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The Gas Station place marks a well-defined area characterised by a fuel pump and a cashier.

A complete and accurate Gas Station place allows drivers to search for their favourite brands of fuel, and the best fuel prices near their current location or route. More about the gas station functionality in the client can be found in the Waze Help Center.

Add a Gas Station

Area or Point

Gas station places should be drawn as an AREA place to the fenceline / curbline and should include all parking lots, convenience store buildings, car washes, etc., that are a part of the same business. The use of an area is best practice when you like to see gas stations visible in the app. Whether the app also renders it as a visible place in the client's display, is currently depending on size. By stretching the limits of the area to the outer boundaries of the gas station's area, there is a bigger chance of the gas station to be visible.

Internal road type

The navigation stop point for gas stations should be placed on a parking lot road (PLR) that accesses the area.

Adding PLRs as entry and exit of gas stations is a "best practice", based on the objective truths of the mechanics of Waze.

Prevention of false traffic jams. Traffic will at least have the possibility of snapping to the PLR instead of the main road(s), preventing reports of slow moving traffic
Suppression of missing road URs. The road will no longer be missing...
Prevention of false historical road speed information. The merger process will more easily see that you have entered the gas station, therefore not polluting nearby roads with slow speeds
Better routing into gas stations. Waze encourages routing to gas stations by way of its gas prices feature. Although all prices are the same in the UAE, adding PLRs is important for routing to any gas station that is accessible from more than one road, and crucial when those roads are major. Which side of a station you route to can make several minutes difference at certain intersections in traffic
Better routing out of gas stations. This is possible now that U turns are working. This requires a U turn enabled at each exit, for stations that have exits onto more than one road (if all exits are to the same road, it doesn't matter). This allows Waze to give you the best route out of a gas station, to your next destination. This works whether you're in the gas station without a route set yet, or you're setting a stop point on a route. Further, it reflects the way people actually drive in gas stations – they leave out whichever way is more advantageous to them. Allowing the U turns allows Waze to tell them the fastest way to leave to get to their destination.

Name & Brand

The name and brand of a Gas Station should reflect it's brand affiliation ENOC, EPPCO, ADNOC, etc. so that drivers can select their preferred brand from the gas station search results in the app.

Lock

To prevent loss of data due to automatic acceptance of submissions from "trusted users," Gas Stations should be locked to at least level 3. On major roads and rest areas, lock level 5 can be used to protect the underlying gas station infrastructure from inadvertent changes.

