There is a Waze-maintained list of all the petrol stations currently mapped in each country (I don't have the link handy, but it is mentioned in some of the other forums). As for the total number of petrol stations, I don't believe they have any official source, but if we supplied them with a total number (and good evidence for it being correct) they would probably use that.paddyfroggy wrote:Thanks for the information. I am not sure how Waze know how many petrol stations are required, possibly some government piece of info? It may be something that our country manager could find out so that we know the target and possibly find out what is the current number mapped.
There's a spreadsheet I created that shows all towns/cities in Ireland with a population of more than 1500 people - if you look back about six months in the Ireland forum you'll see it.paddyfroggy wrote:I would be happy to take some more areas, even if I may not be that familiar with them, and map against the satellite imagery. How to find out where is the biggest need? Probably the CM again?
The idea is that the spreadsheet can be edited by anybody. It doesn't have complete information about every town, so do add to it as necessary, with a permalink to each town on the map, and information about how complete the maps are there.
If you want to help out with mapping the undermapped areas, I suggest this approach (that's how I started off anyway):
1. Start with a town (or area) you know reasonably well and check the completeness of the maps for this town. If you've driven around it recently, you'll have editing rights for it. Add any missing roads (bearing in mind that the satellite images may be out of date). Don't forget to name the roads, set turn restrictions, make sure junctions will behave properly, and so on.
2. If you're fairly familiar with a town or area, apply to be an area manager for that town/area. This will bring your editing level up to level 3, which will let you override certain locks, and will also let you edit within a wider radius of the routes you've driven. Bear in mind that an area manager is supposed to pay attention to URs for their area(s) and to keep an eye on the state of the map in that area. I did places like Wicklow. Carlow, Kilkenny, Enniscorthy and Wexford this way.
3. For areas other than towns: follow main roads to check them for completeness, and also (within your editable area) map all roads that join those main roads. Make sure all roads have the correct type and name, and that all junctions are set up properly.
There are *many* towns out there that are either not mapped at all or that have only been edited a little, so that most of their roads, residential areas and so on are still not mapped.
One thing I suggest though, as a matter of courtesy: when you start editing in a new town or area, have a look at the last modification dates and editor names of road segments in case another editor is also working in the same area (the WME Highlights script can help you find recent edits in an area). If you do find that another editor has been working in the same area recently, send them a message to coordinate your work so that you don't end up tripping over each other as you edit. I've found out (the hard way...) that it's easy to accidentally annoy other editors if you modify roads that they've recently edited or are in the middle of editing.
Good luck with your editing - and stay in touch with other editors here in the forum and by PM. I've got a draft version of a new wiki page for Irish editing standards - I'm looking for feedback on this (again, look back a few threads to find it) so I'd be interested to see if you have any opinions. It covers how we name roads in Ireland, what road types to use, how to name cities, and so on.
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