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City Naming in Pennsylvania
=='''Rank Progression'''==
R3 8/2016


If a township and a Borough/City  share the same name, the Township should get the qualifier. e.g. Smith Township and Smith Borough in Adams County. Smith Borough would be simply Smith, and Smith Township would be Smith Twp
R4 9/2017


If 2 or more townships have the same name but are in different counties, they should both have the county appended to the name.
R5 10/2018
* Concord, Delaware
* Concord, Erie
If there is a combination of the above 2 rules occurs, the naming should use both standards. example: 
* Union Twp, Franklin
* Union, Franklin
* Union, Snyder.


Exception if the municipality is in a county of the same name - it should be presented without qualifier e.g. Butler city in Butler county, York city in York county. Additionally, if there is a like named township, it should also be presented without the county - Butler Twp, York Twp
== Role Progression ==
AM 6/2016 (?)
 
State wide AM 4/2017
 
State Manager 9/2017
 
NOR Multi-State Manger 5/2020
 
==Community Involvement==
 
PA Social Media (@WazePennsylvania)
 
PA SL Mapraid 3/2016
 
MA SL Mapraid 4/2016
 
Vermont SL Mapraid 7/2016
 
India Mapraid 1/2017
 
WV Mapraid 4/2017
 
PA Basemap Mapraid 9/2017
 
China Mapraid 10/2017
 
Russia Mapraid 2/2018
 
WV Mapraid 4/2018
 
SC Mapraid 7/2018
 
TX Mapraid 10/2018
 
2017 & 2018 NOR Meetup attendee
 
AL/FL mapraid 10/2019
 
ME Mapraid 05/2020
 
Falcon Mapraid 01/2021
 
IA/KS mapraid 8/2021
 
2021 NE[O]R Meetup virtual attendee
 
WME Mentor
 
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==Current Projects==
==== Pennsylvania Township (completed) & CDP naming harmonization ====
 
Pennsylvania is relatively unique in that all area within the state is part of a county subdivision (township, borough or city). Unfortunately, with 67 counties and roughly 2500 townships that created many duplicate names. This resulted in many cities having extraneous numbers appended or some named "Greater XXX Area". Working with other state managers and local CMs. We identified all the incorporated areas that were duplicates and developed a naming system to follow. This provided benefit to end users by provided better search results while resolving city smudges that had existed for many years. This was completed in late 2019
 
The second phase of the project is to review all existing CDPs in the state and determine which should be included in the Waze map. Due to census bureau changes and attrition, some of the current CDPs that exist on the map are no longer used to any real degree by local residents. Unfortunately this requires subjective decision making as to what to retain and what to omit. This project is ongoing but has been temporarily paused due to new feature releases within WME and the client that take higher priority.
 
==== Turn Instruction & Shielding ====
General updating of turn instructions on highways and ramps in accordance with national guidance
 
==== DOT Cameras (userscript) ====
Script allows for a popup to display cameras provided by various departments across the country within the editor. Project is being co-developed with DE SM Phuz
 
==== DOT Advisories (userscript) ====
Script allows for a popup to display closure reports provided by various departments across the country. Project is being co-developed with DE SM Phuz
 
==== NORBot  ====
discord bot to relay messages for DOTs within the Northeast Region with relevant details regarding closures and when roads reopen. co-development with DE SM Phuz
 
==== GIS-Layers updating ====
update details for ArcGIS Map servers for use in the GIS-Layers script provided by MapOMatic
 
==== PA Turnpike Tolling ====
update PA Turnpike tolls when appropriate within the Waze provided Toll Tool

Latest revision as of 19:56, 4 December 2021

Rank Progression

R3 8/2016

R4 9/2017

R5 10/2018

Role Progression

AM 6/2016 (?)

State wide AM 4/2017

State Manager 9/2017

NOR Multi-State Manger 5/2020

Community Involvement

PA Social Media (@WazePennsylvania)

PA SL Mapraid 3/2016

MA SL Mapraid 4/2016

Vermont SL Mapraid 7/2016

India Mapraid 1/2017

WV Mapraid 4/2017

PA Basemap Mapraid 9/2017

China Mapraid 10/2017

Russia Mapraid 2/2018

WV Mapraid 4/2018

SC Mapraid 7/2018

TX Mapraid 10/2018

2017 & 2018 NOR Meetup attendee

AL/FL mapraid 10/2019

ME Mapraid 05/2020

Falcon Mapraid 01/2021

IA/KS mapraid 8/2021

2021 NE[O]R Meetup virtual attendee

WME Mentor


Current Projects

Pennsylvania Township (completed) & CDP naming harmonization

Pennsylvania is relatively unique in that all area within the state is part of a county subdivision (township, borough or city). Unfortunately, with 67 counties and roughly 2500 townships that created many duplicate names. This resulted in many cities having extraneous numbers appended or some named "Greater XXX Area". Working with other state managers and local CMs. We identified all the incorporated areas that were duplicates and developed a naming system to follow. This provided benefit to end users by provided better search results while resolving city smudges that had existed for many years. This was completed in late 2019

The second phase of the project is to review all existing CDPs in the state and determine which should be included in the Waze map. Due to census bureau changes and attrition, some of the current CDPs that exist on the map are no longer used to any real degree by local residents. Unfortunately this requires subjective decision making as to what to retain and what to omit. This project is ongoing but has been temporarily paused due to new feature releases within WME and the client that take higher priority.

Turn Instruction & Shielding

General updating of turn instructions on highways and ramps in accordance with national guidance

DOT Cameras (userscript)

Script allows for a popup to display cameras provided by various departments across the country within the editor. Project is being co-developed with DE SM Phuz

DOT Advisories (userscript)

Script allows for a popup to display closure reports provided by various departments across the country. Project is being co-developed with DE SM Phuz

NORBot

discord bot to relay messages for DOTs within the Northeast Region with relevant details regarding closures and when roads reopen. co-development with DE SM Phuz

GIS-Layers updating

update details for ArcGIS Map servers for use in the GIS-Layers script provided by MapOMatic

PA Turnpike Tolling

update PA Turnpike tolls when appropriate within the Waze provided Toll Tool