Introduction
As there is only a single field in Waze to label a road with its city it is important to ensure that we apply a consistant scope to the naming of these. For instance Greater London contains many towns, and labelling every road as being in London would lead to confusion when searching for an address.
For discussion on the topic see:
City and County Naming
The City field in Waze should be completed in the format "town (county)", e.g. "Ware (Herts)" or "Islington (London)".
The definition of the town will depend on your local area.
County Abbreviations
The following abbreviations should be used for UK Counties:
- Beds
- Berks
- Bucks
- Cambs
- Cheshire
- Cleveland
- Cornwall
- Co Durham
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- E Sussex
- Essex
- Glos
- Hants
- Herefordshire
- Herts
- IOW
- Kent
- Lancs
- Leics
- Lincs
- London
- Manchester
- Merseyside
- Middx
- Norfolk
- N Lincs
- N Yorks
- NE Lincs
- Northants
- Northd
- Notts
- Oxon
- Rutland
- Shrops
- Somerset
- S Yorks
- Staffs
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne & Wear
- Warks
- W Mids
- W Sussex
- W Yorks
- Wilts
- Worcs
Postal Vs. Actual Addresses
In some areas the postal address does not match the county. This happens frequently in parts of London, e.g. "Enfield (Middlesex)", "Bromley (Kent)", "Hornchurch (Essex)" which are all part of Greater London and some are Unitary Authorities and so in effect are their own "County".
In these cases the postal address should be used, so "Bromley (Kent)" as oppose to "Bromley (London)".
A possible exception is Middlesex which is no longer a county but some towns still retain their postal addresses. See UK City Names Forum Topic for discussion.