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| {{UpdatedBanner|otherDate=2015/11/24|otherForum=http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=127136#p1248120|otherSection=Adding Cameras}} | | These rows fill the major Event table, and are modified using the template {{tl|Event/Item}}. If you are working on a Major Event in {{RootPage2}}, please add add that event to this table. If the event is already listed, please add your username to the row, preceded by a pipe (|), and change the date to today's date in the <code>updated=</code> parameter. |
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| Below are generic facts and use cases of the Waze camera types. Please see the following region-specific pages for more localized information:
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| * [[United_Kingdom/Speed_Cameras|United Kingdom]]
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| Waze supports numerous types of cameras and can provide client alerts when approaching a [[#Camera_Approval|validated camera installation]]. Also review the article on [[Map_Editing_Tips_and_Hints#Speed_cams|tips and hints for speed cameras]].
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| | *<code>road=</code> The main road(s) affected by this event. |
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| | *<code>status=</code> Whether this event has been submitted to Waze yet for this season. It accepts the following options spelled only exactly as listed here in order to correctly change the color of the row, filled with anything else will display with a white background |
| | **<code>not submitted</code> produces a red background |
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| | *<code>updated=</code> the date this event was last updated in this table. This is used to keep the table current, and identify stale entries. |
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| == Know your Cameras ==
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| ''Also known as "What is '''NOT''' a Red Light Camera".''
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| Before adding any cameras to the Waze map, you must be sure you are accurately reporting a camera installation. Many devices may have similar appearances, but very different functions.
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| The following devices all serve different purposes, but may all be installed at the same intersection. | | The <code>|date=|</code>, and <code>|updated=|</code> parameters should use the format YY/MM/DD. The day of the month is optional. Using this format will make it easier to sort the list by updated date. This will help ensure the information on the list is current, and make it easy to find stale rows which may need to be adopted by other editors. |
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| === Signal Preemption Systems ===
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_signal_preemption Traffic signal preemption] is a type of system that allows the normal operation of traffic lights to be preempted, often to assist emergency vehicles. A very common system in the United States is the Opticom™ system by [http://www.gtt.com/ Global Traffic Technologies (GTT)].
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_camera Traffic cameras] monitor the flow of traffic or the depth of a queue waiting for a signal. They allow for automated optimization of traffic signal timing, real time monitoring by police and highway departments, and public feeds to news outlets and the Internet.
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| These "cameras" may be video cameras, Radar transceivers, or a combination of the two. If Radar is used, it may trigger people's Radar Detectors and they may assume they are being monitored for speeding or other traffic violations although that is not the case unless additional camera equipment is also installed. Also note that some pedestrian cross walk equipment similarly uses Radar and may set off Radar Detectors.
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| '''NOTE:''' Traffic cameras may be installed along side of Red Light Cameras to provide additional views of suspected violations. Be sure to validate the existence or absence of Red Light Camera equipment as well.
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_light_camera Red light cameras] monitor an intersection and trigger when traffic proceeds through the intersection on a red signal. One or more approaches to the intersection may be monitored. | | ''The actual contents of this page '''will only be visible''' in the [[{{BasePage2 }}/Closures|Major Events table]], or when editing this page.'' |
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| It is also common for a Red Light Camera installation to monitor for speed limit violations.
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| # They tend to be bulky<br />[[Image:RedLightCameraNYC.png|right]][[Image:Rlc_white.jpeg]] [[Image:Rlc_black.jpeg]]<br />[[Image:Rlc_gatso_rlc.jpeg]] [[Image:Rlc_gatso_US.png]]
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| === Driver Feedback Signs === | | {{Event/Item|name=TD 5 Boro Bike Tour|area=NYC|date=05 First Sunday annual|road=5 Boroughs|pl=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ira6IdyS3x3YtAlTqoXbU1Muw4ANl8rq7af2zKLcCtM/edit#gid=790135118|Rfrsw101|jdelosa|johnsninja58|PesachZ|status=submitted|updated=2017/02/08}} |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_speed_sign Driver Feedback signs] (a.k.a. radar speed sign, radar sign, Vehicle Activated Sign, Your Speed sign, traffic calming sign, etc.) can be either permanently installed or they may be mounted to a trailer which may be moved between locations.
