MegaMapRaid is a special kind of MapRaid. It is a one time event virtually gathering well over a thousand map editors, from dozens of countries, to jointly perfect several large pieces of the map. It is also a fantastic opportunity for newer editors to work with many senior editors to gain skills and insight into mapmaking and the Waze editing community.
The editors are divided into teams, and each team has a particular area it works on. There are fifty teams, and three major area of the map.
A unique feature of this MapRaid is that the teams are in friendly competition to see who can rack up the top editing score.
Where is it?
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Washigton, DC
- Baltimore
The illustrations below show these three areas. On the left is the Bay Area. The upper right is Baltimore, and below it is nearby Washington.
When is it?
The public portion of the MegaMapRaid, including initial registration through final editing cleanup, is running from mid-January 2015 to mid-March.
Registration
The registration period originally ran from January 18, 2015 to February 22, 2015. It was later extended to February 28 due to demand. About half of the participants registered in the extended period.
Team assignments
Team assignments are being made in the first week of March.
Live MapRaid
The editing part of the MegaMapRaid has not been scheduled yet. It is expected to begin at approximately 3:00 PM UTC (Greenwich Mean Time) on Saturday, March 7, 2015, and runs through Wednesday, March 11 or Thursday March, 12. Final start.end times will be posted here once they are confirmed.
Who is participating?
1,333 editors are participating! The table below is slightly out of date, and is missing 66 editors... maybe they're driving Route 66.
| Country | Editor count | Country | Editor count | Country | Editor count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 378 | El Salvador | 5 | Greece | 1 |
| Brasil | 141 | Portugal | 5 | Hidalgo | 1 |
| Malaysia | 52 | Turkey | 5 | HK | 1 |
| Colombia | 49 | Uruguay | 5 | Jakarta Utara | 1 |
| Italy | 48 | India | 4 | James City County | 1 |
| Mexico | 43 | Myanmar | 4 | Kuala Lumpur | 1 |
| France | 42 | Rio de Janeiro | 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Canada | 35 | South Africa | 4 | Lithuania | 1 |
| Romania | 31 | Switzerland | 4 | Madrid | 1 |
| Chile | 22 | Austria | 3 | Magyarország | 1 |
| Philippines | 19 | Bulgaria | 3 | Maharashtra | 1 |
| Poland | 18 | Dominican Republic | 3 | Malawi | 1 |
| Australia | 16 | Ecuador | 3 | Maldives | 1 |
| Peru | 16 | Honduras | 3 | Malta | 1 |
| Argentina | 15 | Ireland | 3 | mauritius | 1 |
| Belgium | 15 | Nicaragua | 3 | Moldova | 1 |
| Germany | 15 | Norway | 3 | Mongolia | 1 |
| Indonesia | 15 | panama | 3 | Montenegro | 1 |
| Slovakia | 15 | Paraguay | 3 | Namibia, All | 1 |
| Hungary | 14 | Thailand | 3 | New Zealand | 1 |
| Israel | 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | Pakistan | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 14 | Bolivia | 2 | República Dominicana | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 12 | England | 2 | RSA | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 12 | Virginia | 2 | Santiago | 1 |
| Latvia | 12 | AT | 1 | Serbia | 1 |
| Sweden | 12 | Belarus | 1 | Singapore | 1 |
| Netherlands | 10 | BIH | 1 | Slovensko | 1 |
| Venezuela | 10 | Brno | 1 | Sweden | 1 |
| Estonia | 8 | Caldas | 1 | Taiwan | 1 |
| Guatemala | 8 | Cuenca | 1 | TANANA | 1 |
| Spain | 8 | Cundinamarca | 1 | Ukraine | 1 |
| Singapore | 7 | Dubai | 1 | Veneto | 1 |
| Denmark | 6 | fortaleza/ceara | 1 | Wales | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | Ghana | 1 | Zambia | 1 |
| Russia | 6 |
Teams
There are 50 teams being assigned. Each team will get an editing area within on e of the three MegaMapRaid regions. Once the teams are formed, MegaMapRaid management will let the participants know which team each editor belongs to, and who the team leader is. There will be some effort to align teams by country and primary language spoken.
The list of teams and their region (Bay, DC, Baltimore) will be posted here. The team membership and precise area to be edited will be posted on the MapRaid pages specific to each of the regions.
Am I registered for it?
Editors can verify that they are successfully registered by visiting https://www.waze.com/forum/ucp.php?i=167
If you see the group "Mega MapRaid!" in your memberships, you are in!
Make sure you have received your Slack invitation. If not, PM (private message) orbitc on the forum.