A bunch of requests... NY/NJ area

orbitc · January 22, 2013, 8:30pm

165: Done

166: Done ( I think, private roads and parking lot roads have the same penalty)

Wajo357 · January 22, 2013, 8:36pm

yeah, I’m not sure how Waze rates their penalties. Hopefully this helps. I also saw today a Waze notification saying that most people avoided a route instruction - which was through a small pedestrian walkway! And the last edit for that segment was a while ago - so I just deleted it.

What about 167?

orbitc · January 22, 2013, 8:37pm

167: Done (please check)

thanks

Wajo357 · January 22, 2013, 8:38pm

The left turn needs to be restricted.
The turn from the road to the ramp needs to be enabled.

Wajo357 · January 22, 2013, 8:47pm

I’ll call this 168, but this is really a general question:

How should we handle roads whose name is “W”, “E”, “N”, and “S” as the letter and NOT the direction? For instance in Brooklyn, you have “Avenue S” - NOT “Avenue South”. Is there a way in the system to rig this to have the voice not say “Avenue South”? I was just driving through Brooklyn on Sunday and it is a little bit of an embarrassment to promote Waze when it makes such a laughable mistake.

orbitc · January 22, 2013, 8:59pm

The left turn needs to be restricted.
The turn from the road to the ramp needs to be enabled.
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165: Done

167: Done

Wajo357 · January 22, 2013, 10:04pm

These segments should match the others (private or parking lot)
https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=5&lat=40.74032&lon=-73.83403&layers=BFTFFTTTFTTFTTTTTTTTTFT&segments=62141116,70627216,62141117,70624866,70426758,70624864,70624867,70143250

orbitc · January 22, 2013, 10:58pm

169: Done
(Not sure why some of these roads locked…Perhaps, they were locked before)

orbitc · January 23, 2013, 8:18am

Let’s try to put it in " ", Like Avenue “W” and test it. I’ve searched the forum but could not find much. I asked one other Wazer for help, he suggested the same.
Let’s put the one in Brooklyn: Avenue S as Avenue “S” and check it after the update. Is there any particular one you travel on that you prefer to use?

Wajo357 · January 23, 2013, 10:17am

orbitc:

Wajo357:

I’ll call this 168, but this is really a general question:

How should we handle roads whose name is “W”, “E”, “N”, and “S” as the letter and NOT the direction? For instance in Brooklyn, you have “Avenue S” - NOT “Avenue South”. Is there a way in the system to rig this to have the voice not say “Avenue South”? I was just driving through Brooklyn on Sunday and it is a little bit of an embarrassment to promote Waze when it makes such a laughable mistake.

Let’s try to put it in " ", Like Avenue “W” and test it. I’ve searched the forum but could not find much. I asked one other Wazer for help, he suggested the same.
Let’s put the one in Brooklyn: Avenue S as Avenue “S” and check it after the update. Is there any particular one you travel on that you prefer to use?

What I’ve done in the past is create a driveway road segment for my house with voice commands to test out so it doesn’t bother anybody else. I’ll do that and let you know in a few days.

orbitc · January 23, 2013, 12:07pm

Wajo357:

orbitc:

Wajo357:

I’ll call this 168, but this is really a general question:

How should we handle roads whose name is “W”, “E”, “N”, and “S” as the letter and NOT the direction? For instance in Brooklyn, you have “Avenue S” - NOT “Avenue South”. Is there a way in the system to rig this to have the voice not say “Avenue South”? I was just driving through Brooklyn on Sunday and it is a little bit of an embarrassment to promote Waze when it makes such a laughable mistake.

Let’s try to put it in " ", Like Avenue “W” and test it. I’ve searched the forum but could not find much. I asked one other Wazer for help, he suggested the same.
Let’s put the one in Brooklyn: Avenue S as Avenue “S” and check it after the update. Is there any particular one you travel on that you prefer to use?

