South Africa - Revision history

Kuhlkatz: /* Road Names & Types */ Added details for Country / City / Name fields.

2013-05-02T23:40:48Z

‎Road Names & Types: Added details for Country / City / Name fields.

Kuhlkatz: /* Toll Roads */ Added client info.

2013-05-02T21:46:37Z

‎Toll Roads: Added client info.

Kuhlkatz: /* Toll Roads */ Included Gantry list, indicating it as available

2013-02-09T18:39:36Z

‎Toll Roads: Included Gantry list, indicating it as available

Kuhlkatz: Updated Toll Road section

2013-02-07T13:39:43Z

Updated Toll Road section

Kuhlkatz: /* Tips for successful editing */ Added link to Wiki page for Community extensions.

2012-11-25T05:18:39Z

‎Tips for successful editing: Added link to Wiki page for Community extensions.

Kuhlkatz: /* Acceptable abbreviations */ Alley suffix abbreviation changed to Aly from Al which is TTS supported.

2012-11-25T05:14:53Z

‎Acceptable abbreviations: Alley suffix abbreviation changed to Aly from Al which is TTS supported.

Kuhlkatz: /* Acceptable abbreviations */ Added ZA specific link with a more complete list.

2012-11-25T04:46:45Z

‎Acceptable abbreviations: Added ZA specific link with a more complete list.

Mithrandi: /* Splitting a road */

2012-11-22T10:36:39Z

‎Splitting a road

Mithrandi: /* Naming the City */

2012-11-22T10:33:18Z

‎Naming the City

Mithrandi: /* Naming Roads */

2012-11-22T10:28:02Z

‎Naming Roads

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 Waze uses TTS (Text-To-Speech) to provide driving instructions. In the Android and iPhone Waze clients, the road names are spoken as part of the driving instructions, e.g. 'Turn left into Elizabeth Avenue'.
-For traffic reports, the Road Name and City Name portion is used as a visible clue in the report. It is thus important to correctly name and identify the proper location of each road. If you receive an alert that indicates an accident on 'Rivonia Rd', you would have no idea which portion of Rivonia Road is affected. If the report states that it is near 'Rivonia Rd, Morningside, Johannesburg', you would immediately know which portion of Rivonia Road is affected.
+For traffic reports, the '''Road Name''' and '''City Name''' portion is used as a visible clue in the report. It is thus important to correctly name and identify the proper location of each road. If you receive an alert that indicates an accident on 'Rivonia Rd', you would have no idea which portion of Rivonia Road is affected. If the report states that it is near 'Rivonia Rd, Morningside, Johannesburg', you would immediately know which portion of Rivonia Road is affected.
+<br>
-The accepted naming convention for the 'Street Name' is to use the proper English name and 'street type' abbreviation for the road name. The accepted name for 'Elizabeth Avenue' or 'Elizabeth Laan' would thus be 'Elizabeth Ave'. Where road names are just numbers, rather stick to what the actual signage indicates for the name, as '21 First Road' is likely not the same place as '21 1st Road'.
+The accepted naming convention for the 'Street Name' is to use the proper English name and abbreviated street type suffix for the road name. The correct name for '''"Elizabeth Avenue"''' or '''"Elizabeth Laan"''' would thus be '''"Elizabeth ''Ave''"'''. Ensure you use the correct case for the suffix. It should start with a capital letter like '''Rd''', '''St''' or '''Ave''' and not '''''rd''''', '''''st''''' or '''''ave'''''.
+<br>
-=== Acceptable abbreviations ===
+Where road names are indicated as numbers, stick to what the actual signage indicates for the name. The address for '21 First Road' is not the same as for '21 1st Road', especially if both naming conventions are used within the same town or suburb.
 See [[Suffix Abbreviations (South Africa)]] or [[Suffix Abbreviations]] for a more general list of suffixes; however, the table below lists the most commonly used suffixes and the Afrikaans equivalents which may be useful to some people.
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 === Roundabout segments ===
 See [[Creating and Editing a roundabout]] for guidance on this subject. In particular, note that the city name should be set but "No Name" should be checked. Also, in the event of the tiny traffic circles found in some parts of South Africa, it is often best not to create a roundabout; people turning across the traffic circle (in some cases one can just drive directly over it) will often lock to the wrong road segments resulting in map errors being generated and such.
 == Naming the City ==

