This page is a supplemental mapping resource page for editors of Hawaii. All guidance specific to Hawaii can be found in the Southwest region wiki. Other states in the Southwest region include Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
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If you have questions about this page or it needs updating please visit [Page update] Southwest Region (SWR) Wiki and reference this page, Hawaii Mapping Resources.
Mapping resources
- Oahu Parcel Map (Chrome not supported)
- City and County of Honolulu GIS Basemap
- Maui County GIS (limited function for Hawaii County
- Kauai County GIS
- Hawaii Highways
- Oahu State Roads and Highways
- Kauai State Roads and Highways
- Big Island State Roads and Highways
- Hawaii Highway Safety Laws
- Federal Highway Administration
- Hawaii GIS
- Rail Project Farrington Highway Closures
- Oahu Roadwork
Functional Classification
Hawaii is following the Functional Classification (FC) system for the USA, according to the federal Functional Classification standards adopted by the state Department of Transportation. Please do not alter roadway types without consulting with a state manager.
Roads
Local naming conventions
The Hawaii State DOT has commited to adding Hawaiian diacticial marks to all new street signs. The general practice now is to add diacritics (ʻokina and kahakō) to street names and add the name without diacritics as alt name. There is discussion to add the diacritics to city names in the future. Correct characters must be used for diacritics. Please do not substitute an apostrophe ' or backtick ` for an ʻokina ʻ. Please reference the Wikipedia article Hawaiian alphabet - Wikipedia to copy and paste into the street names, or copy these ʻ, Ā ā, Ē ē, Ī ī, Ō ō, Ū ū. GIS typically would not have diacritics in the street names so visual reference would typically need to be made.
U-turns
In Hawaii, U-turns on two-way Primary Street through Major Highway type roads may be enabled if it is explicitly allowed by signage. This is based on county ordinances, such as Section 15.8.4 of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu (found here), which bars drivers from making a U-turn “upon any street in a business district, upon any highway with three or more lanes, or at any intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic signal lights, except as otherwise permitted by official signs and markings.”
Places
Place Editing in Hawaii generally follows the Southwest Region and National standards, but please note the following specific local guidelines.
City Name
In Hawaii the street segment fronting the Place often has one of the Census Designated Place (CDP) names in the City field for help with navigation. This often automatically populates the City field of the Place. However, the Place should be edited to list the City as displayed on the website or other primary source, usually the postal address.
Mile Markers/Mile Posts
In Hawaii, road closures are often reported by the Department of Transportation and the local Police Department at Mile Marker/Mile Post numbers because of the long stretches of country roads with minimal landmarks or intersections. The usage of Place Points is advantageous for editors in the case of closing roads for maintenance or accidents by allowing the Mile Marker/Mile Post to be searchable from inside the Waze Map Editor. If you find a Mile Marker/Mile Post on Waze Streetview that has not yet been placed in the map, please follow these steps to create one:
- Find the approximate area where the Mile Marker/Mile Post is on the map
- Add a transportation Place Point along the road where the Mile Marker/Mile Post exists
- Ensure that the category of the Place Point is Junction/Interchange
- Add the Primary Name of the point as [highway name] [highway number] MM ##. For instance, Mile Marker 31 on Piilani Hwy in Kaupō, Maui will have the Primary Name of “‘Piilani Hwy CR-31 MM 31’”. If you do not know the highway number, please ask for help to find the highway number via the Forum or the Hawaii Google Hangout.
- Add an alternate name with the abbreviation of Mile Post instead of Mile Marker for searchability i.e. “‘Piilani Hwy CR-31 MP 31’”
- Mile Markers/Mile Posts should be saved as editor level 4, if you cannot save it as level 4, please contact one of the State Managers to raise the level of the new Mile Marker/Mile Post via the Forum or Discord.
Place Name Harmonization
These name spellings are standardized in Hawaii so that Wazers will receive consistent results when searching in the client. Please use them when you edit one of these chain or franchise businesses.
If you don’t find the business you’re looking for, please use this form to submit the missing information.
Social Media
There is a Waze Hawaii Facebook page, this is meant more as a channel for app changes for Wazers and general awareness.