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WELCOME
The MapRaid runs 27 October 2019, 19:00 UTC - 09 November 2019, 23:59 UTC (approximately).
Welcome to the Alabama and north Florida MapRaid! This MapRaid (MR) committee has invited editors from across the world to come together for two weeks to edit these areas from the Southeast region (SER) of Waze USA. We appreciate your contribution to this project, whether it's many edits to the map or just a few. Each and every one moves us one step forward towards reaching our goal: Fixing all Place-based issues on the map!
How we will we do this? All participants will be granted the ability to edit within the complete MR area for the duration of the raid. Each of you will also be attached to a raid group and area (a subset of the entire MR region). Each raid group will be provided a list of editing priorities. As raiders, it will be your task to work with your group to help knock those issues off the map!
MISSION & PRIORITIES
Our mission for this MapRaid is to improve all Wazers' experiences in Alabama and north Florida. We want to make it easier to Locate a specific place in search (with complete and accurate business / entity details) and arrive at the correct location in a timely manner! To do this, our primary goal is to update as many places as possible and to resolve any existing place-based routing issues on the map.
These are our editing priorities:
- Place Point (PP) & Area Place (AP),
- Place Update Request (PUR),
- Residential Place Point (RPP),
- Parking Lot Road (PLR),
- House Numbers (HN),
- Map Problem (MP), and,
- Parking Lot Area (PLA). (Please work PLAs after priorities 1 thru 6 have been addressed.)
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Please read this entire MapRaid wiki.
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RAID HOSTS
| Username | Raid Role | Host for | Waze Roles |
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N4DOG (PM [Help])  |
Coordinator & Planning Committee | Alabama | Alabama State Manager |
| BruceQC (PM [Help]) |
Coordinator & Planning Committee | Alabama | Alabama State Manager |
| ardan74 (PM [Help]) |
Planning Committee | Florida | Florida State Manager |
| DCLemur (PM [Help]) |
Planning Committee | Florida | Florida State Manager |
| fjsawicki (PM [Help]) |
Planning Committee | Florida | Florida State Manager |
| Rainman3699 (PM [Help]) |
Planning Committee | Alabama | Georgia State Manager |
| westjacksonfd (PM [Help]) |
Planning Committee | Florida | Florida State Manager |
| willdanneriv (PM [Help]) |
Planning Committee | Florida | Country Manager, Florida State Manager |
MAP RAID AREA
COMMUNICATION
All communications for this MapRaid, will be in the Waze "Southeast" Discord server, within the "SER MAP RAID" category. Each raid group has a dedicated channel for its internal communications. For those raiders with limited access to Discord, a GHO bot is available for each raid group. (Specific instructions are posted in each group channel.)
Group 0 - Chat is open to all raiders. Feel free to hang out there and get acquainted, etc.
- Group 1 - Mobile Group 2 - Pensacola Group 3 - Dothan/PC Group 4 - Montgomery
- Group 5 - Birmingham Group 6 - Florence Group 7 - Tuscaloosa Group 8 - Huntsville
EDITING BASICS
Edit Quality & Mass Editing
You are responsible for every edit you make, whether you make it by hand or use a script. Every edit made should meet the goals of this MapRaid and make a noticeable improvement to the map. Do not make edits simply to gain points without improving the map. (For example: if an area place polygon is "good enough" for the Waze map, do not edit it.) If it looks like you are making unnecessary edits or hunting for points, you may be banned from this MapRaid and from future MapRaids.
WME Settings
- Review your WME settings and preferences to verify that North America only environment and US English is active.
- Verify that you are visible to other editors.
Required Map Layers
Ensure these Layers in WME are enabled during MR editing:
- Live Users allows you to see other editors in your map vicinity.
- Map Comments provide special information and/or guidance for that location (either a map point or area) .
Rank-based Editing Restrictions
Level 1 and Level 2 editor map editing restrictions remain in effect during the raid.
PLACE EDITING GUIDANCE
The Southeast region follows the USA Places guidance. Any exceptions or deviations are explained in the Southeast Region (SER) wiki.
