Waze Map Editor/Chat

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Waze Map Editor (WME) has an optional chat feature, known as WME Chat, that allows you to chat with other editors that are currently using WME. This feature allows you to ask for help, assist others in need of help, or collaborate in group editing efforts. This page explains features of WME Chat and how to best use it while editing.

Enabling chat mode

To enable WME Chat, click on the chat icon in the lower left corner of the editor screen as shown here. If you do not click on this icon, you will not be shown as active in chat; however, WME Chat will start recording conversation in the background, if any, from other editors using WME Chat.

If you enable WME Chat right away after launching WME, you will see no conversation history until you or another editor enters a message. If you first edit for a while and then enter WME Chat, you will see the entire history of conversation that occurred since you opened WME. If you click on another editor's name, your editor screen will jump to the location of that editor, wherever they are editing. We suggest you only use this feature if you read this entire article.

When you click on the icon, the chat editor will open to display the folowing:

Conversations occur in the large window to the left. Other editors in WME chat are listed in the right window. Both these windows have scroll bars to allow you to review conversation or see the whole list of editors. Type your message in the area at the bottom "Message goes here" and press Return to send your message to all others. This is an open chat system. Messages are visible to everyone.

The list of editors to the right shows the editors name and their numerical rank on a cone, rank one through six. Rank one editors are new. Rank six editors are very experienced.

Features

Visible/Invisible

A feature is available for editors to be visible or invisible. This will prevent your name from being displayed within the list of online editors. To access this feature, just click on the dropdown menu "Visible" and select visible or invisible.

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Move To

Another feature is the ablility to move to the location of an editor that is currenlty online. This is helpful if you are offering help or are in need of help and need to move to the exact location.

To achieve this feature, click on the compass icon next to an editors name.

Once you click on the compass icon, your WME screen will move over the exact location of the editor whose name you clicked on.

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Rank Indicator

You are able to determine an editors rank based on the number next to the cone to the left of their name. This can be helpful if in need of a Country Manager (CM) or when determining the experience level of an individual asking for help.

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Chat Status icon

When minimized, there are different variations of the minimized chat icon in WME showing visibility and if there are new messages. the following are a the different display icons and their meanings:

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Status: visible Unread messages: no

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Status: invisible Unread messages: no

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Status: visible, Unread messages: yes

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Status: invisible Unread messages: yes

Etiquette in communications

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Be careful offering advice outside of your local area. Country, state, and regional differences exists (show a link or two to the state resources or forums) and your advice may be inaccurate in that area. Outdated areal images may be deceiving if locals are editing new construction areas. Providing advice on simple or common topics or where in the Wiki can information be found should be fine."

Advantages

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Disadvantages

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Troubleshooting

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Alternative communications

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Addons, Extensions, Scripts

The following scripts have been created to better aid in the use of WME Chat.

WME Chat addon

by: dummyd2 Version: 0.4

This script improves the WME chat GUI:

• Configuration panel: link "Settings" next to the welcome message at top of message list
• removes duplicates messages: it hides messages, but you still receive or (perhaps) emit duplicates.

• adds a link on user names in each message to add a "bip" message (customizable in settings)
• adds a target link next to the user name allowing to jump to without looking for the user in the list
• adds rank after user names
• adds date and time or time only to each post (taken from your computer when the message is received)
• formats links to clickable links and opens in new tab
• formats permalinks to clickable target and jump to position, zoom, and select objects (no WME reload)
• light blue (editable in settings) background on new messages posted by you
• small "+" and permalink icon next to the input message area to insert current permalink
• Chat top pannel (if open) or chat button (if closed) change color to dark red (editable in settings) if someone type a message containing a word in a custom list (see tool tip text) in settings (case unsensitive). Returns back to original color when you send a message, or close chat window.
• Play sound on new message (mutable in settings)
• Play sound on alert (mutable in settings)
• Remove messages of users not in the room (optional in settings)
• System message when a user join or leave the room (optional in settings)
• Bell icon next to each user in the users list to insert the "bip" in the message

• Compatible with WME Chat jumper: so each "jump" with WME Chat addon is reversible using WME Chat jumper.

Download WME Chat addon

From GreasyFork

More Information

Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools wiki article for WME Chat addon

WME Addon Forum thread

WME Chat Jumper

WME Chat Jumper is a script that allows you to "jump" back to your previous editing location after clicking on and moving to another editors location.

Download WME Chat Jumper

Download link http://pyrczak.pl/ChatJumper.user.js

More Information

Wiki page WME Chat Jumper

Forum Thread WME Chat Jumper