txemt wrote:Texas is adopting the following standard:

Fwy & MH: 5
mH: 4
PS: 3

All other roads are automatic (1)

High value places (5): Universities, hospitals, major sporting stadiums
Other places (3): Gas stations & schools

Those lock standards seem kind of high. I could understand for a metro area, but for the entire state? doesn't that go against Waze's ideals to welcome new editors. Locking everything too high can deter them from wanting to edit.

For the place lock standards, are you saying L4 editors have screwed up universities, hospitals and major sporting stadiums to lock them at 5?

In Louisiana, all freeways and ramps are locked at R5. Most MH in the state have been locked at R4.

In the areas that are covered daily by R5 and higher editors, we lock the following:

Freeway and Ramp: R5
MH: 4
mH: 3
PS: 2

All Places that have been reviewed are locked at R4.

These areas include the following cities and the surrounding areas: Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, St Tammany Parish.

Less mature areas have not received any standardized locks (other than freeways and ramps).

The same minimum locking has been applied to the Mississippi Gulf Coast since I cover that area daily also.

Fredo-p wrote:

txemt wrote:Texas is adopting the following standard:

Fwy & MH: 5
mH: 4
PS: 3

All other roads are automatic (1)

High value places (5): Universities, hospitals, major sporting stadiums
Other places (3): Gas stations & schools

Those lock standards seem kind of high. I could understand for a metro area, but for the entire state? doesn't that go against Waze's ideals to welcome new editors. Locking everything too high can deter them from wanting to edit.

I agree. In Arkansas we are using the following:

Fwy & MH: 4
mH: 3
PS: 2

As a relatively new editor, I will say I was quite deterred by the reliance on 3+ editors for PLR edits on quite minor roads such as Braesview in San Antonio.

Fwy & MH: 4
mH: 3
PS: 2

feels like the right way to go, with some exceptions for Fwy & MH stretches that will need very little upkeep. I am constantly trying to add PLRs as we are very short on them here in SA, and as an Lyft/Uber driver using Waze, I am constantly finding that there are better routes than what Waze is telling me due to the lack of PLRs. Yet every time I want to add PLRs I have to get a lvl 3 or 4 to connect them for me. This is a huge PIA.

Nightauth,

You might be glad to know that the lock standards for TX have been adjusted, which will result in lots more editing opportunities.

Ted

Texas is adopting the following standard:

Fwy & MH: 5
mH: 4
PS: 3

All other roads are automatic (1)

High value places (5): Universities, hospitals, major sporting stadiums
Other places (3): Gas stations & schools

Texas is top heavy (2 6s and 7 5s). There are only 2 4s in the state. No 3s, a couple of 2s and some 1s.

Two things about Texas locking standards:
1) had it not been for a lowly rank 2 to come in and delete 4 major highways though Texas, I wouldn't have given it any thought
2) a LOT of Texas is rural and won't need many changes once fixed. For those working the rural areas, locks go into effect when they're down fixing it, so not a whole lot will need to be adjusted.