How to add a gas station? (Canada)

by **AndyPoms** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:28 pm

This post seems to indicate that the Gas Price feature is not available in Canada (yet). viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23354

by **AndyPoms** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:21 pm

EmmEff wrote:I'm surprised but at the same time, I honestly don't see many other Wazers while I'm driving outside of Toronto.

It'd be nice if we could add our stations manually and let the social network maintain the list and prices.

We can't add/delete stations in the US either... Waze got their data from a 3rd Party...

But, be patient... I have a feeling that something may be changing on the NA server related to gas prices/gas stations in the near future (Waze time that is, so it could be much longer)...

by **AndyPoms** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:17 pm

EmmEff wrote:It really isn't "social" if the users of the service aren't allowed to add "things"... I can't complain because I'm not paying for the service, but I can stop using the service because it doesn't do what I need it to.

From what I've been told, that is in the works for the USA (and probably Canada too as it's on the NA server)...

therubinator wrote:From what I have gathered around the waze.com site, the feature to display gas stations (and update prices) is coming soon to Canada. However, the ability to add them is done via the Map Editor. Description on how to do that is in this page here:

http://www.waze.com/wiki/index.php/Gas_ ... _server.29

I've started plopping in a few around Toronto - seems pretty easy. Looking forward to when they start showing up in the client!

Unfortunately, those are the directions for the WORLD SERVER ONLY - Canada is on the NA Server (with the USA). But it's probably a good idea to keep adding those gas stations (but know you will probably have to go back and edit them as the NA Server & the ROTW Server have different property fields to fill in for Gas Stations-NA treats them just like any other landmark right now).

by **AndyPoms** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:53 pm

therubinator wrote:
AndyPoms wrote:Unfortunately, those are the directions for the WORLD SERVER ONLY - Canada is on the NA Server (with the USA).

Yep, those directions are indeed for the world server, but it still works on the NA server, which is, in fact where I've been adding stations.

Do you see the extended options in Canada? Or is it just like any other landmark with just a Type of Gas Station and a Name & Description field?

by **AndyPoms** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:05 pm

We've been adding them for a few reasons - 1) The traffic jam suppression 2) The automatic problem reports get suppressed too and 3) There have been hints (from Waze staff) that there are changes coming to the NA server and that we should be adding them. The only concerns we have are for duplicate landmarks once whatever they are planning happens...

by **EmmEff** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:13 pm

How do you add a gas station when in Canada, specifically Ontario?

I use Waze whenever I drive and being able to lookup gas stations while driving would be very useful.

TIA.

by **EmmEff** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:00 pm

I'm surprised but at the same time, I honestly don't see many other Wazers while I'm driving outside of Toronto.

It'd be nice if we could add our stations manually and let the social network maintain the list and prices.

by **EmmEff** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:10 pm

It really isn't "social" if the users of the service aren't allowed to add "things"... I can't complain because I'm not paying for the service, but I can stop using the service because it doesn't do what I need it to.

by **EmmEff** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:19 am

Still waiting...

by **Hypersky75** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:03 pm

So, what the heck is going on with Gas Stations in Canada? When do we get gas prices? Any recent updates on this subject other than "soon" and "might"?