)}} - All National Highways (which have numbers likes N55 and Expressways which have numbers E..)

* {{Minor Highway|Minor Highway (mH)}} - All roads that connect two cities/villages.

* {{Primary Street|Primary Street (PS)}} - Major in-city roads that connect minor or major highways together

* {{Street}} - Streets within a city that are not listed as above. Typically neighbourhood roads.

* {{Private Road|Private Road (PR)}} - Used for gated communities or private roads where the public would not be allowed to be routed through.

* {{Parking Lot Road|Parking Lot Road (PLR)}} - Roads within a Parking Lot Area, such as shopping centers, Petrol Pumps etc.

==== Lock Levels ====

===== Minimum Road Lock Standard =====
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="3" style="background-color:#6699cc"|Minimum Road Lock Standard
|-
|style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#ccffcc"|Segment Type
|style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#ccffcc"|Level
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|{{Freeway|Freeway (FWY)}}
|4
|-
|{{Ramp}}
|HCS*
|-
|{{Major Highway|Major Highway (MH)}}
|3
|-
|{{Minor Highway|Minor Highway (mH)}}
|3
|-
|{{Primary Street|Primary Street (PS)}}
|2
|-
|{{Street|Street}}
|1
|-
|{{Private Road|Private Road (PR)}}
|1
|-
|{{Parking Lot Road|Parking Lot Road (PLR)}}<p>{{Parking Lot Road|Parking Lot Road (Petrol Pumps)}}
|1
2
|-
|{{Railroad|Railroad}}
|2
|-
|{{Ferry|Ferry}}
|3
|-
|{{Runway|Runway}}
|4
|}</center>
* HCS - Locked to the Highest Connecting Segment Lock Level (MH to FWY ramp would be locked to 4)

==Bugs and limitations==
Although we think Waze gives the best possibilities for navigation, it knows some [[Problems,_bugs_and_limitations|problems and limitations]] as well. Specific for Pakistan are the following:
* '''The map needs to be improved''' 
: Due to the status of the road network and the yet small community, the map in Pakistan is not of high quality everywhere. However, the current editing community is working hard to improve the map. You help already by [[Just_drive_around_with_Waze_turned_on|driving with Waze on]]! And if you are in for an adventure, you might [https://support.google.com/waze/answer/7163572?hl=en&ref_topic=6262573 add new roads to the map], or even become a [[File:Mapeditor.png|28px|frameless]][[Pakistan/Editing|Waze Map Editor]].
* '''Long distance routing'''
: Setting a route over long distances puts a lot of weight on the servers. Depending on the map quality, you can expect routes with a maximum length of about 1500 km. At this moment, maximum route length will often be less in Pakistan*. If you request a route and the calculation time is too long, you'll receive an error saying "Routing server timeout" or "no route found". We recommend breaking up longer routes into several segments by choosing intermediate destinations.
:<small>* ''Note that we are currently upgrading the road network to get better and longer routes!''</small> 
* '''Known issues in the current app version''' are listed on the [https://support.google.com/waze#topic=6273402 support pages]<br /><br />

<center>Despite these limitations, we love Waze and hope you will do too!
[[File:Waze_Pakistan.png|left|frameless|100x100px]]
<big>'''Wishing you fun and happy travels with'''
'''Waze in Pakistan!'''</big>



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==Getting Started with Waze==

*[[Waze Version 3.5]]

*[[Banks of Servers]]

*[[Dashboard]]

*[[Online Resources]]

*[[FAQ]]

==Getting Started with Map Editing==

Hopefully you're reading this and want to edit the map, either because you've found a mistake or you want to add a new road. Either way, it is important that you adhere to the standards already set.

*[[Pakistan Quickstart|Pakistan Quick Start Editing Guide]]

*[[Road Types Pakistan|Road Types Pakistan]]

*[[Waze Map Editor|Waze Map Editor Manual]]

*[[Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools]]

* ''Please also read the various Editing Guidelines below.''

==Editing Best Practice==
Pakistann editors are encouraged to follow these guidelines, which may differ from the generic guides.
* [[How to label cities (Pakistan)|How to label Towns and Cities]]
* [[How to classify and name roads (Pakistan)|How to classify and name Roads]]
* [[How to draw and label landmarks (Pakistan)|How to draw and label Landmarks]]
* [[Junctions and Roundabouts (Pakistan)|Junctions and Roundabouts]] See also [[Best_map_editing_practice#Junction_Style_Guide|Junction Style Guide]],[[Creating and Editing a roundabout]]
* [[Speed and Traffic Light Enforcement Cameras (Pakistan)|Speed and Traffic Light Enforcement Cameras]]
* [[Best map editing practice]] (Main Page)

'''Because of national security legislations, civil and military Vital Areas (VAs)/Vital Points (VPs) should not be added to the map.'''

==Editing Resources for Pakistan==

* [[Pakistan Editing Resources| Pakistan Editing Resources]]

==Whats under the Hood?==
*[[Technical Information]]

==Help Improve Waze in Pakistan==
*[[Help Improve Waze]]
*[[Use your language skills | Get Waze in your language]]

==Known Issues and Waze Status Updates==
*[[Problems, bugs and limitations]]
*[http://status.waze.com/ Updates on Waze status, service, currently known issues, and completed processes]

== Pakistan Editor Community==
* [http://www.waze.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=171 Pakistan - Waze Forum]
* [https://www.facebook.com/WazePakistan Waze Pakistan Facebook]
* [https://twitter.com/wazePakistan Waze Pakistan - Twitter]
* [https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113564637148809220274/113564637148809220274/posts Waze Pakistan G+]

== Suggestions==
* [http://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59225-map-editor-and-waze-com-website Waze Uservoice]

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