Run the WMEPH script at least twice: • Before Editing • After Finishing & Before Moving On
Go beyond (WMEPH) GREEN !
• Ensure that all readily available information for a place is entered on the map!
Places NOT mapped
We DO NOT map the following place categories.
- • interchanges/junctions • water of any kind • islands • beaches • toll plazas
We DO NOT add home-based businesses. (No business places should be mapped inside neighborhoods.)
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If you find any of these places already on the map,
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Mapping Style - Area or Point
In SER, the following place categories are mapped either as an area (AP) or as a point (PP) in exception to USA Places guidance:
| Place type | Mapping Style | Place type | Mapping Style | |
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| City Hall | Area Place | Campground | Point Place | |
| Government | Area Place | Car Dealership | Point Place | |
| Library | Area Place | RV Park | Point Place | |
| Museum | Area Place | |||
| Park | Area Place | |||
| Post Office | Area Place | |||
| Sports Court | Area Place |
Area Places (APs) are drawn as basic polygons on the map:
- APs are mapped to the parcel boundaries.
- Gas stations are mapped to the fenceline or parcel boundaries.
- Multi-building campuses, (e.g. schools, universities, large hospitals) are mapped as one large polygon inclusive of all parcel boundaries.
- Parking Lot Areas (PLAs) cover the parking spots.
Place Marker & Entry Point Locations
Verify that the Place marker and entry point(s) are in the correct location on the map. (The entry point needs to be placed at the best spot for a route to end.)
- • The place marker and entry point(s) guidelines for PPs are explained in this section of the USA Point Places wiki.
- • SER follows the AP guidance in the USA Area Places wiki.
- NOTE: SER has additional guidance if a place is located inside another place (e.g. a bank branch or a Starbucks inside a grocery store).
Special Place-Category Guidance
These place categories have specialized guidance when including them on the map. If you have any questions, please contact your group leaders.
- Shopping Malls
- MapRaid editing is limited to places (stores, shops, or kiosks) INSIDE shopping malls. Please do not edit the shopping mall footprint or other attributes.
Place Details: General Tab
Name. Name the business/entity as shown on its own website (or, if none is available, from another approved source).
- • Place located inside another Place. Append to the place name " ( "inside" other place name) ". (The WMEPH script will ignore the information inside the parenthesis and pull the correct harmonization information.)
- • Gas Stations. Be sure to follow national guidance for how to name special cases.
Address. The address needs to be complete. It should have a house number, road name, city and state.
- • For RPPs, use the "City" name from the United States Postal Service (USPS) mailing address.
- • For all others places (PPs, APs, and PLAs,) the "City" name, and the rest of the address, is determined by the business or entity. Use the address shown on its official website.
Category. In general, SER follows the USA wiki place category guidelines. SER has localized guidance for the harmonization of specific businesses, Chain Harmonization Sheet, and category selection for certain types of businesses, Category Sheet. Contact your group leader if you have questions on which category to use.
Description. If there is additional information which a Wazer would find useful to know about the place, that can noted in the Description area.
Place Lock Level. The default lock level for places is Level 3.
| Place type | Lock Level |
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| Airports & their PLAs | 5 |
| Arenas | 5 |
| Colleges | 5 |
| Hospitals | 5 |
| Park & Ride Lots | 5 |
| Universities | 5 |
| Urgent Care | 5 |
| All Other Places ....(incl. PPs, APs, PLAs, RPPs) |
3 |
External Provider. All places should have at least one google link.
- - From WMEPH, press the 'Add' button adjacent to the 'No Google link' statement.
- - If WMEPH fails to find a link,
- • Try entering variations in the name in the field under the External Providers section
- • Check how the place is identified by Google on its map.
- NOTE: Go to PLA section for special external provider guidance.
Place Details: More Info Tab
Telephone Number.
Telephone numbers must be entered in one of these formats: (###) ###-#### or ###-###-####. (Enter information via WMEPH and format will be addressed.)
Website.
1. Verify that the website IS owned by that business or entity. A facebook page may only be used if the business does not have its own listing and the facebook page is not "Unclaimed".)
