[NEW] Guidance for turn instruction overrides
The following is a draft started by subs5 & nzhan1. I am posting it to get a draft in front of wiki folks quickly because the feature is live in WME Prod and we're behind.
The initial draft is simply a documentation of the feature. We need to add specific guidance on when to use them. And when they can take the place of a wayfinder and when they cannot.
There is also no formatting set in this draft.
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Creating an Override Instructions When in WME and you click on a segment and hover over a Green or Yellow Turn Connection/Restriction Arrow, both the Time Based Turn Restriction (TBTR) clock AND the Turn instruction Override speaker icon will appear. If the turn is Red (restricted), then the override icon will not appear.
Available Override Instructions
When you click on the '''Speaker", you have the following choices:
When to Use Override Instructions
Exit Left
When there is a the Big Green Sign (BGS) indicating an exit left.
Discuss with your Regional Coordinator(s) and/or State Manager(s) to see if they want it added to locations where a HOV or HOT/Express Lane is separated from the regular freeway, highway, etc.
https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/6/6b/ ... _hover.png
U-turn
This works well for one way segments that have a u-turn only lane. You can post a "u-turn" verbal prompt on the first left turn and "None" on the second one.
Streets not meeting at right angles
When streets meet at some kind of diagonal, the default turn instruction may end up being a "stay to the left/right" even though the driver would consider it a left or right turn. In these cases, we have historically modified the angles the roads meet at a very high zoom level:
https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/e/ef/ ... al_fix.png https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/3/37/ ... rriden.png
Simple Wayfinder
Simple wayfinders use an unnamed segment simply to force an instruction where one would normally be voiced. This is most often a "stay right" or "stay left." A basic example is a roadway with a split where left lanes go left and right lanes go straight ahead. To ensure the driver is kept on the correct side of the roadway to stay on the expected route, we create a wayfinder on the "straight" segment to force a "stay to the right instruction."
An example of this is shown below. The selected segment is unnamed, and you can see the name of the street on both sides of the wayfinder are the extact same name. For drivers heading the direction of the arrow, the unnamed segment forces the app to give the driver the instruction "stay to the right to El Cajon Blvd."
https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/3/3d/ ... xample.png
The guidance here is to remove (or rename and join) the unnamed segment, and replace it with a "keep right" turn instruction override.
Complex Wayfinder
A complex wayfinder is one where the legs (child segments) are named differently than the subsequent segments. The wayfinder segments are named for the Big Green Sign (BGS) verbiage for clarity.
For these kinds of wayfinders, a turn instruction override does not have the required functionality and should not be used.
The initial draft is simply a documentation of the feature. We need to add specific guidance on when to use them. And when they can take the place of a wayfinder and when they cannot.
There is also no formatting set in this draft.
--
Creating an Override Instructions When in WME and you click on a segment and hover over a Green or Yellow Turn Connection/Restriction Arrow, both the Time Based Turn Restriction (TBTR) clock AND the Turn instruction Override speaker icon will appear. If the turn is Red (restricted), then the override icon will not appear.
Available Override Instructions
When you click on the '''Speaker", you have the following choices:
- Waze Selected (this gives the default voice prompt turn, exit, keep right/left, etc)
- None (No verbal instruction/recommendation is given)
- Turn Left (The instruction/recommendation "Turn Left" is given)
- Turn Right (The instruction/recommendation "Turn Right" is given)
- Keep Left (The instruction/recommendation "Keep Left" is given)
- Keep Right (The instruction/recommendation "Keep Right" is given)
- Continue (Not available as of 2016-12)
- Exit Left (The instruction/recommendation "Exit Left" is given)
- Exit Right (The instruction/recommendation "Exit Right" is given)
- Uturn (The instruction/recommendation "Uturn" is given)
When to Use Override Instructions
Exit Left
When there is a the Big Green Sign (BGS) indicating an exit left.
Discuss with your Regional Coordinator(s) and/or State Manager(s) to see if they want it added to locations where a HOV or HOT/Express Lane is separated from the regular freeway, highway, etc.
https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/6/6b/ ... _hover.png
U-turn
This works well for one way segments that have a u-turn only lane. You can post a "u-turn" verbal prompt on the first left turn and "None" on the second one.
Streets not meeting at right angles
When streets meet at some kind of diagonal, the default turn instruction may end up being a "stay to the left/right" even though the driver would consider it a left or right turn. In these cases, we have historically modified the angles the roads meet at a very high zoom level:
https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/e/ef/ ... al_fix.png https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/3/37/ ... rriden.png
Simple Wayfinder
Simple wayfinders use an unnamed segment simply to force an instruction where one would normally be voiced. This is most often a "stay right" or "stay left." A basic example is a roadway with a split where left lanes go left and right lanes go straight ahead. To ensure the driver is kept on the correct side of the roadway to stay on the expected route, we create a wayfinder on the "straight" segment to force a "stay to the right instruction."
An example of this is shown below. The selected segment is unnamed, and you can see the name of the street on both sides of the wayfinder are the extact same name. For drivers heading the direction of the arrow, the unnamed segment forces the app to give the driver the instruction "stay to the right to El Cajon Blvd."
https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/images/3/3d/ ... xample.png
The guidance here is to remove (or rename and join) the unnamed segment, and replace it with a "keep right" turn instruction override.
Complex Wayfinder
A complex wayfinder is one where the legs (child segments) are named differently than the subsequent segments. The wayfinder segments are named for the Big Green Sign (BGS) verbiage for clarity.
For these kinds of wayfinders, a turn instruction override does not have the required functionality and should not be used.
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