House numbers containing letters

Map Editors Community House Numbers (Addresses)
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When will waze update their program so that a house number like “31W605” can be added? This is a bigger deal for me because I live by a lot of addresses which are like that.

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Thought this was fixed. I tried after they said it was done and it worked. I haven’t tried in awhile. I wonder if it is like forcing addresses.

I won’t be home this week to give it a try.

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You can add letter(s) to the end, but not in the middle. Not sure if that’s come up before…

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In areas of Wisconsin it is common to have letters (two of N, S, E, or W) in all house numbers. For example “W279S3173” is a house number… there is NO other house number identification other than these somewhat cryptic and apparently non-conforming numbers.

It sounds like Waze does not support this?

I’d like to echo the question above - when can this be rectified?

I think I read that Waze uses an integer to store the house number. I understand this may be a technical challenge to correct. However apparently in more than one area this simple approach just doesn’t work.

If I understand correctly either Waze will not be able to navigate to houses in areas of Wisconsin - or a change needs to be made?

BTW - I’ve never heard of a plan to change these addresses. For reference, this atypical house numbering approach is mentioned on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering#United_States_and_Canada

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I’ve submitted a bugzilla report: https://bugs.waze.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6229

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Ironically, the long-standing Wikipedia text about Wisconsin has been both removed and re-added since you posted this.

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I can’t seem to add letters to the end, even when I force. I can’t get it to save.

Perhaps that’s because many of the house numbers we have also include hyphens, which are already irregular. (At least the hyphenations seem to work now!)

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For what its worth, I can add letters to house numbers in the front or the end, or I can add hyphens. I cannot do both. I guess that Waze can now accept a little irregularity, but more than one of those is just too much.

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Thx

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There are also apartment complexes in New Jersey (and probably other states as well) where the post office insists that each apartment number is used as a house number - for example, an old address of mine was O14 E Garden Way, where the first character was an O, as in Oscar.

At the time, no car navigation system would be able to find that address that way, but it still is something to think about, as that is the address I would expect Waze to be able to find if I were trying to navigate there.

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To add to this, what about addresses with 1/2’s? I know they’re not terribly common but, at least in my town with small apartments on main lots, we have quite a few house numbers like “134 1/2 Lindsey St”.

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the symbol / is also fairly common in Estonian smaller residential areas.
Since some of our house numberings have no reasonable system we can have houses numbered 7/1, 7a, 7/2 etc in the same neighbourhood.

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AlanOfTheBerg submitted this issue to Bugzilla at year ago. I will need to check other forums to see if there has been any progress as I do not see the issue mentioned in the bug tracking system that replaced Bugzilla.

While not a comprehensive test, I have found the following:

  • Characters allowed to be entered within a house number, and yet cannot be Saved:
    ? (question mark)
    _ i[/i]

  • Characters allowed to be entered within a house number, and are allowed to be Saved:
    - Only one hyphen can be used within a string of numbers and not within letters or with other characters
    / Only one forward slash can be used within a string of numbers and not within letters or with other characters.

  • Only one space can be used and must be followed by letters and not with other characters.

  • Only the standard characters on a QWERTY keyboard were tested above.

  • The letters “a” to “z” and “A” to “Z” can only be used after numbers.

  • The numbers “0” to “9” can not be used after any letters.

  • It was not possible to “Force” addresses for those combinations not allowed above.

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Thank you for publishing this list of ‘can-do’ and ‘cannot-do’ Gizmo.

Until we get the feature working as needed, what is the guidance to handle house numbers that do not fit the format. I have URs in Wis with N12345 format that will not go. Do Google house numbers play into our success here?

Any guidance to solve the URs is much appreciated. Here is an example area.

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One other thing I’ve found, speaking of Google HN’s, Waze will successfully search for and find any HN that is already in Google Maps. This includes regular numerical and alphanumerical.

So I’m thinking that if need be, drop (or edit) an address pin in GMM and not Waze when it comes to the alphanumerical addresses.

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I am striking out with GMM + Waze on these address formats. Any support or successes would be appreciated!
N6841 550th St, Wisconsin 54751 does not work in Waze but does work in GMaps

E5466 County Road BB, Menomine, WI does not work in Wazebut does work in GMaps.

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Gadget, both those address search and route in Waze for me. There is no specific house number for either, and when I search for the addresses, it locates the GMM pin and routes me to it. (at least, it works in both WME and Live Map, I haven’t tried on my client). When you type the address into the search bar for WME or LM, click on the magnifying glass to search. Don’t go off the quick results, that always seems to say it can’t find the address. If you actually search, it comes up as the first option.

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Huh. I guess I have not encountered the feature where quick results did not find the address and I need to click the magnifying glass. They both route fine in my app.

Can I claim the “it was really late” excuse?

Thanks LW. I will solve note and solve the URs.

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Relying on Google address markers is part of the ecosystem, yes. But then, you already know that because you read the wiki page first, right? :mrgreen:

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I would like to second the need to support the Wisconsinism W123N4567 formatted addresses. The county in which I live has used this format for decades; I am not aware of any push to change the format.

The advantage is that the addresses reference an imaginary N/S & E/W line/grid work. It helps law enforcement locate specific locations in a rural environment.

Has something been done to support, or is this still under consideration? When I tried to put any letters into a house address, WME will not allow.

Additionally the format can change when the named road changes from E/W to N/S orientation. WME does not like that either.