Got to get this of of my chest
Hi all,
First of all I would like to thank Orbit, Moweez and anyone else involved in organizing these mapraids for the community. They are not only helping to improve waze as a navigation app, they also make the international community work together, seems like we're one nation instead of many different countries.
Now however something has been bothering me and I have to get this of my chest because I've been ranting about it too much for the last couple of days.
To me the purpose of a mapraid is to improve the map in certain areas of the world where it is much needed or it is needed to just improve the service level towards us and the other users. Apparantly during the MMR #3 some editors have found it more important to boost their points without any regard to accuracy or even checking road type etc. (please note: it is a small percentage of editors, but the few pretty much ruin the fun for the rest).
If we're going to make a map from scratch, we might as well do it very well the first time and give users a proper impression of what to expect on the road.
An example of what I mean: (mind you, this was created by a high level editor during the raid)https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/332 ... amloos.png
I've just stopped editing for tonight in Thailand just because it got me so annoyed and just raging. This type of stuff honestly does not motivate people to do better. "Oh I can get the points even if I draw random lines." Just to make things clear: it's not about the points for me, it's making the map better to a near perfect accuracy.
Ok thanks for listening to my ranting, I'd like to know what others think about this as well.
Tom
First of all I would like to thank Orbit, Moweez and anyone else involved in organizing these mapraids for the community. They are not only helping to improve waze as a navigation app, they also make the international community work together, seems like we're one nation instead of many different countries.
Now however something has been bothering me and I have to get this of my chest because I've been ranting about it too much for the last couple of days.
To me the purpose of a mapraid is to improve the map in certain areas of the world where it is much needed or it is needed to just improve the service level towards us and the other users. Apparantly during the MMR #3 some editors have found it more important to boost their points without any regard to accuracy or even checking road type etc. (please note: it is a small percentage of editors, but the few pretty much ruin the fun for the rest).
If we're going to make a map from scratch, we might as well do it very well the first time and give users a proper impression of what to expect on the road.
An example of what I mean: (mind you, this was created by a high level editor during the raid)https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/332 ... amloos.png
I've just stopped editing for tonight in Thailand just because it got me so annoyed and just raging. This type of stuff honestly does not motivate people to do better. "Oh I can get the points even if I draw random lines." Just to make things clear: it's not about the points for me, it's making the map better to a near perfect accuracy.
Ok thanks for listening to my ranting, I'd like to know what others think about this as well.
Tom
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