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Please help work this out at: https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=108515 or to type the right stuff right here.}}
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*[[Best_map_editing_practice|Best practices]]
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So you want to be a waze editor?  You are about to join a community working together to improve wazers' drives by improving the Waze map. You have probably figured out that you have the power to tremendously improve wazers' commutes. To do that, just start simple, learn the basic principles, and connect with the community.
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So you want to be a waze editor?  You are about to join a community working together to improve wazers' drives by improving the Waze map. If you've seen the slightly-out-of-date video, you've figured out that you have the power to tremendously improve wazers' commutes. To do that, just start simple, learn the basic principles, and connect with the community.  


Waze is an app that helps its users avoid traffic while navigating to their destinations.  It relies on a map suitable for a small smart-phone screen. It needs a map that accurately represents where motor vehicles can drive, is simple and uncluttered, and retains the road segments with the traffic data. These three basic principles of map editing are usability, simplicity, and retention. Keep that in mind and get started!
Waze is an app that helps its users avoid traffic while navigating to their destinations.  It relies on a map suitable for a small smart-phone screen. It needs a map that accurately represents where motor vehicles can drive, is simple and uncluttered, and retains the road segments with the traffic data.   Our motto is "Usability, Simplicity, Retention". With that in mind, get started!


== Your first editing session ==
== Your first editing session ==
* If you haven't already, watch the tutorial videos at [https://waze.com/editor waze.com/editor].  They are a little out of date, but still introduce some of the basic skills you'll be using.
* If you haven't already, watch the [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C9FD01D87B5FD66 videos].
* Try out some of these skills. Choose practice mode at [https://waze.com/editor waze.com/editor] (log out if you have to) .Try out what you learned in the video. For the things that look different, see the [[Editing_manual]], especially [[Creating and editing road segments]].
* Try out some of these skills. Log out and choose practice mode at [https://waze.com/editor waze.com/editor|the waze editor]. Read more about[[Map_Editor_Interface_and_Controls|using the editor]], and about [[creating and editing road segments]].
* Ready? Log in and get ready.
* Ready? Log in and get started.
** See other waze editors: Use the layers icon [[File:layers.png|25px]] in the upper right-hand corner and tick the box next to [[Layers#Live_Users|Live Users]].
** See other waze editors, so they can catch your attention. Use the layers icon [[File:layers.png|25px]] in the upper right-hand corner and tick the box next to [[Layers#Live_Users|Live Users]].
** Open chat [[File:WME Chat minimized visible no new.JPG|25px]]. Send "Good Morning. This is my first time editing!". Experienced editors will be very glad to talk to you before you make your first edit.
** Open chat [[File:WME Chat minimized visible no new.JPG|25px]]. Send "Good Morning. This is my first time editing!". Experienced editors will be very glad to talk to you before you make your first edit.
** Tell what you have come here to do. Experienced editors can let you know if it is easy to fix or easy to mess up.  
** Say what you have are here to do. Experienced editors can say if it is easy to fix or easy to mess up.
* What is safe to do your first time out?  
* What is safe to do your first time out?  
** Correct spellings
** Correct spellings
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* Your first time out, unless you have guidance, you probably should:
* Your first time out, unless you have guidance, you probably should:
*# Not Delete roads -- that deletes traffic data.
*# Not Delete roads -- that deletes traffic data.
*# Not Create [[Places/Parking_lot#Principles|parking lots]] or [[Places#Area|area places]] -- there are good reasons not to do this.
*# Not Create [[Places/Parking_lot#Principles|parking lots]] or [[Places#Area|area places]] -- there are several good reasons not to do this.
*# Not Add lots of [[Road_types/USA#Parking_Lot_Road|roads or lanes in parking lots]] -- that confuses waze and clutters the map.
*# Not Add [[Road_types/USA#Parking_Lot_Road|roads or lanes in parking lots]] -- that can confuse Waze and clutter the map.
*# Not Make changes to major roads and their on-ramps or turn lanes.
*# Not Make changes to major roads and their on-ramps or turn lanes.
* After you save your change, use chat to send "I have just saved my first edit. Can someone check my work in ElDorado Arkansas (or wherever you are located)". Select the object you just saved and share a [[Waze_Map_Editor#Permalink|permalink]] [[File:Permalink_icon.png|25px]] to it.
* After you save your change, use chat to send "I have just saved my first edit. Can someone check my work in El Dorado Arkansas (or wherever you are located)". Select the object you just saved and share a [[Waze_Map_Editor#Permalink|permalink]] [[File:Permalink_icon.png|25px]] to it.
* Stick with the work you started until it is finished and corrected.
* Stick with the work you started until it is finished and corrected.


