Some Google venues cannot be linked to Waze pins. "Venue has invalid place ID" Error

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Is this a…:
Standard bug
Steps to reproduce this issue:
I have had an issue linking Google pins to Waze places with two Waze pins now. These Google results show up in the Waze app as routable places, but they don’t link properly as an External Provider in Waze.

This park in AK has an unlinked Google place with venue ID EiNLYXJlbiBIb3JuYWRheSBQYXJrLCBIb21lciwgQUssIFVTQSIuKiwKFAoSCWuZ0kNyMsFWETR9fF4P-7srEhQKEgnPWoan7i3BVhG7c-dx7ZQuHw. This can be found by searching “Karen Hornaday Park” in the External Providers search box.

And this MARTA station in GA has an unlinked Google place with venue ID: EitOb3J0aCBTcHJpbmdzIE1BUlRBLCBTYW5keSBTcHJpbmdzLCBHQSwgVVNBIi4qLAoUChIJbQRV2QcM9YgRq7RVZ35QVyISFAoSCTHCosAdDPWIER3eAmfy-ump. This can be found by searching “North Springs MARTA” in the External Providers search box.

This seems to be an issue with Google venues that start with Ei in the ID, which is different from the Ch venues that are typical. This causes an issue because drivers may select the invalid Google pin that we can’t link to a Waze place and receive poor routing as a result, especially for high traffic venues like the MARTA station.

There is an old bug report in the WME Beta Bugs section here. I am hoping we can revisit this as an issue.

Environment where the bug occurs…:
NA
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Browser name and version:
Google Chrome 142.0.7444.176
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Problem to link a Google place to a bridge
Problem to link a Google place to a bridge
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Hi @rehmedy,

Thanks a lot for your report!
I’d like to check this on my end once the current build has been released.

Can you confirm the Google venues are correct here:

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Best regards,
Olesya

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Hi, yes those are the two problematic venues in the respective places. Thanks for confirming!

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Hi @rehmedy,

I’d just like to let you know that I have opened a new ticket to revisit this issue.
I’ll keep you posted on the progress.

Best regards,
Olesya

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I’ve just met the same problem. I cannot link the Google place to a new Waze place.

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I’ve just met the same problem.

Google place：Google Maps

New Waze palce : https://waze.com/zh-TW/editor?env=row&lat=24.18906&lon=121.38305&zoomLevel=19&venues=79560946.795478387.41697886

Error message:
Venue has invalid place ID EiHlj7DngaPoirHok67nuKPnp4DmnpfphInmhYjoiKrmqYsiLiosChQKEgm3ssDyPI5oNBE_tVMPAB8n9xIUChIJgdePU5ibaDQRv-5nN7MDY1s

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Problem to link a Google place to a bridge

Is this a…:
Standard bug
Steps to reproduce this issue:
I have a bridge drawn as place. I want to link a Google place on it.
When I want to safe I get a failure message: Venue has invalid place ID
See https://youtu.be/PjCdreVQoIs
Environment where the bug occurs…:
ROW
Permalink:
http://www.waze.com/editor?env=row&lon=5.2930112240224725&lat=52.3624625506347&zoom=5&venues=3473932.34673780.36255431
Browser name and version:
Firefox 148
Are you using scripts? Please detail which ones.:
I tried with and without scripts, Same result

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