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  1. Make hazard potholes permanent

    Dear Waze Team,

    Please consider adding the option to mark potholes as permanent hazards, similar to how permanent speed cameras are handled. In South Africa, many potholes remain unrepaired for months or even years. Making these hazards visible on a long-term basis would significantly improve road safety and help drivers avoid costly damage, accidents, and injuries.

    This feature could make a real difference in countries where road maintenance is lacking, and it aligns perfectly with Waze’s mission to improve driving experiences through community-driven insights.

    Thank you for your consideration!

    10 votes
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  2. Improve Segment History Reporting of Turns

    Description: Currently when editors make most changes to a turn between two segments the segment history simply shows "Turn onto X road updated". It would be much more helpful if we could easily tell what was changed about that turn. Was is a turn instruction override (TIO)? A difficult turn? Time-based restrictions? There was a change in a value associated with the data model of that segment, so it's very much possible to have the segment history be more specific.

    In this image there are three entries for turn updates to the same turn, but other than the TIO there…

    10 votes
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  3. Add keyboard shortcuts for setting a voice prompt override when a turn is selected

    Please allow setting the turn override with a keyboard shortcut, when the turn popup is shown.

    Define a set of shortcuts for all possible values (or at least for the main common ones, continue, turn left, turn right, u-turn)
    You can show them on the dropdown, so that people know what key to use.
    Example: https://ibb.co/hHZsXtM

    This would save a lot of clicks (and would more likely prevent mistakes of setting the opposite direction) in particular when setting them over roundabouts.

    10 votes
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  4. Autodetect road types

    Road classification seems to be a large source of disagreement and unecessary effort between map editors, part because we know it is used for routing.

    The classification should be autodetected based on average speeds and not editable by users, like average speed.

    10 votes
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  5. Cropping tool for attached images

    While adding images from the editor is a bad idea, it could be useful to have the ability to crop images. This could allow generally good image to be improved and kept instead of removed.

    9 votes
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  6. Select left hand drive or right hand drive vehicle

    My car is a left hand drive vehicle however while using the app on an android headunit the directions are on the left side of the screen while the map is on the right hand side of the screen which is very hard to see. I suggest an option if your car is a left hand drive vehicle to swap these two and revert back if it is a right hand drive vehicle.

    9 votes
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  7. A road type for drive though's in the map editor.

    When driving around in a drive through i always end up on the main street or in a parking lot. the "parking lot" road option is currently the best way to describe them but its not really that or a private road either.

    9 votes
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  8. Google Local

    The Waze Map Editor should permit editors to pull place descriptions from Google Local Guides since Google acquired Waze. Waze already permits editors to use Street View info. Also, Google Local Guides is a crowdsourced project, just like Waze.

    9 votes
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  9. Possibility of planning the fastest route between many destination points. Possibility that delivery person from all kinds will enjoy it

    Planning a trip to a large number of destinations, for example for delivery person..
    at this time, can serch route for one destination and add 1 stop to the way.
    My idea is that it will be possible to put a lots of destination points and waze will calculate the fastest route between all points.

    9 votes
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  10. Estaría bien poder planear rutas con varias paradas e indicando por que carreteras ir. Gracias

    Estaría bien poder planificar ruta con varias paradas podiendo elegir las carreteras que usar si no gusta la elegida por waze...

    9 votes
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  11. Sugestão para o app reporte de perigo queimadas/ fumaça na via.

    Reporte de perigo existência de queimadas e fumaça na via.

    9 votes
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  12. Add a road closure once at destination

    It would be really helpful to add a road closure on the map once you're at your destination. Often you are driving and can't do this, especially if you can't drive near the closure

    9 votes
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  13. Traffic jam voice alerts

    Add voice alerts along route for traffic jams up ahead. If you are driving you can not see them until it is too late. Right now, it is only visible on map with no voice alerts.

    9 votes
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  14. Adicionar postos que possuem GNV

    Adicionar postos que possuem combustível GNV

    9 votes
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  15. Post exact number of exit to take

    When there are multiple exits on a single road, presently you show only what the sign states ( ie: exit 23 ABC ). If I am to take exit 23 B it should state that at the beginnig not when I'm on top of it.

    9 votes
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  16. Description field for road closures

    You want to pass on information about a road closure to other editors so that they can see why a closure was entered. A description field for internal information would be great, as with restrictions. At the moment you have to share the information, for example, through an extra map comment.

    9 votes
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  17. Landmark and POI's categories

    In WME, while editing the map, it would be useful to have the possibility to activate/deactivate categories of Landmarks/POI’s – something similar to Map Layers: I do not need to have all the categories visible and somehow polluting the map with Landmarks/POI’s like Park, Beach, River, etc.

    So, the idea is to have the possibility to select those categories I want to see and deactivate those less interesting for the day-to-day editing.

    Thanks.

    9 votes
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  18. UR feed should include recently edited areas

    After modifying an area, both senior and junior editors should pay close attention to new URs in that area to alert them of possible errors or oversights. To facilitate this, an editor's WME feed should list URs occurring in a localized area where that editor has recently made significant changes, e.g. "Near recent edits".

    There should be some kind of threshold to this behavior, so that making a minor edit in a dense, heavily-Wazed area with many URs does not unleash an onslaught of unrelated URs in one's feed. The threshold may need to depend on the rank and activity…

    9 votes
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  19. Improve the format of unlock request titles

    Including the current lock level of the segment allows editors to see at a glance if they are a high enough rank to address the request, and adding the name of the segment helps differentiate between multiple requests from the same editor in the same city. I would recommend this format:
    Level 4 unlock in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Main St)
    If the segment doesn't have a city name, there shouldn't be a comma before the state:
    Level 4 unlock in Manitoba (Hwy 9)
    If the segment doesn't have a street name, the parentheses should be omitted:
    Level 4 unlock in Winnipeg,…

    9 votes
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  20. Attach files to update requests

    Allow users and map editors to attach files (images, pdf and such on) to URs

    9 votes
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