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  1. WME Client simulator

    With each additional functionality on WME (Paths / Far-Lanes / Jubra / Junction box / lanes / ....) gets increasingly difficult to map. This makes it more likely that us map editores will make some kind of mistake or don’t take something into consideration. Having a way to preview the changes before they are live on the map will made both editors and client less frustrated, with a more accurate map.

    223 votes
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  2. Improve House Numbers Editing Interface Clarity

    Since the version 2.272, the HN interface has become visually overloaded mainly on cross roads. In the previous version, entering house numbers mode would visually isolate the numbers belonging only to the selected street. This behavior was much more intuitive and provided a cleaner, distraction-free environment for editing.

    We suggest restoring this functionality - either by default or as an optional toggle - so that only the house numbers from the selected street are shown during editing. This change would significantly improve clarity, reduce errors, and enhance the overall editing experience.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    99 votes
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  3. More complexity for Residential place point house numbers

    More Complexity was adder for House Numbers when using House numbering -feature. However, there is still restrictions when adding Residential place point.

    Because It's not possible to use House numbering feature in country side where houses are far away from named road.

    " As a WME user I want to add House number format for example 180-7 for residential place, in a case when houses are far away from named road"

    282 votes
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  4. Filter GPS tracks by vehicle type: private, taxi, motorcycle

    The GPS layer should have checkmarks where we could choose the vehicle type of the GPS tracks we want to see.
    This would be great for determining what type of vehicle is using a particular road, which in turn would be useful for deciding what road restrictions a road should have.

    76 votes
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  5. Allow option to disable new editor help

    With a recent release of WME Production, a new feature (pop up box at the bottom of the screen saying "Click on map to start drawing, double click to finish drawing") was added for new editors to teach let them know what to do when they are creating a new segment. This feature is great and should be there for all new editors.

    My suggestion would be to disable this feature for all L2 and higher editors since they should already know how to do create new segments.

    55 votes
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  6. Replying and closing UR should give editors an edit point

    Currently, when you close a User Report (UR), the count of resolved URs increases on the editor profile. However, there is no reward of an edit point.

    Editors spend vast amounts of time looking for, investigating, replying and managing the lifecycle of a UR. I propose that both replies to a UR and closing a UR should each give a single edit point.

    Given that Waze tracks the number of URs resolved, adding points retrospectively would also be appreciated. Though I understand UR replies couldn't be added retrospectively.

    The awarding of these edit points should still be subject to throttling…

    70 votes
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  7. Partners polygon layer

    Hello,
    Thanks to the Waze for Cities program, we are happy to have more and more partners, either for road management (Connected Citizens) or for event management (Global Event Partners).
    For those who do not know the details, you should know that a partner benefits from one or more polygons that characterize their rights area (data flows to or from Waze, closures, MTE).
    The community being very involved, and always on the lookout for modifications to be made in WME, or closures to be programmed, it often happens that our closures or our editions conflict with their closures.
    It is…

    46 votes
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  8. Incorporate the Top "X" scripts into native WME

    Given the recent injection of malicious code into scripts used by the majority of experienced editors
    https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/urgent-two-scripts-were-compromised-on-feb-1-please-read-if-you-use-scripts/365499
    I strongly urge Waze relook at the Top "X" scripts that were identified several years ago and incorporate them into native WME.

    These scripts serve several functions
    1) Increase navigation precision: JAI (mentioned above) is absolutely needed for experienced editors to determine the angles and thus, the turn announcements when one moves from one segment to the next
    2) Speed up editor time: ColorSpeed (also mentioned above) and others, like LaneTools or Road Shield Assistant, provide a quick visual on the overall WME…

    92 votes
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  9. Expand external visual cue on mouseover

    Several years ago the WME interface was changed and it reduced how much information was visible when adding an external provider. You could no longer see the difference between two entries because the text simply isn't visible and longer place names make it worse. Editors would have to select a provider to see the address and determine if it was correct. If it was not, they would have to search again and select another entry. Repeat the process until you find the correct entry. If there is no entry, you have tried five different times to find out. For some…

    97 votes
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  10. Show Where Community Schedules Are Used

    In the Community Schedules section of the Waze Map Editor, please make the "Used In" count clickable or provide a way to show a list of school zones using a specific schedule. Currently, it only shows a number, not the actual locations. Recently, I was trying to find a school zone with an incorrect schedule so I could remove it and then delete the Community Schedule, but I couldn’t locate it even after searching an entire province and four major cities.