2. Verify that the URL works before adding it to a place in WME.
3. Use the URL that will take you directly to the homepage for the business or entity
- For public schools, enter the URL provided by the school. (They make extensive efforts to keep their naming schemes.
- For Businesses with multiple locations (chains or franchises e.g.), please use the simplest URL that will get you to the main or general business webpage. (Please do not link directly to the a location-specific page.)
Services.
Select all of the services which apply.
- Restaurants and Fast Food places should have Delivery selected if they have arrangements with Doordash, Foodnow, Ubereats, etc.
- At a minimum, be sure to determine and note whether or not these services are present: Air Conditioning, Handicap Access, Customer Parking, and Restrooms.
Open Hours.
- If hours include words (and cannot be put here), please note what they are in the Description.
- When the open hours vary because different services are offered (i.e. lobby vs. drive-thru), Add the hours set with ...... the greatest number of open hours to the place's open hours. Note the other hours set in the description field.
Residential Point Places (RPP)
From the USA RPP wiki, please be sure that the following information is on the map:
- • Correct, complete ADDRESS which includes a house number, street name, city, state, and country. (The "City" name originates from the United States Postal Service (USPS) mailing address.)
- • Entry Point is present.
- • The STREET name and CITY name from the RPP are also present on a nearby segment. The STREET name/CITY name MUST be together, or paired, either in the primary ADDRESS or in an alternate ADDRESS.
Verify that a photo, if present, meets the USA standard for photos.
Place Update Requests (PUR)
We suggest to work at Zoom = 7 (10 m / 50 ft) or closer.
(This makes it easy to verify that the location marker and entry point are in the correct locations.)
After clearing the PUR, run the WMEPH script to ensure that WMEPH has not identified any entries as potentially incorrect or missing. Fix any issues identified. (No drive-bys, please.)
Go beyond (WMEPH) GREEN !
• Ensure that all readily available information for a place is entered on the map!
Parking Lot Areas (PLA)
SER follows the USA Parking Lots guidance.
REMINDERs:
- • DO NOT ADD U-turns to PLRs inside PLAs.
- • Add an external provider ONLY IF it is a separate link to the PARKING LOT. (DO NOT ADD a glink for a business served by the PLA.)
Go beyond (WMEPH) GREEN !
• Ensure that all readily available information for a place is entered on the map!
SEGMENT EDITING GUIDANCE
The Southeast region follows the USA guidance for editing Roads. Any exceptions or deviations from that are explained in the Southeast Region (SER) wiki. If you are uncertain or have questions about how to address something you see on the map, please ask your group leader.
Parking Lot Roads (PLR)
SER follows the USA Parking Lot Roads wiki, except, for the following (SER wiki):
- Do NOT place U-turns on PLRs.
- Do NOT add U-turns to gas stations PLRs or PLRs within a PLA.
- Do NOT map transition penalty segments. (These can be added to solve an issue documented in a UR.)
Driveways
Add driveways ONLY if needed to support routing for RPPs. SER follows the guidance in the USA Driveways wiki.
House Numbers (HN)
Verify that the HN marker and stop point is correctly placed on the map. SER follows the guidance in the USA House Number wiki. Be sure you are familiar with tips and warnings offered for house numbers in the things to remember section.
Segment Lock Level
When you have finished editing a segment, please ensure the lock level is set correctly. If you are unable to lock it to that level, please lock it as high as you can and ask your group leader to up-lock or raise the segment lock to the correct level.
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If you believe a segment lock level is incorrect,
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The entire Southeast region (SER) observes the segment locking standards in the chart below.
There are some cases that do not adhere to this standard, such as any theme park type areas in Orlando (5/6). Further, all gates at gated communities / private installation should be locked to at least 5.
| Segment Type | Default locks |
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| Freeway | 5 |
| Ramp | 5 |
| Major Highway | 5 |
| Minor Highway | 4 |
| Primary Street | 3 |
| Street | 1 |
| • • • • Ferry • • • • | 5 |
| |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| Railroad |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| | 2 |
Other roads may be locked higher for protection and special situations (areas with construction, tricky design, frequent mistakes, incorrect images, etc.).
