[Script] WME Toolbox

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@qwaletee

@Glodenox

@BellHouse

Before we discuss any further on the details: are you 100% sure that you are creating overlays only of maps where it’s explicitly allowed to freely copy content to commercial maps (as the Waze map)? If not, then this would be a no-go.

Yes. The currently supported maps in that script are all explicitly stated to be open data, free to be used for commercial purposes as well. There’s no need to worry about that.

Sorry to be late to this party.

A year or two ago, Waze asked that nobody use any non-Waze data to assist WME edits except:

1. The included tools (WME sat imagery, WME Street View)

2. Your own knowledge, gained from first-hand experience

I believe government-owned data that has been freely published was also allowed. OpenStreetMap, while open source, was specifically considered a problem, and so too would be other such sources.

If you wish to use any outside sources, you need to run this through your country coorindator to get approval from Waze staff.

The statement in the wiki only prohibits copyrighted sources, any information listed in the public domain with no copyright or loyalties including no requirement for attribution should be allowed to be used.

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[qwaletee]

Open Source is copyrighted, with a liberal use license.

[TheLastTaterTot]

I’ve been getting this weird behavior where random text seems to disappear from the page. Is anyone else experiencing this? After toggling scripts on/off, I’ve narrowed it down to Toolbox. With just Toolbox and no other userscripts or extensions running, I get the following:

It is reproducible. When I turn off Toolbox, everything returns to normal. Turning Toolbox back on, the text disappears again. However, there is a randomness aspect to it as well. If I select/deselect some more segments, eventually the text may come back. Also, if I fiddle with the visibility/opacity of a single text field, all text fields will return to normal.

I’m running Chrome Version 48.0.2564.116 (64-bit) on Mac OS 10.10.5 using the latest Toolbox in the Chrome store.

Thanks for taking a look!

[Fredo-p]

I remember others reporting the fields being black somewhere last week. I guess it’s this. However, I have yet to see this on Chrome.

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[jdelosa]

I have the same random thing happening to me… Did not know why… I’m also running chrome but on Windows 10… Thanks John (JD)

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[russblau]

Feature request: with speed limit highlighting turned on, can we have some way to distinguish “unverified” from “verified” speed limits? Maybe a dashed line, or something along those lines (pardon the pun)?

[sketch]

@qwaletee

Open Source is copyrighted, with a liberal use license.

It’s really not that simple. It depends on the license terms. OpenStreetMap’s license states something to the effect of “you can’t use this information for your commercial purposes.” If the resource that Glodenox is using states that it is free to use for commercial purposes with no attribution, then its license is different than OSM’s, and it may be used without trouble.

[randyboy]

In regards to the Speed Limit layer I was wondering if it were possible to have colors which are not so much alike?

The colors look nice as they are in this post but its not very easy to see when the limit actually changes in the editor if it goes from i.e. 20 to 30.

[Glodenox]

About the people still discussing about the maps in the script I’m working on:

• I’m a professional computer scientist and part of my education was copyright laws, I know what I can and can’t do
• I’m already familiar with how to get approval for maps.
• this isn’t the right place for that

So let’s stick to WME Toolbox-related things in here

[tsemanhei]

@tsemanhei

Your country is not registered in WME Fancy Permalink.
Please, help me by sending Waze.loginManager.user this number: 256 and a link to the map update forum of your country to the Toolbox thread.
Thank you in advance.

https://www.waze.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=199

Should be

https://www.waze.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=146

[Arnoniem]

Gents,
This post got lost in an “off-topic” discussion. But the editors from the Netherlands and Belgium would love to have this implemented in Toolbox.
Not even sure if this was logged as a feature request or issue at all.
Could the devs look into this?

Thanks!

Arno

@Glodenox

Hey, I maintain a script that adds other background maps (such as cadastral maps) as a new layer to the map. (no, I’m not yet ready to go public with it yet) The script puts this layer on the second spot (just above the default Google satellite imagery) and lets OpenLayers generate the necessary z-index values. The speeds added by WME Toolbox however are at a z-index that is too low for this to work.

Current situation:
z-index 100: Google satellite imagery
z-index 101: WME Toolbox-provided polylines to show the speed of a street segment
z-index 330: a custom layer with cadastral data by my script
z-index 335: the layer containing all cities
z-index 340: the layer containing all roads
Note that z-indexes for cities and roads are usually 330 and 335. But this is managed by OpenLayers.

Currently, the code simply sets this z-index as 101:

this.LineLayer.setZIndex(101);

It would however be better if you use the setLayerIndex() function of OpenLayers to put the layer just below the roads layer. That way the z-index will always be generated correctly.
This can be achieved like this:

Waze.map.setLayerIndex(this.LineLayer, Waze.map.getLayerIndex(Waze.map.getLayersByName('Roads')[0]) - 1)

If you really want to continue setting the z-index of the road layer instead of letting OpenLayers manage the z-index, I propose this sort of adjustment:

this.LineLayer.setZIndex(Waze.map.getLayersByName('Roads')[0].div.style.zIndex-1);

I haven’t tested this myself though. A check on whether the result is actually higher than 0 and better protection against the case where this layer does not exist (name change in WME or so) would be adviced.

Slightly related: it would also make sense to me that when the roads layer is hidden, those lines are hidden as well. Those speed limits are closely connected to the roads, I’d say.

[taco909]

Not going to happen and please do not do this.
Due to copyright issues, we are expressly prohibited from using 3rd party maps and data sources other than those provided within WME.

The entire country of Chile was reverted back to basemap because it was discovered that SOME data from OpenStreets had been copied into the Waze map.

[Arnoniem]

@taco909

Not going to happen and please do not do this.
Due to copyright issues,…

Fully aware, this government data was already approved and IS in use and this is going OFF TOPIC, again.

The question is to slightly modify TB layer setup. Nothing else.

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[taco909]

@Arnoniem

you’re OFF TOPIC again.

??? What the hell are you talking about?
If you have a problem with me take it to PM

[Fredo-p]

I’m lost. How was that an off topic reply?

[taco909]

@Fredo-p

I’m lost. How was that an off topic reply?

And the “again” comment?

[Arnoniem]

@Fredo-p

I’m lost. How was that an off topic reply?

This is the tb thread. Not a copyright discussion.

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[Arnoniem]

@taco909

@Fredo-p

I’m lost. How was that an off topic reply?

And the “again” comment?

Not "again"to you personally, but to the copyright discussion. As was the main reaction on glodenox first post on page 55.

The actual question was unfortunately never answered.

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[Fredo-p]

Page 55. This is page 62/63. You mean to tell me that in order to reply to a thread, one must have read every single page and know what was said?

[Arnoniem]

I’m referring to that post. So if you or taco you read my post carefully you could have taken a look because I’m referring to that and the same thing is happening now.
And btw most people including you 2 are here quite often ;), if I’m not mistaking.

This time, again, the question is disappeared from the last page due to a nonsense discussion. I like the devs to look at the possibility.

(Copyright is a separate issue and glodenox’ script can be discussed in his thread.
(This data was used by waze to import house numbers for example…))

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