Map Editor Suggestions
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This is the place to share your ideas for improving the Waze Map editor.
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make geonodes easier to find
For really long straight segments, it can be a bit of a pain to find the little handle to make adjustments to the geometry as it is often entirely off-screen. This is especially noticeable now since we're making small adjustments to segments that formerly had no geonodes at all to bring them into better alignment for Falcon.
So as a suggestion - I was wondering how hard it would be to make a tweak to where there's always at least one "add geonode" handle visible on screen when a segment is selected?
At a minimum it would be helpful to…
54 votesCongrats! This is now available in the WME.
Many thanks to all who contributed!
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Update Request Management
The "Feed" tab can display pretty random URs and often not ones we need to follow up on. URs in remote areas often are missed.
To reduce response times from editors we need a spreadsheet type view for URs that can be filtered by Country, Province or City.
Filters by type and by editor, or no comments will also be very helpful.50 votes -
Make URLs in Map Comments clickable
Currently if you add a URL in the top comment box of a Map Comment it is not clickable. You have to save the map comment then add a URL as a conversation comment to get it to be clickable. Please make URLs in the top comment box clickable. This is the comment box that is editable after saving. Here is a link to picture of the problem. https://imgur.com/2Bz4fVt In the picture you can see the top https://www.waze.com/ is not underlined so you can't click it to open the URL. However, the bottom https://www.waze.com/ is underlined and you can click…
48 votesCongrats! This suggestion is now available in the WME!
Many thanks to all who helped advance this idea!
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Sub-tab is blank
The new WME version has impacted scripts/tabs that have multiple sub-tabs. If the tab has multiple sub-tabs, it will open and be blank. If you open another sub-tab then re-open the first sub-tab, it will show the content. But this will repeat every time. Here is a screen capture of the behavior:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9w48tjktx8yvti6/blank.gif?dl=047 votes -
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 -
Floating Geometry Handles for Area Places
In WME it was recently introduced to have floating geometry handles to create new geo nodes. This is very convenient, and it would be great if the same could be implemented for Area Places.
45 votesVirtual node handles for Area Places, Map Comments, and Restricted areas have been added to the WME. Read more here.
Thanks for the suggestion!
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Press enter to save closure
Please add the ability to press enter when adding/editing a closure to save it. This will make it quicker to add and edit closures, especially when they need editing en masse
38 votesAvailable in Beta
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Limit name input in event mode
Technically, the name of an MTE is limited to a specific length (number of chars).
But nevertheless, I can type longer MTE names into the name field of a new MTE.Sometimes I have trial&error situations because of that. I simply have to test whether a name is still short enough by trying to save the name. If the name is too long, I get the error displayed that finally shows it.
It would be way easier if the WME could directly stop the input when the maximum name length is reached.
34 votesCongrats! This suggestion is now available in the WME!
Many thanks to all who helped advance this idea!
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Include vehicle type in UR
Sometimes we get UR we cannot properly handle, because the vehicule type is missing. Sometimes roads are restricted for taxi only, and we get lot of user reports 'like turn not allowed'. We suspect the user have waze set in taxi mode, while they driving their own private car.
If the user report contains that info, it would be easier to identify those UR and to give them with the right answer.33 votes -
Segments leading to a Junction box should be Splittable
Currently, when you try to connect an existing segment (segment E) to a segment leading to a Junction Box (Segment L), the WME won't allow to create a Junction.
On the other hand, creating a new segment (segment N), Segment L can be split, but then a saving error will happen (operation not supported).
This different behavior is confusing and it's not easy to understand why it is like that. This mostly looks like a bug to the user when the Junction box is far away and not even on screen.
To fix both problems, WME should allow splitting a…
26 votesCongrats! This suggestion was developed and is now available.
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Snapshot Mode vs Current Live Map
The latest release of WME includes relocated snapshot mode, with name changed to "Current Live Map". During beta testing this was pointed out to and noted by staff. Statement was made it would be corrected. Incorrect wording was pushed to production and needs to be changed back to Snapshot Mode.
25 votesAs part of the Tile Build Status, the name has been updated to Snapshot Mode.
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Change formatting of forum sharing options
When an editor uses the new forum sharing options which is great, because of the order of the data on the request, valuable information is being overlooked.
For example, the current Unlock Request automatically fills in the following information:
Hi Editors,
I would like to be able to edit the following segment(s).
Your help would be greatly appreciated.Permalink: https://waze.com/en-US/editor?env=usa&lat=29.63406&lon=-104.27920&zoom=5&segments=516527406
Reason:
Unlock to level:Thank you in advance,
The "reason" and "unlock to level" kind of blend in.
My suggestions would be to
1. automatically fill in the "unlock to level" information with the rank of the editor making the…24 votesCongrats! This suggestion is now availble in the WME.
We've update the Unlock Request forum message to a more general message, and now auto-populate the "Unlock to level" field with the requesting user's level. Object types have also been added.
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Show user/app language with UR
In multilingual countries and areas, we never know what language to use when responding to a UR. A driver in Brussels may have their app in French, Dutch, English or German. Our editors are multi-lingual, but can't see which language to use. If we'd see the display language of the app, we'd know directly.
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Reorder advanced WME settings
When Compact Mode was added, it was placed at the top of the advanced settings. The top settings should be those most likely to be used often. Compact Mode should go toward the bottom with the other settings less likely to be changed.
Red marks on the image are those items I think won't be changed often. https://imgur.com/wvHg0HY
Personal note - I change from drawing as one segments to two way segments often based on the roads I'm adding.
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Sandbox Training Server
Not to be mistaken with the beta program.
The sandbox could be a dedicated space/server where editor levels don't apply (to a degree) and lower-level editors could experiment with the functionality of higher-level access. ie Junction Boxes, Far Lanes, Shields, etc.
Mentors could use it as a training ground.
Managers could use it for promotional tests
It would also be a good space to run simulations to test what you have put into practice. Editors could also test theories without affecting the end users in the live map.
12 votesHi! This is available through WME Practice mode :)
Thank you for your suggestion!
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Translate country names to appear correctly when using the app in languages other than English
Currently when viewing a place's address (street name, city, country), the country's name always appear in English no matter what the language setting you have. This should be corrected so that the country name appear on the correct language depending on what language is set for Waze.
12 votesThank you for your suggestion! Waze now supports many local languages. Please check under Settings > General > Language.
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Alternative house number
Often the house numbers are not exactly in order. As, for example, there was an update in the street number and some houses remain in the old number. Or even, the same street has the same number in different neighborhoods.
With this, Waze could allow alternative numbers which are house numbers that are not following the "correct" numerical order. Still, it could allow putting letters in the numbering, like "505 A", "505 B"...10 votes -
Point per House Number
Get 1 edit point per HN placed or per 2 HN moved. This brings more drive to do HNs.
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Add "Curbside Pickup" or "Curbside Service" to the services in the more info tab for places
In this Covid-19 era many businesses are offering Curbside Pickup service to reduce/avoid direct contact between people. I think this came to stay as I have witnessed adding phone line numbers exclusively for customers to call when they are parked in front of the store so a employee can deliver the order to the customer outside the building.
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Allow language change for international travelers
Hi! In our office we are big fans of WAZE and find, at least in Los Angeles, that it's superior to Google Maps and other GPS apps. Our issue? We have many frequent international travelers and in particular, when in Israel the app defaults to Hebrew and can't be changed to English. I think it would be advantageous to all if that could be made more flexible.
3 votesThank you for your suggestion! Waze now supports many local languages. Please check under Settings > General > Language.
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