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| Don't confuse a Driver Feedback Sign with a "Speed Camera". Driver Feedback signs don't have a camera, therefore it is not a "Speed Camera". Driver Feedback signs also don't issue citations or tickets.
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| '''NOTE:''' There may be a Driver Feedback Sign installed as part of a Speed Camera installation, but a Driver Feedback Sign alone is '''NOT''' a Speed Camera.
| | {{Event/Item|name=Chinese New Year Parades|date=01 or 02 annual|pl=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ira6IdyS3x3YtAlTqoXbU1Muw4ANl8rq7af2zKLcCtM/edit#gid=1190958434|area=NYC|road=Chinatown/8th Avenue/Flushing|status=submitted|updated=2017/02/08|Rfrsw101|jdelosa|johnsninja58|PesachZ}} |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_camera Speed Cameras] are devices which monitor traffic for vehicles exceeding a set maximum instantaneous speed or for exceeding a maximum average speed over a fixed distance. Detection may be facilitated with Radar or wire loops embedded in the road surface.
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| They can be permanently installed or mounted temporarily. Temporary deployments include on trailers, hidden within vehicles, mounted to marked police vehicles, and handheld units.
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| '''NOTE:''' Within Waze, the definition of a Speed Camera is limited to '''only permanent installations'''. See the [[#Speed_Cameras|Speed Cameras under Waze Camera Types]] section for details.
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| The camera type is set and changed in the Map Editor by selecting the camera and changing the camera type in the drop down box in the [[Map_Editor_Interface_and_Controls#Left_Pane_when_a_Camera_is_selected|left pane]].
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| These '''permanently mounted''' cameras monitor for instantaneous violations of maximum speeds. Systems that monitor average speed over a set distance (such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECS_(speed_camera) SPECS]) are '''NOT''' supported at this time.
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| Please make sure you only report true Red Light Camera installations and do not confuse other device types. See [[#Know your Cameras|Know your Cameras]] above.
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| If a Red Light Camera installation monitors for Speed Limit Violations as well, be sure the speed limit is set as described in the [[#Camera_Speed|Camera Speed]] section.
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| It is common in the UK for authorities to install poles and enclosures for traffic enforcement camera which do not contain functional devices.
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| == Camera Placement ==
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| Cameras should be placed over the roadway they are monitoring. The exact location depends on the type of camera:
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| * Speed Cameras should be placed at the location of the camera itself.
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| * Red Light Cameras should be placed at the stop bar they are monitoring.
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| * If a Speed Camera monitors one direction of traffic, you need one camera.
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| * If a Speed Camera monitors both directions of traffic, you need TWO cameras.
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| * You need one Red Light Camera per monitored direction. So if you have a 4-way intersection with camera watching every direction, you need FOUR cameras. (See note below.)
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| '''NOTE:''' It is common to have signs warning of red light cameras at all approaches to the intersection although only a subset of those approaches may be monitored. For example, there may be signs on all 4 approaches to a 4-way intersection even if 3, 2, or even only 1 of the directions is actually monitored by a camera. Only the directions which are actually monitored by cameras should be added to the map.
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| === Shutter Direction ===
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| When the camera icon is selected in the Map Editor, the red dot should point in the direction of travel a car will '''pass''' the camera. It does not matter if the real-life camera will take a picture of the front of the offending vehicle.
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| For example, if a road runs east-west and the east bound lanes are monitored for speed, the red dot should point eastward of the camera icon in the Map Editor. Be sure the angle of the red dot also matches the angle of the flow of monitored traffic.
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| Where a camera records a turn during a red signal, the monitored direction is the starting road even though the camera faces the road onto which you turn.
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| === Adding Cameras === | |
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| Cameras of all types can be added to the map from the client application. You must be driving past the location of the camera installation (preferably on the correct road and in the correct direction) to issue this report.
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| Once you have submitted the camera report, it will appear on your client screen (and yours ONLY). Once that day's drives have been processed by the Waze servers, the camera will appear in the Map Editor where it can be approved. It must be approved for other drivers to be alerted of its presence.