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-The '''Gas Station''' Place marks a well-defined area characterized by a fuel pumps and a cashier.
+A complete and accurate Gas Station place allows drivers to search for their favourite brands of fuel, and the best fuel prices near their current location or route.  More about the gas station functionality in the client can be found in the [http://support.google.com/waze/answer/6081235 Waze Help Center].
 ==Add a Gas Station==
-A complete and accurate Gas Station Place allows drivers to search for their favorite brands of fuel, and the best fuel prices near their current location or route.  More about the gas station functionality in the client can be found in the [[Gas Stations]] page.
-Gas Stations Places have usually been imported from a 3rd party provider to the waze map, and may require significant updates to conform to Community standards.
+===Area or Point===
-=== Area or Point ===
+Gas station places should be drawn as an '''AREA''' place to the fenceline / curbline and should include all parking lots, convenience store buildings, car washes, etc., that are a part of the same business. The use of an area is best practice when you like to see '''gas stations''' visible in the app. Whether the app also renders it as a visible place in the client's display, is currently depending on size. By stretching the limits of the area to the outer boundaries of the gas station's area, there is a bigger chance of the gas station to be visible.
-Gas station places should be drawn to the fenceline / curbline and should include all parking lots, convenience store buildings, car washes, etc, that are a part of the same business.
+===Internal road type===
+[[File:GasStationStop.png|right|Correct Stop Point Location|alt=|frameless]]
-Most stations are small, stretching them to the limits should make them more visible on the client. Also, gas station areas are supposed to suppress some forms of automated reports. By covering the whole area, reports of people who park away from the pumps and get coffee with Waze running, in addition to those who just pump gas will be suppressed.
+The navigation stop point for gas stations should be placed on a parking lot road (PLR) that accesses the area.
-NOTE: The geometry of places imported from 3rd party sources is not reliable, and usually only represents the rough location of the gas station.
+Adding '''PLRs''' as entry and exit of gas stations is a "best practice", based on the objective truths of the mechanics of Waze.
-=== Stop Point ===
+*'''Prevention of false traffic jams'''. Traffic will at least have the possibility of snapping to the PLR instead of the main road(s), preventing reports of slow moving traffic
-[[File:GasStationStop.png|thumbnail|right|Correct Stop Point Location]]
+*'''Suppression of missing road URs'''. The road will no longer be missing...
+*'''Prevention of false historical road speed information'''. The merger process will more easily see that you have entered the gas station, therefore not polluting nearby roads with slow speeds
+*'''Better routing into gas stations'''. Waze encourages routing to gas stations by way of its gas prices feature. Although all prices are the same in the UAE, adding PLRs is important for routing to any gas station that is accessible from more than one road, and crucial when those roads are major. Which side of a station you route to can make several minutes difference at certain intersections in traffic
+*'''Better routing out of gas stations'''. This is possible now that U turns are working. This requires a U turn enabled at each exit, for stations that have exits onto more than one road (if all exits are to the same road, it doesn't matter). This allows Waze to give you the best route out of a gas station, to your next destination. This works whether you're in the gas station without a route set yet, or you're setting a stop point on a route. Further, it reflects the way people actually drive in gas stations – they leave out whichever way is more advantageous to them. Allowing the U turns allows Waze to tell them the fastest way to leave to get to their destination.
-The  [[Places#Area placement|stop point]] for gas stations should be placed on a  [[Road Types (USA)#Parking Lot Road|parking lot road]] that accesses the area.
+===Category===
-=== Category ===
+With the implementation of places, multiple categories may now be assigned to a gas station. '''The primary category <u>MUST</u> be ''Gas Station''''', for additional features such as fuel prices and brand name to be enabled.
-With the implementation of [[Places]] multiple categories may now be assigned to a gas station. '''The primary (or first) category must be ''Gas Station''''', for additional features such as fuel prices and brand name to be enabled.
+Additional categories could include such categories: Convenience Store, ATM, Garage / Automotive Shop, or Car Wash. A full-service automotive repair business, or restaurant may merit a separate place (point).
-Additional categories could include such categories: Convenience Store, ATM, Garage / Automotive Shop, or Car Wash. A full-service automotive repair business, or restaurant may merit a separate Place (point).
+===Name & Brand===
-=== Name ===
+The name and brand of a Gas Station should reflect it's brand affiliation '''<code>ENOC</code>''', '''<code>EPPCO</code>''', '''<code>ADNOC</code>''', etc. so that drivers can select their preferred brand from the gas station search results in the app.
-The name of Gas Station should reflect its brand affiliation, so that drivers can select their preferred brand from the gas station search results in the app.
+===Lock===
+To prevent loss of data due to automatic acceptance of submissions from "trusted users," '''Gas Stations should be locked to ''at least''  level 3'''. On major roads and rest areas, lock '''level 5''' can be used to protect the underlying gas station infrastructure from inadvertent changes.
-Alternative names may include the name as provided by the third-party provider, or the name of the associated convenience store.
-==== Special case names ====
-There may be special cases where the name could require additional information beyond the brand name.
-[[File:CostcoGas.png|thumbnail|right|Costco Gas Station]]
-Gas stations affiliated with a larger grocery store, department store, or warehouse store should be mapped as a separate place. These gas stations must also have a differentiated name; for example:
-:* "Costco Gas" vs "Costco Wholesale"
-:* "Giant Gas" vs "Giant Food"
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-If gas stations in close proximity share a common brand, naming can be differentiated based on access from major roadways, or by unique characteristics; for example:
-:* "Shell - Eastbound" vs. "Shell - Westbound"
-:* "Exxon - Tigermart" vs. "Exxon - 7-Eleven"
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-Along major interstates, toll-roads and other limited access roadways, rest areas in either direction are often situated across from each other and can confuse drivers reporting prices or searching for destinations. The name should include the brand, then route number and direction of travel, for example:
-:* "Mobil - I-95 Northbound" vs. "Mobil - I-95 Southbound"
-=== Brand ===
-If you know what brand gasoline a station sells, you should select it as the Brand. Stations named after their brands, such as big companies like Shell, 76, Mobil, Chevron, are easy to identify the brand which should be selected. Smaller or non-national stations may be harder to identify. Some are their own brand, and some buy a specific larger nationwide brand of gasoline. Do some research to find out this information. '''If it isn't clear or information isn't available, leave the field blank, do not select "unbranded".'''
-Big-box and one-stop-type stores like Fred Meyer, Costco, Sams Club, Home Depot, Safeway, Winco, etc., often buy a larger national gas brand. However, to allow drivers to select their preferred retail brand (rather than Brand of gasoline), select the store name as the brand as well.
-=== Lock ===
-To prevent loss of data due to automatic acceptance of submissions from "trusted users," '''Gas Stations should be locked to ''at least'' to level 2''', but preferably higher (3+) in areas managed by area managers. On major roads and rest areas, lock levels 5 or higher can be used to protect the underlying gas station infrastructure from inadvertent changes.
-=== Best Practice Examples ===
-==== Truck Stop / Travel Plaza ====
-Notice in the example below that the truck entrance has a separate and unique entrance from the cars. Also, the restaurant on the property has its own Point Place.
-[[File:Truck Stop.png|700px|frameless|center|An example of Best Practices at a Travel Plaza]]
-==== Associated Gas Station ====
-[[File:CostcoGas.png|700px|frameless|center|An example of Best Practices for an Associated Gas Station]]

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