Display shield AND road name in the app
Please consider displaying one or more shields along with a road name in the app. Ideally, we could have the option to display more than one shield, but at least one would be very helpful. Other nav apps already do this today.
Currently, we can either display a single shield on a road OR the primary road name. Many roads are known by a common name but also have one or more shields that can be very important for navigation. Some intersections have a road name sign, while others only have a shield sign. Frequently, locals may know the road by the route # even though it also has a common name.
Because of the ambiguity, it can be very difficult for editors to decide which to display in the app. Guidance already varies by state and valuable time is still wasted today on debates over different approaches given the display limitation and perceived local preferences. But I believe everyone agrees there isn't a solution that requires no compromises and works everywhere.
It's understood that this would be a significant effort and would likely require a change in the WME to identify exactly what will be displayed. Perhaps some people will chime in with suggestions. Editors have already wasted a lot of editing time investigating, testing, and implementing hacky workarounds (and continue to do so today), so I believe the effort will be worth it -- for editors and app users.
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Bob McCormick commented
Many places where shields don't work - because for any given street name / city combination a route number (shield) may not exist for the entire length of the road.
In many places any given segment may have multiple route numbers, hence multiple shields. This is currently not supported in Waze - practically every other navigation solution can do this.
In many locales surface streets (e.g., non-freeway road types) have both a street name and one or more route numbers / shields. Ideally Waze would better support this on the editor, back end and client.
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Kathy Kendall commented
Workarounds to handle situations where only a shield is displayed at intersections, yet the whole rest of the road goes by a local name are a nuisance. If the app displays both, these time-consuming workarounds won't be necessary.
Kathy