What I’ve done in the past is create a driveway road segment for my house with voice commands to test out so it doesn’t bother anybody else. I’ll do that and let you know in a few days.

I like that…
OK let me know what your findings.
thanks.

Wajo357 · January 23, 2013, 1:14pm

Ok… I set it up.

I am trying:
Ave “S”
Ave ‘S’
Ave S.
Exits 70: A-B
Exits 70: A - B (to see if the pause is longer between the A and B

AndyPoms · January 23, 2013, 1:23pm

Proper format for exits is covered in the wiki http://www.waze.com/wiki/index.php/Road_Naming_(USA)#Exit_ramps_and_Entrance_ramps_.28on-ramps.29 … It should be “Exit 70A-B: Street / City” or "Exit 70N: …“ In this format they are pronounced “Exit Seventy aye bee” or “Exit seventy En”

For more TTS info see http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15178

Wajo357 · January 23, 2013, 1:33pm

You are right, I took out the colons to now say
Exits 70A-B
Exits 70A - B

My test segment was purely to see if adding the space between the A and B actually makes the voice talk better. I’ve seen it done both ways, but I can’t recall which way is actually better for speech. Right now A-B is spoken as “AyeBee”, instead of “Aye Bee”. I’m hoping the spaces help. Once the test is done, I’ll speak to some of the editors in the wiki and see if they are willing to go along with the change. We’ll see. That’s why it is a test segment

AndyPoms · January 23, 2013, 1:56pm

Wajo357:

AndyPoms:

Wajo357:

Ok… I set it up.

I am trying:
Ave “S”
Ave ‘S’
Ave S.
Exits 70: A-B
Exits 70: A - B (to see if the pause is longer between the A and B

Proper format for exits is covered in the wiki http://www.waze.com/wiki/index.php/Road_Naming_(USA)#Exit_ramps_and_Entrance_ramps_.28on-ramps.29 … It should be “Exit 70A-B: Street / City” or "Exit 70N: …“ In this format they are pronounced “Exit Seventy aye bee” or “Exit seventy En”

For more TTS info see http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15178

You are right, I took out the colons to now say
Exits 70A-B
Exits 70A - B

My test segment was purely to see if adding the space between the A and B actually makes the voice talk better. I’ve seen it done both ways, but I can’t recall which way is actually better for speech. Right now A-B is spoken as “AyeBee”, instead of “Aye Bee”. I’m hoping the spaces help. Once the test is done, I’ll speak to some of the editors in the wiki and see if they are willing to go along with the change. We’ll see. That’s why it is a test segment

While you are at it please see if there is a difference with “Exit 70N-S: …”, “Exit 70N - S: …”, “Exit 70 N-S: …” and “Exit 70 N - S: …” to see about North/South etc.

Wajo357 · January 23, 2013, 2:01pm

Ran out of the max character number for the name field. Right now I have:

Voice Test: Ave “S” / Ave ‘S’ / Ave S. / Exits 70A-B / Exits 70A - B / Exit 70N-S / Exit 70N - S

AndyPoms · January 23, 2013, 2:05pm

This may not produce desired results due to it not being at the beginning of the string… Since we’re getting daily updates to the map, it may be worth it to test a new name each day… But check it anyway…

Wajo357 · January 23, 2013, 2:06pm

ok… I’ll play around with it. You can do the same, if you have a house with a driveway.

orbitc · January 23, 2013, 2:23pm

OK… I can help you with some of those. I will create a test segment in my driveway as well. Let me know which one you’ll use and I’ll tackle the rest. How is that sounds?

Wajo357 · January 23, 2013, 2:30pm

I’ll leave what I had mentioned above and you can start off with the rest that I couldn’t do.

BTW, is there any reason why segments around a toll bridge (like the ones linked below) should be flagged as a toll instead of just doing the ones under the actual toll booth?

https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=6&lat=40.7972&lon=-73.92092&layers=BFTFFTTTTTTFTTTTTTTTTFT