BEYOND MAP RAID SCOPE
Please notify your group leader of any large issues you find. Any major issues which need to be addressed will be taken up by local editors after the MapRaid's conclusion. (For example, issues such as city name merging, large scale renaming (primary or alt), etc., will be handled later.)
DO NOT EDIT:
- • New Parking Lot Areas (PLA)
- • Update Requests (UR)
- Please leave the UR's for the Local Editors.
- • Toll roads ~ WARNING
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REGARDLESS of RANK,
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- • Functional Class (FC)
- Do not make changes to road segment functional class. All roads should be current and set per state standards.
- If you do find an issue, please notify your group leaders so it will be addressed after the MapRaid concludes.
- • Cameras
New red light cameras are rare. (There are none currently in the MapRaid area.)
- If you find one, please notify your group leader.
RESOURCES
Wiki links
Military Installations
- Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base (Alabama (TBD) Group)
- Fort McClellan Army Base (Alabama (TBD) Group)
- Fort Rucker Army Base (Alabama (TBD) Group)
- Army Redstone Arsenal (Alabama (TBD) Group)
- Aviation Training Center Coast Guard (Alabama (TBD) Group)
- Tyndall Air Force Base (Florida (TBD) Group)
- Eglin Air Force Base (Florida (TBD) Group)
- Pensacola Naval Air Station (Florida (TBD) Group)
Tools & Scripts
The MR committee strongly suggests that you install and enable the following tools and scripts to assist you in meeting the MR goals. Many scripts and extensions exist which help editors make quality changes to the map with greater ease. (The USA wiki Script page lists and explains the features of some of the most popular ones available.)
Tools
- • A script manager is required. We recommend the installation of TamperMonkey. (Some scripts do not work with the current version of GreaseMonkey.)
- • Toolbox Extension for Chrome. WME is optimized for Chrome.
- • Toolbox For Firefox
- • USPS Zip Code Look-up tool. Primary source for alternate city name(s).
Customized Scripts (THIS MR)
- • WME MapRaid Overlays - Overlay shows editing boundaries for each MapRaid group.
- • WME Place Browser - Creates a list of places requiring edits. Places are sorted by severity of issue.
Place Editing Assistance
- • WMEPH - Adds various checks and validation tools for places, as well as highlighting on the map for completeness. Full integration with USA Place Name Harmonization.
- • WME PIE (aka PIE) - Various interface & functionality enhancements for Places.
- • GIS Layers - Overlay shows HN and street name, physical location on map, & primary city name.
- • GIS Buttons - (Google API required.) Active button(s) provide direct link to primary sources for HN and street name, physical location on map, & primary city name. Sources can provides leads for alternate city name. (Helpful when GIS Layer data is unavailable.)
- • US Government Boundaries - Identify potential zip code to use with USPS lookup tool to determine alternate city name(s). (Be sure to enable zip code and county layers.)
Segment Editing Assistance
- • WME Magic - Highlights potential problems with segments in WME for further investigation.
Required for Group Photo
- • WME HardHats - Replace the live user icon with one that shows the editors rank.
- • WME Me - Adds a layer to WME that draws ME on the map!
