Map Editor Suggestions
Welcome to the Map Editor's suggestion box!
This is the place to share your ideas for improving the Waze Map editor.
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Choosing the Route Type (Economic, Fast, or Safe)
Today, navigation primarily prioritizes the shortest estimated travel time, but the fastest option isn't always the most suitable for the moment.
Each driver has different needs depending on the time of day, context, and purpose of the trip.
Proposal:
Allow the user to choose the route type before starting navigation:
1- Fast Route (default)
Total focus on the shortest estimated time. Maintains the current model.
2- Economy Route
Prioritizes constant flow. Reduces "stop and go". May suggest avoiding tolls. Ideal for long trips or cost reduction.
3- Safe Route
Prioritizes avenues and main roads. Avoids back streets and low-traffic areas.…
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School Zone excluded segment ID option
Currently, we can exclude based on road types, which in most cases is sufficient. However, there are times that we may need to exclude a segment that is the same road type in the school zone because of cross traffic.
For example, in the image below, the school zone is on a mH. I can exclude the FWY with no concerns, but the 2 yellow arrows point out some mH segments that I can't currently exclude. The issue is that if I am driving either of those routes, I will get a School Zone alert, and eventually a reduced SL,…
29 votesThanks for your feedback. At this time, this doesn't fit on our roadmap, but we'll keep it in mind for future product planning.
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Change the color of point Map Notes
Point map notes are practically invisible a majority of the time because small white circles easily disappear in aerial imagery. Any bright color other than white would be a better choice for point map notes.
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schedulerEnable Use of Community Schedule for Road Restrictions in WME
Currently, in the Waze Map Editor (WME), road restrictions (TBR) must be managed manually. I’d like to propose integrating the ability to use community-created schedule — already available for school zones — to automatically apply restrictions based on dates, times, or days of the week.
This improvement would:
Reduce manual workload for editors
Increase restriction accuracy (e.g., roads closed only on Saturdays, during recurring events, or excluding public holidays)
Thank you for considering this request16 votes -
Icon on map screen to report pot holes in 1 action, current set up means that you have to press 3 icons to report a pot hole.
Icon on map screen to report pot holes in 1 action, current set up means that you have to press 3 icons to report a pot hole. Due to the increasing number of pots holes this would make it easier to report. I report pot holes more then any other action in waze.
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Improve adding and managing RPP by showing numbers and entry points
When adding house numbers in rural areas, we often end up using a mix of HN and RPP. It would help quite a bit, if the entered house number and the routing end point were visible without selecting a RPP, the same way it shows for HN. Currently the only way to check is to select the RPP, but it would be nice to have an overview available at all times.
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Allow saved nested community schedules (not just at the School Zone level)
There are 2 useful ways saved nested community schedules could be used.
- Exemptions
Currently the only way to apply an exemption schedule is do it in every school zone, if you remember. If we could apply the exemption schedule to the community schedule, then it would automatically apply wherever that community schedule is set on a school zone.
For example, we have a state level exemption schedule for public holidays where schools are not open. This exemption schedule needs to be applied to every school zone in the state. It is easier to maintain one list, than to add those…
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Editar la direccion calle 6a sur #84f-388 que sea del sector belen manzanillo no de el salado
Calle 6a sur # 84f - 388 Medellín, Antioquía
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Issue Tracker support for .wkt "Specific area"
The Issue Tracker allows for specifying a scan area with 3 options - Map area, Managed area or Specific area. Adding the ability to provide a .wkt (Well-Known Text) file containing a POLYGON to the Specific area section would be very useful.
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Safety Concern: Missing Stop Sign Display in Waze
Although stop signs exist at certain locations, they are not displayed in Waze.
This lack of support may cause drivers—especially those unfamiliar with the area—to overlook stop points, creating safety concerns.
If Waze Map Editors could directly add stop signs within the editor interface, such issues could be resolved more efficiently.
For improved safety and map accuracy, please consider adding a feature that allows editors to place stop signs directly.5 votes -
None as default for street and city in new segments
Submitted on behalf of the IL community: Why isn't a default value of "no street", "no city" entered in the address field of a new segment? New editors don't always fill out the address field and it remains "no address", creating a need to contact them and explain to them how to choose "no" for the street name.
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Allow for polygons in major traffic events to be bigger than 20km
Waze Map Editor doesn't allow a polygon bigger than 20km to be used for a Major Traffic Event.
Example: Attempting to create an MTE for Twin Cities Marathon that only targets a 0.06mi buffer around the route itself, so it only alerts affected drivers.
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Street View Time Machine
Street view function on WME does not always show the latest pictures, it would be useful if we have Time Machine.
6 votes -
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.
106 votesThanks for your feedback. At this time, this doesn't fit on our roadmap, but we'll keep it in mind for future product planning.
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Make editors able to place down Pothole hazards in WME
As of right now, you can only add a road hazard in the map, then a bypasser doesn’t see the pothole and mark it as “Not there” which removes it.
There should be a feature in WME that lets us editors add potholes which we know exist there, more permanent ones.
9 votes -
Arrow buttons at the bottom of "Your Drives" sidebar.
Arrow buttons at the bottom of "Your Drives" sidebar. I always have to go back to the top to go back in dates when searching for drive from the last so many days.
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Feature Proposal: Visual Markers for Start and End of Average Speed Zones
Dear Waze Team,
We are writing to you on behalf of the community of volunteer map editors and Waze app users in the Czech Republic. We would like to propose a new feature that, in our opinion, would significantly refine and clarify the display of average speed camera zones on the map.
Currently, we lack an effective way to visually mark the precise start and end points of an average speed zone on the map. We therefore propose two possible solutions:
- A New Icon with No Sound Alert: We propose the introduction of a new, non-audible icon that editors could…
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Allow user to switch Google Street View provider
The most GPS-ically perfect street view images are provided by Google Street View, however, there are also volunteers who contribute their street view imagery to Google but lack perfect GPS linkage with the imagery.
Allowing users to switch the imagery by providing the option will significantly cut off the time for searching the particular imagery provider, where the editors are currently switching imagery by dropping the man icon over the streets manually to check the provider.
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New Satellite Imagery available for L1
By making various satellite imagery layers available to L1 editors, we can eliminate the need for them or other editors to re-analyze areas and significantly boost their productivity.
32 votes -
MTE: exclude segments
It'd be great if there would be an option to exclude certain segments from MTEs.
Either have the MTE snap to a certain elevation level (e.g. exclude underground highway tunnels, or elevated highways,) or exclude certain road categories, such as currently done in Permanent Hazards.41 votes
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