User:Iainhouse

Iainhouse

• Joined Waze: 23rd July, 2012
• Area Manager for London
• UK Country Administrator
• Waze Global Champ

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Quotations from Chairman House

Sometimes, a simple question on the forum will provoke a particularly long & detailed response from me. It's probably a good idea for me to remember where to find these answers, rather than constantly repeating them!

• Citys vs Wards vs Parishes vs Post Town for "Road Names"
• Why u-turns at dead ends are a bad idea
• How to make roundabout bypass lanes work
• Time-based toll restrictions. I invented a method to implement time-based tolls. There's an old Wiki page. I think it's been transferred to the Global Wazzopaedia, so it's beyond my control now. This is the forum topic where it was discussed.
• Limitations of the current mapping of the London CCZ
• Why do we map railways?

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Some of my proposals to improve Waze:

• Force editors to visit the forum 9 thanks. No response from HQ.
• Reach Out Automatically to New Editors 18 thanks. No response from HQ.
• New UR type – Editor Comment 15 thanks. No response from HQ. We implemented it anyway, using the URO+ script to provide icons for new comment types. Now being used in many countries. Eventually, Map Comments were added to native WME. Surprisingly, they did a pretty good job of it. :)
• Monthly UR report from Waze 9 thanks. No response from HQ. The need for this is now greatly reduced thanks to the WME UR-MP Tracking script.
• Roadworks UK sub-forum No thanks - but we implemented it successfully. I believe at least one other country has adopted the idea.
• Limit scoring rates for new editors NEW - we'll see how it goes. ;)