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MapRaid is a time-limited event during which map editors join together to resolve MP’s, UR’s, add & update “Places”, fix connectivity problems, add missing roads, and add/edit speed limit data in a pre-determined area of the map. MapRaids provide improvements to the editor itself - resulting in better search, routing and navigation. Other benefits include increased communication between a community and its manager at Waze HQ, and a focused mentoring platform. See below for more on MapRaids and Mentoring.

Together, the Raiders quickly (and vastly) improve the overall condition of their areas' map. One of the most valuable aspects of a MapRaid is it’s ability to strengthen the map-editing community through a shared goal.

At the end of a MapRaid, the leading participants are presented in a MapRaid Hall of fame.

How it works

Once a location, time and editors involved are decided upon, Waze HQ provides the MapRaiders with editing permissions, local map stats (MPs, Connectivity Score, URs) and other relevant information for the Raid area. Waze HQ contacts can also help assign and organize the area and are available for general Raid support.

MapRaid benefits

Improve the map quickly and significantly.
Increase in connectivity score.
Respond and solve User Reports (URs.)
Fix auto generated Map Problems (MPs.)
Faster updates of pending “Places”.
Establish a mentoring culture within the community.
Opportunity to learn from new areas and experienced editors.
Strengthen relationships inside the community.
Getting more people together and making the community stronger.
Recognition from Waze via HOF (Hall Of Fame)

Starting a MapRaid

A global or local Champ can initiate a MapRaid in a certain area of their country. If another member of the community wishes to get a MapRaid started, they need to let one of their community's Champs know about it. The Champ helps find a few mappers to participate, decide on a period of time for the raid, and inform their Waze HQ Community Manager about it by filling out the MapRaid Request Form.

Step 1 - Identify an area in need

A MapRaid can take place in a major city, a specific section of a major city or even a more rural area that not many Wazers are active. If you don’t have a specific area, contact your local community through the Community Forums and suggestions can be made.

Step 2 - Get the community involved

If you are not a Waze champ, contact your local champ to get things started. If you are a Waze Champ, begin by identifying people in your community who will want to raid with you.

It is suggested to have a users involve who span a range of editing levels. The high level editors can ensure the maps are being raided correctly and offer mentorship. Less experienced editors have a chance to gain knowledge and get to know the local community.

Step 3 - Contact Waze

As a local champ, you will contact Waze by submitting the MapRaid Request Form and share the following information which you have prepared, including Location, Dates and Editors involved.

If you have questions or need additional support, contact your local community leadership or Waze Community Manager.

Mentoring and MapRaids

A MapRaid is fertile ground for engaging new and/or less experienced mappers through the implementation of a mentoring program. Every MapRaid is different, as is every community, and many different mentoring program styles have been used.

One of the most popular was done during the very first MapRaid in Indonesia. The community used a map-segmentation model to organize and divide the map into eight areas.

In this method, each segment is assigned with a mentor (meaning an experienced mapper from the community) and a mentee (one, or more, less experienced editors). Communication between mentor/mentee is then managed through individual segment spreadsheets or via e-mail.

Check out the MapRaid and Mentoring Forum for more information.

History

The Spanish community was one of the first communities to conduct a time-based collaborative editing initiative. It was named WoW and was held in Tordesillas in June 2012. The first officially named MapRaid was initiated by the Indonesian community of editors and then beta run with the Filipino community. The result was great in both test areas; providing the local community with a massive decrease of map problems, update requests and pending ‘places’. The Filipino Community MapRaid lasted one week, and resulted in 226 User Requests answered, 194 Map Problems fixed (leaving zero remaining). Generally, a 1% yearly increase in Connectivity Score is positive for a community of equal size and area. After the week long MapRaid, the Filipino community saw a 2.05% increase in Connectivity Score.

Past MapRaids and Statistics

Last updated as of February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)^[update]

There have been 26 MapRaids to date spanning across the globe. Many have their own wiki pages complete with instructions prior to the raid, and post-raid results.

Total Worldwide MapRaid Participants:

MR's managing champs: 59

Raiders: 906

Countries: 15

Cumulative Map stats:

Edited segments: 1,642,389 (!)

Created segments: 412,407

Number of solved MP's: 9,872

Number of resolved UR's: 68,760

Number of updated pending venues: 98,378

Total amount of increase in connectivity score: 48.9%. (Average improvement per MapRaid: 1.88%)

MapRaid Hall of Fame

At the end of every MapRaid, a Hall of Fame is created by Waze HQ showing stats about the leaders of that raid and the connectivity score increase. These halls of fame are posted to the MapRaid Halls of Fame forum

Traditions

Every Raid has its own personality, but there are traditions that run throughout the Raid which invite a sense of community and humor.

MapRaid Memes

Most MapRaids have memes associated with them. This tradition was started by Waze HQ and quickly adapted by the community as a fun way to spread the word and get the community excited about the coming raid. Memes also exist to showcase the effect of the MapRaid.

Wazer Formation

A tradition that started during the NYC MapRaid, where Raiders gather together in formation on the map for a "Raid Selfie". Here's the one that started it all:

Future Plans

Waze will also be initiating pre-raid events to the larger community of an area which is about to be raided called a Map & Seek. This is an opportunity for users to mark UR’s and MP’s and add places for approval.

MapRaids have recently been used to improve overall map quality and routing, but can be applied to organize efforts around different areas, including: mentoring new editors, add places to specific area (PlaceRaid), Map Cleanse, Refresh outdated maps, fix house numbers, etc. So get creative!

