# Australia Wazeopedia **URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/c/wazeopedia/australia-wazeopedia/5187.md?page=2 [Latest](https://www.waze.com/discuss/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.waze.com/discuss/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.waze.com/discuss/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Talk:Australian Road Types & Naming](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/talk-australian-road-types-naming/380412)
**Author:** [@Australia\_Wazeopedia1](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Australia_Wazeopedia1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/talk-australian-road-types-naming/380412 "2025-03-23T05:08:32Z")
Using “City” names on highways For many years we believed it was desirable that Major Highways (and Freeways) should not have the City name filled in, although there was no clear reason why. In 2020 we decided to change … --- ## [Talk:Australian Place Style Guide](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/talk-australian-place-style-guide/380411)
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12/04/19 - Bunnings listed as an exception for Point Places for Hardware stores. Due to discussion in the Discord channel it was decided that Bunnings qualifies as a “landmark” and good orientation device, to be made vis… --- ## [Talk:Australian City Names](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/talk-australian-city-names/380410)
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Nomenclature Waze uses the term City, but that leads to confusion in discussions because the word has multiple meanings in the Australian context. It could be: a large metropolitan area containing dozens of suburbs, as… --- ## [Talk:Abbreviations and Acronyms](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/talk-abbreviations-and-acronyms/380409)
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Relevant Standards AS/NZS 4819:2011 covers naming of roads and localities, and recording and mapping the related information. Thus, AS4819 is the appropriate recognised standard for Waze mapping to use. It contains an Ap… --- ## [Wiki Categories](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/wiki-categories/380370)
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The Australian Wazeopedia is broken down into the categories outlined in the table below. When creating a new topic care should be taken to make sure the topic is placed into the correct category. Category Descripti… --- ## [Wiki Style Guide](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/wiki-style-guide/380369)
**Author:** [@Australia\_Wazeopedia1](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Australia_Wazeopedia1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/wiki-style-guide/380369 "2025-03-22T05:38:15Z")
This topic contains an outline of formatting to be used when editing on the Australian Wazeopedia. Captions Captions need to be manually added to images. They should be added directly under the image, with no line spaci… --- ## [Demo Preview Page](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/demo-preview-page/380081)
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Preview of Available Markup Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 this text is in the left this text is in the center this text is in the right wzh1 wzh2 wzh3 wzh4 size=50 size=75 size=100 size=150 … --- ## [Junction Boxes](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/junction-boxes/375456)
**Author:** [@Australia\_Wazeopedia1](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Australia_Wazeopedia1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/junction-boxes/375456 "2024-06-15T06:25:46Z")
In line with our Revised Waze Editing Philosophy, our mapping standards have changed in 2020. For more information, see new technology, new mapping standards. Introduction Australia has spent years using workarounds to … --- ## [Mapping Intersections](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/mapping-intersections/375466)
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In line with our Revised Waze Editing Philosophy, our mapping standards have changed in 2020. For more information, see new technology, new mapping standards. Exits, forks and splits Remove micro-doglegs Micro-doglegs a… --- ## [Banned Map Edits](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/banned-map-edits/375441)
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In line with our Revised Waze Editing Philosophy, our mapping standards have changed in 2020. For more information, see new technology, new mapping standards. Micro-doglegs Micro-doglegs are map hacks have been used by … --- ## [Knowledge Sharing/Falcon snapper](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/knowledge-sharing-falcon-snapper/375454)
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How does GPS error impact Falcon? The higher the GPS error, the more guesswork Falcon will need to do. If there are multiple roads close together such as in the city, Falcon will do more guessing to determine which road … --- ## [Knowledge Sharing/Understanding ETAs, Traffic Models, and Types of Days](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/knowledge-sharing-understanding-etas-traffic-models-and-types-of-days/375453)
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Where do speed estimates come from? Real time speeds When a Wazer crosses a segment, Waze gets a single data point. A rolling average of these samples (usually over 5 minutes) tells us how traffic is behaving right now… --- ## [Removing Excess Nodes](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/removing-excess-nodes/375468)
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In line with our Revised Waze Editing Philosophy, our mapping standards have changed in 2020. For more information, see new technology, new mapping standards. Unnecessary splits between segments forming junction nodes, … --- ## [Road Alignment and Angles](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/road-alignment-and-angles/375472)
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In line with our Revised Waze Editing Philosophy, our mapping standards have changed in 2020. For more information, see new technology, new mapping standards. Realigning segments Segment positions need to be aligned wit… [Previous page](https://www.waze.com/discuss/c/wazeopedia/australia-wazeopedia/5187.md?page=1)