I'm seeing a split might be on the way then =)

Is FeedTheWaze what was used for the notices on the waze map about the road changes around the olympics? It sounds like a good idea to cover the problem of changes that would struggle to make it to the livemap before they would need to be undone.

Hi,

Add to the fact that when you report a road works in a location (that you know will be there all day) the event will disappear after an hour or so. Thus requiring multiple reports to keep the map up-to-date.

Des. . .

Hi all

From a rather selfish point of view I'd like to see something available to address this sooner rather than later. The area where I live (Medway Towns) has a rolling programme of water main replacements that involves roads being closed for a month or so at a time. It's probably going to last for 18 months or more around here but with the current speed of refresh of the tiles, or rather the lack of it, there's not much point in updating the maps.

Other areas with Victorian sewers and water mains are going to be in the same situation, if they aren't already.

Feedthewaze would probably help.

Regards, Jules
AM for Medway Towns and Maidstone

And to make matters worse http://www.roadworksonline.org.uk does not show any of the road closures I was referring to.
The Virgin media work in Fort Pitt St near Chatham station, which is signage only (no closures) is on that website(!) but the current closure of Balfour Road, which has been closed for a week and is just one example of several, is not shown at all.

Regards, Jules
AM for Medway Towns and Maidstone

Timbones wrote:

julesthebit wrote:And to make matters worse http://www.roadworksonline.org.uk does not show any of the road closures I was referring to.

You may find that http://www.roadworks.org is more accurate. (YMMV)

It's a bit better but not much practical help because it shows roads that re-opened last week as still closed and a completely closed road as "delays unlikely".

Jules
AM for Medway Towns and Maidstone

There is a community project called FeedTheWaze that allows users to place long term events on the map. It's still in beta, and so hasn't been widely publicised. I'll see what we can do about getting more visibility on this for UK editors...

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Yes, FTW is what was used during the Olympics. It seems to work rather well.

julesthebit wrote:And to make matters worse http://www.roadworksonline.org.uk does not show any of the road closures I was referring to.

You may find that www.roadworks.org is more accurate. (YMMV)