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  1. Improve segment selection on mobile

    Hello,

    Could you improve the segment selection on Mobile and Tablet?
    The selection of a segment is already not easy ...
    This could be good in addition to being able to easily select several segments, or multi selection, on mobile and tablet.

    For example, very useful for urgent closure requests made without a permalink and the Team Closure editor is not in front of a PC (and the editor providing the information is on the road at the same time).

    Best regards

    80 votes
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  2. Extra click required for approving a PUR

    When approving/rejecting a PUR (new place, new photo, change in details), an extra click is now needed to close the window. Simply clicking approve/reject would close the window, but now you also have to click done to close the window. This wasn't the case until WME v2.109 (released August 2022)

    Screen capture (approving a new place): https://www.dropbox.com/s/v5r8lfe1afe7s5j/purnew.gif?dl=0
    Screen capture (rejecting a new photo): https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6o4anmu6afxay8/purphoto.gif?dl=0

    80 votes
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  3. Draw City Boundaries More Accurately

    Currently City Boundary layers are not drawn precisely, which can result in the wrong city name being displayed to users in the app. I continue to get URs on this regularly in my area.
    This issue seems to be seen commonly when cities are divided by an undulating river. Users should not be shown that they are in a city that they are not in. The system to "draw" the city layer should rely on more data points to draw a more accurate city layer. I will attach screenshots to show this more clearly.

    https://www.waze.com/en-US/editor?env=usa&lon=-122.59338&lat=49.19848&zoom=2

    https://imgur.com/V9kFFp4
    Incorrect city "Maple Ridge"…

    79 votes
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  4. Add oblique imagery (birds eye view) from GMaps to WME

    To allow editors a more comprehensive view of an area and to provide an additional data layer of imagery, use the already-available oblique imagery from GMaps in WME.

    Oblique imagery allows for a 360° view of a location so we would need a new icon to allow for cycling around the 4 'quadrants' of the imagery.

    78 votes
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  5. Use RTC history to create new RTC on the same segments

    It would be very convenient to be able to re-create a RTC based on the RTC history for one or more segments. This would also require being able to choose to select all segments that were included in the original RTC, as well as optionally proposing start / end times.

    Two use case examples:

    1) Recurring RTCs where the schedule is not known far in advance

    For example, there is nightly road construction on a given highway, but this may not repeat every night for various reasons. The actual closure is only published a few hours before, and so requires…

    78 votes
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  6. 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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  7. Add map comments to the "All issues" section

    It would be great to have all map comments in one place, and the all issues sections seems perfect for this. Include some filters like comment type (point, area), comment expiration date, comment creator (me, other), etc.

    76 votes
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  8. Expand character limit for the name of an MTE

    Currently the character limit for the name of an MTE is 25. Common MTE names often come very close or exceed 25 characters, such as "Electric Ave Bridge Replacement" (31 characters). It would be helpful to have the character count increased, possibly by another 10-20 or more.

    76 votes
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  9. 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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  10. Show only active closures

    In the layers menu, under closures, there should be an "Only active" option. When this is enabled, only active closures will be shown in the WME. This would make the WME look "cleaner" and uncluttered.

    75 votes
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  11. 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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  12. Do not allow user selection on buttons

    Buttons in WME (UR, PUR, etc.) should not allow the user to select the text. There is no functional use for editors to be able to select this text and attempting to click can result in the text being selected instead of registering a click on the button

    CSS:
    user-select: none;

    75 votes
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  13. Enable closure duplication on expired closures

    It would be very convenient if you could duplicate an expired closure as you currently can with an active or planned one.

    75 votes
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  14. School Zones Speed limit 40km 2:30-4pm weekdays

    We need to know the school zones and change the speed limit around these times near school which the time is 2:30-4:00 pm Monday to Friday only around school zones this feature should be added in so people like my self don’t get confused with the on screen speedometer

    74 votes
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  15. Seasonal Roads

    In almost every climate, there is some time of seasonal weather condition that closes roads at least temporarily during a season.

    For example, in the winter, some municipalities will not plow certain roads where the roads are not servicing any addresses. These roads are legally open, but may not be passable by most vehicles except during periods of melt or the end of the season melt. In other areas, seasonal rains or snowmelt mean that dirt roads are impassible to most vehicles several days at a time due to mud, but are usable in drier spells during that season. Because…

    73 votes
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  16. It would be a great idea if the buttons to show the types of existing roads had the colors of the different types of roads in the WME.

    It would be a great idea if the buttons to show the types of existing roads had the colors of the different types of roads in the WME.

    72 votes
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    May be considered  ·  Tam (Waze Team) responded

    Thanks for your feedback. At this time, this doesn't fit on our roadmap, but we'll keep it in mind for future product planning.

  17. Allow residential places to be moved farther from their "parent" street

    Currently, it is generally not possible to create a RPP at, or move an existing one to, a location more than (approximately) 550 m from a segment that has the same street name as the RPP. However, in rural areas of the United States, it is not unheard-of for houses to be located much farther than that from the nearest road. Suggestion: increase the allowed distance for RPPs to at least 1,500 m (no objection if this would require a higher editing level to accomplish than the default R1 for creating an RPP).

    72 votes
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  18. Display international and state-level borders in WME

    A quality-of-life improvement for WME that would make cross-border editing easier.

    72 votes
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  19. 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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  20. Creating an traffic event from a RTC automatically

    Waze wants more traffic events additional to the RTC in order to benefit from the metadata.
    Adding a larger amount of traffic events as before needs exceptionally more time and effort.

    1. First, visiting the event tab and creating an event with name, duration etc.
    2. Adding the respective RTCs with again entering name and duration. 3.Again, going to the event tab and submitting the event.

    This is too much work to keep up in general.

    So solve this, I suggest the possibility to create an event from the closures tab automatically using the already submitted closure name and duration (as an…

    70 votes
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