I-5 bridge collapse in Washington
Entire section of I-5 dropped into the Skagit river in Washington. Looks like we need to close this in Waze. Could be out of commission for a while
Yeah. I hear the bridge collapse caused the California 5.9 earthquake tonight.crazycomputingdotnet wrote:Wow! That is crazy!
Correct. Map edits take effect after two days if the edit is done during day hours in the US. It's all about the timing. I have tried multiple times to contact Waze resources directly and haven't received any response. They could have put changes in to the routing server immediately but did not. The map changes will take effect Saturday.sauermk97 wrote:It is still trying to route me over the bridge even though someone disconnected it.
The Closure report is different from a Map Issue report. An "Update Request" is the name for Map Issue when viewed in the map editor. The Closure report is supposed to directly affect the routing engine and not the map. However, on a busy road like I-5, it would take several Wazers to get the engine to update to close the road from a routing point-of-view. (That's a feature which protects drivers from being badly routed by Wazers bent on bad behavior by reporting things closed which are not.)sauermk97 wrote:I was in the area when it happened. I had crossed the bridge about 20 minutes prior to collapse. On our way back of course everything was blocked and we re-routed. I submitted a couple of road closed reports directly from the app. I wonder if that was it?It seems there was a Wazer on the bridge when it collapsed, and he/she sent an Update Request, which was responded to almost immediately.
You're right. Cool!htahta wrote:Just take a look at the live map at http://www.waze.com Here you see the Road closes signs and the signs on the street. So I do not think the map is updated jet)
I've asked for this before in similar situations and been told it isn't possible. Can always try again.skbun wrote:Maybe someone with a friendly ear at Waze can have a tile update forced once I get done?
As noted above, Waze has been routing people around the bridge today already. Thanks to the Closure function in the app.skbun wrote:It may not get the people going north today for the long weekend, but it surely will help some when they return Sunday/Monday.
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