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 == Toll Roads ==
-Roads and ramps that are part of the SANRAL Tolling system, or a Ferry route where payment is required, should be flagged as such by checking the "Toll Road" checkbox.
+The '''Avoid Toll Roads''' option in the client has been activated in South Africa. Roads and ramps that are part of the SANRAL Tolling system, or a Ferry route where payment is required, should be flagged as such by checking the "Toll Road" checkbox.
-A complete list of all Toll Plazas, Toll Booths and e-Toll Gantries is [[Toll Booths and Plazas (South Africa)|available here.]]
+A complete list of all Toll Plazas, Toll Booths and e-Toll Gantries with their Permalinks is [[Toll Booths and Plazas (South Africa)|available here.]]
-Segments that form part of the GFIP e-Toll Gantry system should not be flagged as Toll Roads until a final decision has been reached on when e-Tolling will become active.
+<br>
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 == Toll Roads ==
 Roads and ramps that are part of the SANRAL Tolling system, or a Ferry route where payment is required, should be flagged as such by checking the "Toll Road" checkbox.
-A complete list of all Toll Plazas and Toll Booths is [[Toll Booths and Plazas (South Africa)|available here.]]
+A complete list of all Toll Plazas, Toll Booths and e-Toll Gantries is [[Toll Booths and Plazas (South Africa)|available here.]]
-Segments that form part of the e-Toll Gantry system should not be flagged as Toll Roads until a final decision has been reached on when e-Tolling will become active. A list of all Gantries is forthcoming.
+Segments that form part of the GFIP e-Toll Gantry system should not be flagged as Toll Roads until a final decision has been reached on when e-Tolling will become active.
 <br>
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 == Setting Directionality ==
 After creating a new road, it is important to set the proper allowed direction of travel or [[Glossary#Directionality|directionality]] of the road. Roads can be 'one way' in a specific direction, or 'two-way' which allows traffic in both directions along the same segment. Normal streets are usually two-way, allowing traffic in both directions along the same segment or portion of the road. Freeways on the other hand are typically mapped as two separate One Way segments that run parallel to one another, with each of the parallel lanes allowing traffic to only flow in one direction.

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 === Non drivable road ===
 In general, we do not encourage the use of these categories. They are unnecessary, but some railroads are already mapped. Ensure that you never connect any of these to the normal road network, as Waze will attempt to route traffic across these roads if they are connected to normal drivable road types. The general standard is to set 'Railroad' road types to levels to 9 or -5.
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 <li>To select multiple roads, hold down the 'Control' key while click on the roads.</li>
 <li>When looking at URs (User Reported problems) or Map Problems, always test existing routing on the Livemap if the problem involves invalid routing. If the problem is not evident, you can always ask for assistance in the [https://world.waze.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=62 Waze Forum]. If you cannot work out what the problem is, it might be a small piece of a road underneath. Try moving some of the roads out the way to see if a latent piece of road was left cut off when a junction was added.</li>
-<li>Some members of the Waze community has written a few helpful scripts that helps identifying problems. Use them to your advantage.
+<li>Some members of the Waze community has written a few helpful scripts that helps identifying problems. Use them to your advantage. A complete up to date list is available at [[Community_Plugins%2C_Extensions_and_Tools]].
 <ol>
 <li>[http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/141050 WME Color Highlights] - Highlights problems in WME</li>
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 == FAQ ==
 A lot of Frequently Asked Questions are already covered in the current [[FAQ|editing FAQ]].