    38 votes
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  11. ICON Change on RTC for Turns

    Currently when you select a segment with an RTC on a turn arrow, you just see the white fence/barricade icon that you see on the node. You then have to hover over the turn arrow, then click on Turn Closures and go to the window that popped up to see if these are active or finished.

    I would like to see the icon changed to the the Red Closed symbol when active, like we see on segments when they are actively closed, and then the grey circle we see when they are finished. It would help tremendously in deciding if…

    71 votes
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  12. House number editing no longer shows reason for HN error

    With the recently released change to how we edit house numbers, we no longer see information of why there is a problem (wrong side, already exists, etc). This functionality needs to be added back, or the actual error needs to be added to the error message, so we understand what the issue is.

    Details were provided in this beta post.
    https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/a-faster-way-to-add-house-numbers-in-wme-for-segments/358469/20

    77 votes
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  13. Warn if adding restrictions (bus, hov, ...) that applies to all lanes

    When adding restrictions to segment(s), the default selection in ENTIRE segment (in other words, all lanes).
    If, for some reason. the editor misses this setting, the segment will be excluded (by mistake) for navigation for certain vehicles.
    For instance, adding BUS lane for all lanes will prevent private cars from using this segment. This would lead to wrong and strange navigations.
    For that reason, and especially since, after saving, there is no visual mark in WME for this selection (ENTIRE vs specific lane) it is advised to add a popup warning message for these cases, like the warning message that…

    46 votes
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  14. Additional Imagery requests feedback

    With the great feature of Additional Imagery, we can make requests for updates using "The Button".

    If the imagery update meets our needs, we should be able to confirm that it did (like a thumbs up for alerts in the app).

    If we get an alert that imagery has been updated, but the imagery is not sufficient (not new enough, clouded over, etc), we have to submit a new request. Instead of submitting a new request, there should be an option to reopen the original request to get newer/clearer imagery.

    As is, there is no easy way to provide feedback…

    41 votes
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  15. House number change history

    When selecting a house number the interface no longer shows who last modified the house number. History on the segment doesn't always show what was change (it might show added or deleted, but not moved or edited). Segment history needs to have more detail on what was done.

    67 votes
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  16. Segment history - moved house numbers

    When looking at segment history, you can see details of house numbers that have been added or removed. When the position of the house number is changed, the history says "House Number: Missing Data". It would be better to list the house number and that it was moved.

    45 votes
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  17. Ensure that permanent hazards and cameras are selected before they can be relocated

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1041305897932169216/1322228679090372649/20241227-1542-59.5872623.mp4?ex=67701cea&is=676ecb6a&hm=129ac41d01aefec63e845702458f45ff2ca13677f13e396d1bd500af645c6f6c&

    As shown in the above video, it's far too easy for a PH or camera to be moved accidentally when panning around the map. Hit a PH while panning, and it can be moved half way across the screen.

    Please make it so they have to be selected before they're above to be relocated, just like other map elements.

    75 votes
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  18. Drawing similar type segments

    In WME Advanced Preferences, similar to the option to “Draw new roads as two-way,” add an option to be able to change the default Road Type to something other than Street.

    Helpful when adding a new highway/freeway or a parking lot where all the segment types are the same, I would like to check a box in the Preferences to either “Draw all segments as [Road Type selection]” or “Default Road Type [selection]”

    68 votes
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  19. keyboard shortcut for adding POI

    A significant workflow inefficiency within the Waze Map Editor (WME) currently stems from the lack of keyboard shortcuts for adding Points of Interest (POIs). Users are required to rely solely on mouse interaction – hovering over the POI menu and clicking the desired category – every single time they need to add a new point.
    This becomes particularly tedious for editors who frequently utilize specific categories. For instance, I personally rely heavily on the 'OTHER' POI category. This isn't for standard points, but rather as a necessary workaround to map complex Residential Place Points (RPPs) or House Numbers (HNs) that…

    33 votes
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  20. Ability to add more than 4 fields in the Address box

    Please give us the ability to create more than 4 address fields. and make it so that editors can set custom number of fields according to their own area.
    Right now waze has four boxes for address: Street, City, State, Country.
    Not all addresses in the world work quite exactly like this so please
    I would like to suggest waze allow users to create custom fields and name them and Country coordinators set the limit of fields in each city and country.
    So we can have many fields like:
    Street
    Sector
    Phase
    Town
    City
    District
    State
    etc.
    I tried looking…

    37 votes
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