For some reason, the power of editing many primary streets in Tung Chung and Chek Lap Kok Airport has been restricted to level 3 users. As a level 1 user who lives in the area, I wish I could update outdated navigation cues, but the restriction disallows the realisation of my intent. I want to request an unlocking of those restricted roads in the two areas so I can update the road signs promptly when there is no obvious threat of vandalism.
Outdated navigation has increasingly been a problem of Waze in Hong Kong in recent years. People are more inclined towards the Gaode map (from mainland China) to navigate around the city, where the navigation cues are updated more frequently because the map provider hires staff to maintain the data, but Waze relies on volunteers. While the number of active editors in Waze from Hong Kong does not cease to fall, the issue would only deteriorate.
For instance, ever since the launch of the ZMB programme, HZMB usage has been unprecedentedly high, but Waze does not provide any useful data regarding the road. The speed limits are wrong; the lane directions are not marked clearly; the locations of speed cameras are not labelled. Frankly, also a ZMB holder, I prefer to use the counterpart - Gaode - for cross-border navigation, even when my destination is just the border, where navigation data in other territories are not required throughout my trip because Gaode provides all the details that Waze does not. I joined Waze Map Editor with the initial intent to enrich the map data along the entire bridge but then realised the power of Level 1 forbids my goal. So, I decided to edit other places to meet the criteria for higher levels; still, it would take several months to attain it. I think the community should start considering promoting reliable active users to a higher level with more editing power that would encourage the on-time updates of the map data in Hong Kong before Waze is replaced by its other counterparts.