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* Check the email you used to register with waze.  You'll get a notification there if anyone sends you a new PM, or if you get any other kind of notification from waze.
* Check the email you used to register with waze.  You'll get a notification there if anyone sends you a new PM, or if you get any other kind of notification from waze.
* Come back to editor chat and ask lots of questions.
* Come back to editor chat and ask lots of questions.
* Get to know your [[area manager]](s). If you don't know who they are, ask.
* Get to know [[User:Voludu2/Your area manager|your area manager]]s. If you can't figure out who they are, ask in chat.
* Check your work
* Check your work
** Good tools for checking your own work
** Good tools for checking your own work

Revision as of 21:15, 15 September 2014

 This is a work in progress, obviously. Please help work this out at: https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=108515 or to type the right stuff right here.

The Essentials

So you want to be a waze editor? You are about to join a community working together to improve wazers' drives by improving the Waze map. You have probably figured out that you have the power to tremendously improve wazers' commutes. To do that, just start simple, learn the basic principles, and connect with the community.

Waze is an app that helps its users avoid traffic while navigating to their destinations. It relies on a map suitable for a small smart-phone screen. It needs a map that accurately represents where motor vehicles can drive, is simple and uncluttered, and retains the road segments with the traffic data. Our motto is "Usability, Simplicity, Retention". With that in mind, get started!

Your first editing session

  • If you haven't already, watch the videos.
  • Try out some of these skills. Log out and choose practice mode at waze.com/editor|the waze editor. Read more aboutusing the editor, and about creating and editing road segments.
  • Ready? Log in and get started.
    • See other waze editors, so they can catch your attention. Use the layers icon in the upper right-hand corner and tick the box next to Live Users.
    • Open chat . Send "Good Morning. This is my first time editing!". Experienced editors will be very glad to talk to you before you make your first edit.
    • Say what you have are here to do. Experienced editors can say if it is easy to fix or easy to mess up.
  • What is safe to do your first time out?
    • Correct spellings
    • Check and correct road direction (one-way or two way),
    • Check whether turns are allowed or not.
    • If you have recently "paved" a road using the app, you can confirm the road to make it show up in the app.
  • Your first time out, unless you have guidance, you probably should:
    1. Not Delete roads -- that deletes traffic data.
    2. Not Create parking lots or area places -- there are several good reasons not to do this.
    3. Not Add roads or lanes in parking lots -- that can confuse Waze and clutter the map.
    4. Not Make changes to major roads and their on-ramps or turn lanes.
  • After you save your change, use chat to send "I have just saved my first edit. Can someone check my work in El Dorado Arkansas (or wherever you are located)". Select the object you just saved and share a permalink to it.
  • Stick with the work you started until it is finished and corrected.

After your first editing session

  • Check your forum personal messages. You may have a welcome message from another waze editor.
  • Check the email you used to register with waze. You'll get a notification there if anyone sends you a new PM, or if you get any other kind of notification from waze.
  • Come back to editor chat and ask lots of questions.
  • Get to know your area managers. If you can't figure out who they are, ask in chat.
  • Check your work
    • Good tools for checking your own work
      • WME validator
      • The letter Z
      • Color Highlighter
  • Start reading the wiki
  • Using the forums
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