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 !English!!Afrikaans!!Abbreviation
 |-
-|Alley||Steeg||Al
+|Alley||Steeg||Aly
 |-
 |Avenue||Laan||Ave

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 === Acceptable abbreviations ===
-See [[Suffix Abbreviations]] for a more general list of suffixes; however, the table below lists Afrikaans equivalents which may be useful to some people.
+See [[Suffix Abbreviations (South Africa)]] or [[Suffix Abbreviations]] for a more general list of suffixes; however, the table below lists the most commonly used suffixes and the Afrikaans equivalents which may be useful to some people.
 {| class="wikitable" style="background:none; font-size:75%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" border="1"

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 == Splitting a road ==
 Splitting dual lane roads is not advised as this requires a lot of maintenance with turn restrictions at intersections. A split road will generally cause Waze to start recommending illegal U-Turns if it is not properly created. This includes routing onto an adjacent road, where a U-Turn will be suggested to get back onto the same road again, especially where traffic lights have longer than average waiting periods.
 As it is not a simple task to un-split a road, be sure to refer to the sections on [[Best_map_editing_practice#When_.28Not.29_to_Split_a_Two-Way_Road|when to split or not split a 2-way road]] and [[Best_map_editing_practice#How_to_.22Un-Split.22_two_One-Way_Roads|when to unsplit a road]].
 WME does not currently support the "Separating Lane" option that the retired Cartouche editor had.
-<br>
-<br>
 == Other Mappable Categories ==
 Waze supports certain Landmarks that can be mapped. Not all types are useful, and Landmarks should be used sparingly.

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 == Naming the City ==
-South African addresses are complicated in that they have multiple levels:
+South African addresses are complicated in that they have multiple levels. For example:
-An example would be:
-Country: South Africa<br>
+Country: South Africa<br/>
-Province: Gauteng<br>
+Province: Gauteng<br/>
-City: Johannesburg<br>
+City: Johannesburg<br/>
-Town: Sandton<br>
+Town: Sandton<br/>
-Suburb: Morningside<br>
+Suburb: Morningside<br/>
-<br>
 Waze automatically stores the country, so this is unnecessary. However, the other three are all likely candidates when searching for an address. This is a problem as Waze only allows us to capture 1 entry under city.
 Wazers have got round this problem by capturing the Suburb, City. So the above example would be Morningside, Johannesburg. This is the recommended method as just capturing the suburb can cause confusion with people who are not familiar with the area.
-<br>
-Please do not type anything into the English City Name (if available). Our cities are either in English or do not have an English equivalent. There is no need to translate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein]. In the past someone thought they might be able to use this field for a suburb, unfortunately this means that center Johannesburg has an english name of "Sunningwood"
+Please note that the old municipalities that were merged into the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality should /not/ be used as the city. That is, the suburb of Bryanston should have a city name of "Bryanston, Johannesburg", not "Bryanston, Sandton". The same applies for other metro areas that have undergone municipal consolidation.
-<br>
-<br>
 == Splitting a road ==
 Splitting dual lane roads is not advised as this requires a lot of maintenance with turn restrictions at intersections. A split road will generally cause Waze to start recommending illegal U-Turns if it is not properly created. This includes routing onto an adjacent road, where a U-Turn will be suggested to get back onto the same road again, especially where traffic lights have longer than average waiting periods.