RAID GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
Group 1 - Mobile
Group leader: Ardan74 (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: Happy_Lyn (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: RoadWarriorTech850 (PM [Help])
Username (rankk) Group Badges Ardan74(5) [PM [Help]] 
Group 1 - Group Leader, Mobile 
Happy_Lyn(4) [PM [Help]] 
Group 1 - Assistant Group Leader, Mobile 
RoadWarriorTech850(3) [PM [Help]] 
Group 1 - Assistant Group Leader, Mobile
Group 2 - Pensacola
Group leader: DCLemur (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: drudoyle (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: HBiede (PM [Help])
Username (rank) Group Badges DCLemur(5) [PM [Help]] Group 2 - Group Leader, Pensalcola
drudoyle(4) [PM [Help]] Group 2 - Assistant Group Leader, Pensacola
HBiede(4) [PM [Help]] Group 2 - Assistant Group Leader, Pensacola
Group 3 - Dothan/PC
Group leader: westjacksonfd (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: jalondon628 (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: Umarth735 (PM [Help])
Username (rank) Group Badges westjacksonfd(5) [PM [Help]] Group 3 - Group Leader, Dothan/PC
jalondon628(4) [PM [Help]] Group 3 - Assistant Group Leader, Dothan/PC
Umarth735(3) [PM [Help]] Group 3 - Assistant Group Leader, Dothan/PC
Group 4 - Montgomery
Group leader: Rainman3699 (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: red-nax (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: SunnyRaynbows (PM [Help])
Username (rank) Group Badges Rainman3699(5) [PM [Help]] Group 4 - Group Leader, Montgomery
red-nax(5) [PM [Help]] Group 4 - Assistant Group Leader, Montgomery
SunnyRaynbows(5) [PM [Help]] Group 4 - Assistant Group Leader, Montgomery 
Group 5 - Birmingham
Group leader: fjsawicki (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: gOyDp (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: EmilGz (PM [Help])
Username (rank) Group Badges fjsawicki(5) [PM [Help]] Group 5 - Group Leader, B'Ham
gOyDp(5) [PM [Help]] Group 5 - Assistant Group Leader, B'Ham
EmilGz(4) [PM [Help]] Group 5 - Assistant Group Leader, B'Ham
Group 6 - FLorence
Group leader: willdanneriv (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: jbrianj (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: mhh60 (PM [Help])
Username (rank) Group Badges willdanneriv(5) [PM [Help]] Group 6 - Group Leader, Florence
jbrianj(4) [PM [Help]] Group 6 - Assistant Group Leader, Florence
mhh60(4) [PM [Help]] Group 6 - Assistant Group Leader, Florence
Group 7 - Tuscaloosa
Group leader: XKSpeed (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: Joerodriguez12 (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: Voludu2 (PM [Help])
Username (rank) Group Badges XKSpeed(5) [PM [Help]] Group 7 - Group Leader, Tuscaloosa
Joerodriguez12(5) [PM [Help]] Group 7 - Assistant Group Leader, Tuscaloosa
Voludu2(5) [PM [Help]] Group 7 - Assistant Group Leader, Tuscaloosa
Group 8 - Huntsville
Group leader: ramblinwreck_81 (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: ldriveskier (PM [Help])
Assistant group leader: DrHenryJonesSr (PM [Help])
Username (rank) Group Badges ramblinwreck_81(5) [PM [Help]] Group 8 - Group Leader, Huntsville
ldriveskier(5) [PM [Help]] Group 8 - Assistant Group Leader, Huntsville
DrHenryJonesSr(3) [PM [Help]] Group 8 - Assistant Group Leader, Huntsville
Group 9 - Coordinators Username (rank) Group Badges N4DOG(5) [PM [Help]] Group 9 - Group Leader
Coordinators
driving79(6) [PM [Help]] 
Group 9
Coordinators
itzwolf(6) [PM [Help]] Group 9
Coordinators
BruceQC(5) [PM [Help]] Group 9
Coordinators
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GROUP PHOTO
The MapRaid group photo will be taken at the end of the MR. The date, time, and location will be posted in the general and group MR Discord channels.
Prior to "picture time",
- Verify the WME HardHats script and WME Me are installed and running,
- Verify you are "visible" (via WME Chat),
- Verify you have the "Map Comments" Layer on in WME,
- Visit the PL location,
- Move your "Me" avatar to your spot" and,
- Say "CHEESE"!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)- Q. What if I can't be there when the photo is taken?
- A. Follow all of the instructions above and then walk away. As long as your avatar is in place, you should be in the photo.
- Q. What if I can't do that - get set-up beforehand?
- A. We will work with you to get you Photoshopped in.
- Q. When will the photo be available?
- A. Soon!
- Q. Where can I find the photo when it is published?
- A. It will be right here in the MR wiki.
HALL OF FAME
