App submitted closures from editors rank of R5+ go live to the map right away. The editor, while in Practice mode, has icons/buttons and links on the left sidebar area shown here to the left. Join the community of map editors to update Waze's live map around your home, work and anywhere you drive. This is activated by choosing "Night" mode in the Settings menu, or by leaving "Auto" enabled and using Waze at night. Place names are now displayed on white to improve readability. To always have Google Maps open in Satellite view, Open the app and tap on your profile picture. You can access the map editing page directly using a single URL: http://www.waze.com/editor. All elements have intensity reduced to keep glare to a minimum. Color parameters are in #rrggbb hex color format (see web colors); some color parameters have two additional digits, controlling the alpha channel (transparency) of that particular feature (#rrggbbaa). Suggest an edit via the Waze Live Map! Instead Waze should fill the void that HERE Drive for Windows phones ones filled, and provide those searching for a new GPS provider the only feature besides satellite view that they lack. The free app is called "Projectivy Launcher" and can change the default launcher via the accessibility service, even if you press the home button. When a city is selected, the city name is shown in the left pane. Users may negotiate with officials in their country for access to aerial images that Waze can use. Then, click the magnifying glass button and pick the gear icon. Download schema (Google Drive) (Extract 8.zip and copy ALL contents to /waze/skins/default/day/8/. To activate the ruler click the button, then click a starting point on the map (you can click multiple times to add vertices to the path), and then double click the ending point. Opens a new tab to the status table -- showing the current tile updates, delays, server sync updates, editor point counts, and any other status messages the Waze team might choose to post. However if you are exempt from certain tolls like my electric car is with the London congestion charge this is the place to make that known. GPS tracks appear in the map editor as colored arrows. Excellent! In the lower right corner is a small graphic showing the current scale of the map display area. Its also really easy to accomplish. Your editable area is shown in lighter-colored areas surrounded by a black border. To edit a schema file, open it in a text editor. By default, the permalink will also include your layers settings. To set Waze as default navigation on iPhone and iOS devices, follow the steps; Open Google App on iPhone. Between the nodes, there will be a smaller point where a new geometry node can be created. Waze then brings up a page of commands you have to record. What is possible with each object depends on the type of object. Thankfully you can plan ahead by typing in a destination, and hitting the banner that says Find the Best Time to Leave., Alternatively, you can tap My Waze > Plan a Drive and go from there. Hover over this button to show place categories. It's long way from his days as editor of Gizmodo UK, when pretty much everything was on the table. Many elements and labels are hidden to reduce the amount of information on the screen. Black arrows show the closure direction(s). Private roads and parking lots are now displayed in tan and gray, respectively. Then, choose the location access for the app. 2009-2023 Waze Mobile. This is a comprehensive reference guide to the waze map editing interface. This page is the key starting point for any editor of the Waze maps. are very dark gray, Railroads are very very dark brown with silver borders, Most places are pink, as in WME (water is blue, parks are green), City polygons are shown in a very dark blue slightly but noticeably lighter than the black background, Thinner roads, in different shades of blue to match priority, Lighter = higher priority, Other places are blue, with matching names, Solid black background, helps preserve battery on AMOLED displays.