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| Cameras of all types can be added to the map from the Map Editor. Cameras are added by selecting camera from the [[Map_Editor_Interface_and_Controls#Draw_segments_menu|draw segments menu]]. In some countries the ability to add a camera is restricted to editors of advanced rank.
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| If a reported camera is not in quite the right location, it can be moved within the Map Editor.
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| When you click on the camera icon, a circle appears; the camera can be moved anywhere within that circle. (After saving, you will be able to move the camera again within a re-centered circle.) Take care to ensure the red dot is facing in the proper direction after moving a camera.
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| The Max Speed for a camera should be set to the speed limit for the road which the speed camera is monitoring.
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| The Max Speed can also be set for a Red Light Camera if it monitors for speed limit violations as well as red light violation. Leave the max speed set to blank if speed is not monitored. Zero is not blank; a max speed of zero will cause the camera to always generate an audible alert as discussed below.
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| While a Red Light Camera will always give an alert in the client as a driver approaches, a Speed Camera will always show a pop-up alert, but will only generate an audible alert if the driver is '''exceeding''' the set Speed Limit as they approach the camera.
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| == Camera Approval ==
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| All cameras must be approved in the Map Editor in order to appear in the client application. Once approved, the map tiles must be updated for this change to propagate out to the users. However, the approval itself will not trigger the tile update, so make sure that some other edit to the nearby roads is made so that the tile will be sure to update.
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| The [[Your_Rank_and_Points#Map_editing_rank|Editing Rank]] of the editor who approves the camera is used in determining how many reports of "Not There" from the client are required to remove a camera. See the [[#From_the_Client|Camera Removal, From the Client]] section below.
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| == Camera Removal ==
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| === From the Client ===
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| {{Red|The following applies only to countries outside the United States and Canada. Within the United States and Canada, the "Not There" function in the app has no effect on cameras.}}
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| When a driver receives a camera alert there is a "Not There" button in the client. This button will not instantly remove the camera, but submits a "vote" that the camera should be removed.
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| Each time a Wazer uses the "Not There" button for a specific camera, a number of votes equal to that Wazer's current [[Your_Rank_and_Points#Map_editing_rank|Editing Rank]] is submitted. Each time a Wazer passes the camera they can submit their votes. Votes are counted once the driving session during which the vote was cast is processed by the Waze servers.
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| '''NOTE:''' Wazers with an Editing Rank of zero (0) submit zero votes so their "Not There" reports are in effect ignored.
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| Once the number of votes submitted is equal to or exceeds the [[Your_Rank_and_Points#Map_editing_rank|Editing Rank]] of the Wazer who approved the camera, the camera will be '''demoted''' to an un-approved camera. No change will be made in the client until Map Tiles are re-processed after the demotion and those updated tiles are made available to and downloaded by the client.
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| From the Map Editor an editor may delete the now-unapproved camera or it may be approved again.
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| '''NOTE:''' Each vote by each Wazer is counted, so a Wazer with a level 1 Editing Rank can demote a camera approved by a level 5 editor by reporting "Not There" every day for a week.
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| === From the Editor ===
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| Cameras are "locked" to the Editor rank of the approving editor. An editor must be at least the same rank as the approving editor to delete an approved camera. An unapproved camera does not have this restriction.
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| Cameras can be removed in the same manner as other map elements in the Editor -- select the camera and press the trash can icon in the menu bar. Once deleted, the [[map tile update|map tiles must be updated]] for this change to propagate out to the users. However, the deletion itself will not trigger the tile update, so make sure that some other edit to the nearby roads is made so that the tile will be sure to update.
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| Be sure you have confirmed the camera is not present and if there are multiple cameras in the area, be sure you are deleting the correct one.
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| '''NOTE:''' Unapproved cameras appear in the editor for about three weeks and then are automatically discarded by the system. Therefore it is not necessary to spend time removing unapproved cameras from the map.
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| == Legality of cameras ==
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| As country specific legality information is added to the Wiki, it will be linked below.
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| * [[United Kingdom/Speed Cameras|United Kingdom]]
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| * [[Cameras/Legality/USA|USA]]
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