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-While MapRaids bring areas to an improved state, they also bring communities together. The US editors even invited editors from other countries to participate in NY, LA and TX MapRaids.
-==MapRaid benefits==
-* Improve the map quickly and significantly.
-* Increase in connectivity score.
-* Respond and solve User Reports (URs.)
-* Fix auto generated Map Problems (MPs.)
-* Faster updates of pending “Places”.
-* Establish a mentoring culture within the community.
-* Opportunity to learn from new areas and experienced editors.
-* Strengthen relationships inside the community.
-* Getting more people together and making the community stronger.
-* Recognition from Waze via HOF (Hall Of Fame)
-==How a MapRaid is organized==
-*Local Champs and/or Country Managers identify problem area of a county’s map.
-*[http://goo.gl/kJS6EA MapRaid Request Form] is submitted to Waze.
-*The MapRaid is organized between the Waze Community Manager and the local leaders.
-*The community running the MapRaid decides how to distribute the areas being raided and the fun begins!
-If you’d like to start a MapRaid in your area, we can help make that happen.  Read through the information below and submit a [http://goo.gl/kJS6EA MapRaid Request Form] to get one started!
-The following is summary for the numbers, stats and achievements for the 25 MapRaids to date, including those currently in progress.
-Participants:
-- MR's managing champs: 56.
-- Raiders: 886.
-- Countries: 15.
-Map stats:
-- Edited segments: 1,468,709 (!).
-- Created segments: 346,577.
-- Number of solved MP's: 9,555.
-- Number of resolved UR's: 68,584.
-- Number of updated pending venues: 95,203.
-- Total amount of increase in connectivity score: 46.9%. (2% average improvement per MapRaid.)
-* MapRaids are currently underway in [[MapRaid Ottawa|Canada]] and [[Italy]]. Canada’s is scheduled to end on Wednesday of next week, and Italy’s is schedule to end on Monday. Their achievements
-and stats are not calculated for this summary.
-Here are some guidance on how to do a MapRaid
-- You can start by using this Google sheet made by US editors. Benefit of using this sheet is that everything is fully automated. Please make a copy for future use.
--
-==MapRaid - manual for champs==
-Recently, we’ve been working on launching a new editing initiative which came to us through our community of editors in Indonesia called MapRaid.
-MapRaid is an event in which mappers from all over a community join together to resolve MP’s, UR’s, mass add “Places”, fix connectivity problems and add missing roads in a pre-determined area of the map. Together, the raiders quickly (and vastly) improve the overall condition of their area’s map. At the end of the MapRaid, the leading participants will be presented in the MapRaid Hall of fame.
-A MapRaid is a great way to strengthen community, increase accuracy of maps and launch and/or support local mentoring programs. For example, this could be a nice opportunity for mentees to amp up their score or even to move up in editing levels.
-==How it works==
-MapRaids span a few days (usually a week or two) and are conducted in key areas of major cities, or in areas where there are not a lot of active/experienced mappers.  From the pilot we ran in Indonesia and The Philippines, we have come to learn that MapRaids lead to major improvements in routing, searching and navigating using Waze.
-To start, Local Champ(s) and/or Country Manager(s) identify areas of a country’s map that needs major work.  A MapRaid Request Form is submitted and then the raid is organized with your community manager at HQ and local mappers.  The community running the MapRaid decides how to distribute the areas being raided and the fun begins!
-==Preparation==
-Prior to submitting the MapRaid Request form, the following information should be prepared:
-Which Champ/s will be spearheading the raid
-Proposed area/country which will be raided (a permalink would be great!)
-Find map editors who would like to participate:
-Use local forums and reach out to your local community manager to get both experienced and local editors involved
-Decide the number of mappers participating in the MapRaid.  Again, this is a great opportunity for mentoring!
-Consult your community and find good dates for the raid (usually a week, or two).
-MapRaid goals:
-- Improving Connectivity:
-Maybe the most important goal is to increase the level of connectivity.  Achieve this goal by seeing that junctions are properly connected, correcting segment direction, and updating connectivity arrows between connected segments.
-- Tackling Map Problems & Update Requests:
-A MapRaid area is likely to contain a lot of map problems and update requests.  Try to look in to as many of them as possible and resolve them as “Solved” or “Not identified” to increase the connectivity of the map and make routing a lot more efficient.
-- Updating and Adding “Places”:
-Updating as many “Places” as possible (sites, important locations and businesses) is an important goal of a MapRaid.  Adding, editing, approving, and rejecting a place that was added by a low ranked mapper, will help the map become more informative.
-MapRaid is an event in which volunteer Waze mappers from all over a community join together to resolve Map Problems, User Reports, mass add “Places”, fix connectivity problems and add missing roads in a predetermined area of the map. Together, the raiders quickly (and vastly) improve the overall condition of their areas' map. At the end of a MapRaid, the leading participants will be presented in the MapRaid Hall of fame.
-MapRaid was first initiated by the Indonesian community of editors and then beta run with the Filipino community. The result was great in both test areas; providing the local community with a massive decrease of map problems, update requests and pending ‘places’.
-The Filipino Community MapRaid lasted one week, and resulted in 226 User Requests answered, 194 Map Problems fixed (leaving zero remaining).
-There is a new program from Waze called MapRaid!
-A “MapRaid” is a time limited, joint effort of a community, to improve the condition of the map. Veteran editors mentor/teach new editors, and together they bring the map in the area to perfection.
-Some of the benefits of MapRaid!
-Improving routing and navigation within the designated area quickly and efficiently.
-Improve the map quickly and significantly.
-Solve / respond User Reports.
-Updating pending “Places” faster.
-Establish a mentoring culture within the community.
-Strengthen the relationship inside the community.
-If you are interested, please fill in this form.
-Generally, a 1% yearly increase in Connectivity Score is positive for a community of equal size and area. After the week long MapRaid, the Filipino community saw a 2.05% increase in Connectivity Score.
-A recent MapRaid, in New York City, lasted two weeks. The preliminary historic results are in:

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