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-== Naming Roads ==
+== Road Names & Types ==
-If roads appear as red lines in the editor, they are not named and there is no guarantee that they will be visible or even usable by the Waze client application. There are two reasons for properly naming roads : Audible directions and Traffic reports.<br>
+If roads appear as red lines in the editor, they are not named and there is no guarantee that they will be visible or even usable by the Waze client application. There are two reasons for properly naming roads : Audible directions and Traffic reports.
-Waze uses TTS (Text-To-Speech) to provide driving instructions. In the Android and iPhone Waze clients, the road names are spoken as part of the driving instructions, e.g. 'Turn left into Elizabeth Avenue'.<br>
-For traffic reports, the Road Name and City Name portion is used as a visible clue in the report. It is thus important to correctly name and identify the proper location of each road. If you receive an alert that indicates an accident on 'Rivonia Rd', you would have no idea which portion of Rivonia Road is affected. If the report states that it is near 'Rivonia Rd, Morningside, Sandton', you would immediately know which portion of Rivonia Road is affected.<br>
-The accepted naming convention for the 'Street Name' is to use the proper English name and 'street type' abbreviation for the road name. The accepted name for 'Elizabeth Avenue' or 'Elizabeth Laan' would thus be 'Elizabeth Ave'. Where road names are just numbers, rather stick to what the actual signage indicates for the name, as '21 First Road' is likely not the same place as '21 1st Road'.<br>
-<br>
-=== Acceptable abbreviations ===
 See [[Suffix Abbreviations]] for a more general list of suffixes; however, the table below lists Afrikaans equivalents which may be useful to some people.
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 |}
-=== Freeways and motorways ===
+=== Numbered routes ===
-Freeways and motorways generally have a letter/number that everyone recognizes as well as a name that most people don't. For example, the N1 by Johannesburg is called the Western Bypass. As such, the northbound section should be named: N1 Western Bypass North, while the southbound portion should be named N1 Western Bypass South.
+South African roads frequently belong to a "numbered route" such as N1 or R25. This designation will usually appear in signage along the route, particularly along freeways and on freeway entrance/exit boards.
-If you are unsure of the full name, then just name it by its common name, i.e. N1 North. It is advisable to use the full direction and not the abbreviation as N1 North looks a lot cleaner on the client than N1 (N).
-<br>
+In some cases, the route designation is the primary name by which the road is known: for example, the R24 approaching O R Tambo International Airport is named "Albertina Sisulu Freeway" but most people are completely unfamiliar with this name, and very few signs mention it. In this case, only the route designation should be used for the Waze road name: eg. "N1" or "R24". Adding the actual road name (eg. "Albertina Sisulu Freeway" or "Ben Schoeman Highway") as an "alternate name" could be done, but at the moment this seems to serve little purpose; including it in the main name should not be done, as this would add a large amount of clutter to the map while serving little purpose.
-=== Major and minor highways ===
-The same rules apply as those for freeways, however, you should think carefully about splitting major highways. Minor highways that are single lane in either direction should never be split. In such cases you would simple leave out the direction indicator.
+In other cases, the road name is primarily how the road is known, while the route designation is secondary. In this case, the route designation should be appended to the road name: for example, "William Nicol Dr (R511)". Even in cases where the route designation is very obscure / poorly signposted, it adds very little to the length of the road name so there is little cost to including it, and it is often helpful when following a route that comprises several different roads as it passes through different suburbs.
-<br>
-=== Primary Roads ===
+{| class="wikitable unsortable" border="1"
-Most primary roads will have a name that everyone recognises and a number that not many do. For example, Bowling Avenue is the M85. The naming scheme should be the name followed by the number in brackets, i.e. Bowling Ave (M85) or Commissioner St (R24)
+|+ Classification of South African routes
-<br>
+|-
-=== Streets ===
+!Route format!!Example!!Waze road type!!Description
-Normal streets generally just have a name with no separate N, R or M designation.
+|-
-<br>
+|Nn||N1||Freeway||National route
 === Roundabout segments ===
-Roundabouts should not be named, but they should also not be left as red blotches of road. Select the 'No Name' checkbox for each of the segments in the roundabout, and properly fill in the 'Suburb, City' name for the segments. If the City is not known, or you are uncertain, ensure you check the 'No City' checkbox. The Roundabout road types should also match the highest [[Roundabout#Road_Type|roundabout road type]] that connects to it, as it could affect routing. Was it mentioned that you should not leave them as freshly paved 'red' roads ?
+See [[Creating and Editing a roundabout]] for guidance on this subject. In particular, note that the city name should be set but "No Name" should be checked. Also, in the event of the tiny traffic circles found in some parts of South Africa, it is often best not to create a roundabout; people turning across the traffic circle (in some cases one can just drive directly over it) will often lock to the wrong road segments resulting in map errors being generated and such.
-<br>
 == Naming the City ==
 South African addresses are complicated in that they have multiple levels: