Rank 1

All new editors start as a rank 1 editor. You can edit everywhere where you received permissions by recent drives. When you familiar with the edit basics, you can be upgraded to rank 2. We expect at least 500 edits and 10 forum posts.

Rank 2

You can edit everywhere where you received permissions by recent drives. When you’ve got enough experience you can become an Area Manager with rank 3. We expect at least 5000 edits and 50 forum posts.

Rank 3 (Area Manager)

You can edit everywhere where you received permissions by recent drives and in you managed AM area. Within this rank you have responsibilities as a manager. Beside the edits you make yourself we expect you keep an eye on rank 1 and 2 editors in your area.
As a rank 3 area manager you get a rank 4/5 coach assigned. Usually this is a Region Manager (State Manager).
As an area manager you can get assigned some specific task of the Region Manager. When the Region Manager thinks you have enough experience, he can ask the Australian Champs to promote you to rank 4. Extending or adding of an AM area will be discussed by the Area Manager Team and the coach. So it’s not based on the amount of edits!
To become an Area Manager you need a Google account. With this account you will be added to the Australian Area Manager Group of what all AM’s are member. In this group you can communicate with all AM’s. Not as a replacement of the forum, but as an addition. It’s easy to send some important general info to all AM’s. With this account you also get rights for the Waze Australia Agenda, in what things like temporary road closures will be noted so whe don’t forget to reconnect them. We can also share documents securely with all group members. And probably the most important, to communicate through Gtalk/Hangouts, 1 on 1 or with a few persons. Especially for coaching pretty important. But you can also use it to ask for a simple unlock request if one of the higher ranked persons are online.
Visiting the forum on a regular base is a must. We can add a rank 3 sub forum if that’s useful. You can discuss things you would not share with rank 1 and 2 editors. But for that you can also use the Group.
Area Managers that are inactive, or almost inactive for a few months, will be removed automatically. This is already running by Area Managers system right now.

Rank 4 (Area Manager)

Like rank 3, supplemented with extra responsibilities. Within you area there are more rank 3 Area Managers, which you will coach and monitor. You will communicate with rank 5 Region Managers and update them about the progress of the rank 3 Area Managers which you are coaching.
As a Rank 4 Area Manager, you are the contact person for Area Managers. You are responsible for the progress en supervision in your area. a proactive attitude is very important. You assign tasks to the rank 3 Area Managers regularly, to to systematically improve the map.
Progress and tasks will be tracked in a spreadsheet that is shared with Rank 5 Region Managers. As a Rank 4 Area Manager, you can use a similar system with the rank 3 Area Managers.
With enough experience you can be promoted to rank 5 Region Manager. Country Managers and Australian Champs will discuss this.


Rank 5 (Region Manager)

Like rank 4, supplemented with extra responsibilities. Beside country wide editing rights (editing is your main focus anymore), you get a few rank 4 Area Managers assigned, which you will coach and monitor. You will communicate with rank 6 Champs about progress of the rank 4 Region Managers which you are coaching. You are responsible for appointments that are made between rank 4 Region Managers and rank 3 Area Managers.
As a rank 5 Region Manager, you are not just an editor and coach. You will also get some tasks of the rank 5 Country Managers and rank 6 Champs. Partly you can work on it together with rank 4 Area Mangers, that’s up to you. You can think about leading special projects, editing the wiki, …
As a rank 5 Region Manager you can get invited to become Country Manager.
There will be a rank 5 Region Manager Group. And an exclusive sub forum is also possible.

Rank 5 (Country Manager)

Like rank 5 (Region Manager), but with Country wide permissions. You will assist rank 6 Champs and rank 5 Region Managers.


L6 (Global Champs en Country Leaders)

This is an exclusive level for Global Champs and Country Leader (Coordinator). These users are in direct contact with several Waze staff members. Community issues will be discussed with them.
There are sub forums available for both Global Champs and Coordinators to share experience and thoughts.
You can only be invited to join this exclusive group.

We want to lock according the list below…

Freeway Rank 5
Ramps Rank of highest roadtype where it’s connected to
Major Rank 4
Minor Rank 3
Primary Rank 2
Private Rank 4
Walking tr. (railroad) Rank 4 (this is some points we are also discussing right now. More info follows)
Pedestrian Rank 3

- Other roadtypes we won't use for mapping!

- Complex locations can be locked at rank 6, but very sporadic…

- Situations where the aerial is incorrect, a higher level is allowed (and probably wanted).

- Important landmarks like rivers, seas, etc…can be locked.