Editing/Cleanup tips
This is not necessarily specific to Mississippi, but I wanted to make everyone aware of these things while doing cleanup and Functional Classification.
I strongly suggest that each Waze editor get the following Plugins (which work best in Chrome):
WME Color Highlights
WME Toolbox
WME Validator
Junction Node Fixer
These utilities will help you to identify problems, such as extra junctions, reverse connectivity and self-connectivity, Un-connected roads, closed loops, etc. Junction node fixer allows you to use the Q key to fix bad junctions without changing the turn permissions on that junction.
The state of Mississippi is riddled with segments that have the wrong state on them, especially near the borders. In WME Validator, under settings, you can set up custom searches. The following will highlight any road segment that is not set to Mississippi. Most of these roads are unnamed, but you may be surprised that roads you've created have the wrong state on them. Some of these roads don't exist, and should be deleted. Others do exist and need to have their state corrected. During general cleanup, look for gas stations that have been imported, but never edited. They may or may not be in the right place. Either way, correct the location and stretch the Area Place to cover the entire property of the gas station. Don't drag the edges of the landmark all the way to the street. Imported stations have their name in ALL CAPS. Fix that to mixed case. Using Color Highlights, look for unnamed segments. In 99% of cases of unnamed segments, they should be set as a type other than Street, or removed from the map. If they're an apartment complex or trailer park, or run through a plant or factory behind gates, they should be set to Private Street. If they're a parking lot, they should be set to Parking Lot type. If they're a cowpath running through a field, they should probably be deleted, or at least set to Dirt Road. Alleys should be set to Parking Lot type. Remember that any road set as Street type is included in routing, so if you don't want people to be routed through a segment, change the type or get rid of it completely. In cases where they appear to be legitimate streets, dig a little deeper...use the streetview function and see if the street is there. If so, try to see a street sign and give that street a name. Apartment complex with Street type.
Apartment complex fixed with Private Street type. (note that I have the Private Street set to show in purple in Color Highlights)
In this case, the street appears to exist from the aerials, but when I opened up Streetview to try to find out the name, it turns out that it runs up someone's driveway and through their house. Delete.
That's it for now. I'll post more as I come across them. Have fun!
I strongly suggest that each Waze editor get the following Plugins (which work best in Chrome):
WME Color Highlights
WME Toolbox
WME Validator
Junction Node Fixer
These utilities will help you to identify problems, such as extra junctions, reverse connectivity and self-connectivity, Un-connected roads, closed loops, etc. Junction node fixer allows you to use the Q key to fix bad junctions without changing the turn permissions on that junction.
The state of Mississippi is riddled with segments that have the wrong state on them, especially near the borders. In WME Validator, under settings, you can set up custom searches. The following will highlight any road segment that is not set to Mississippi. Most of these roads are unnamed, but you may be surprised that roads you've created have the wrong state on them. Some of these roads don't exist, and should be deleted. Others do exist and need to have their state corrected. During general cleanup, look for gas stations that have been imported, but never edited. They may or may not be in the right place. Either way, correct the location and stretch the Area Place to cover the entire property of the gas station. Don't drag the edges of the landmark all the way to the street. Imported stations have their name in ALL CAPS. Fix that to mixed case. Using Color Highlights, look for unnamed segments. In 99% of cases of unnamed segments, they should be set as a type other than Street, or removed from the map. If they're an apartment complex or trailer park, or run through a plant or factory behind gates, they should be set to Private Street. If they're a parking lot, they should be set to Parking Lot type. If they're a cowpath running through a field, they should probably be deleted, or at least set to Dirt Road. Alleys should be set to Parking Lot type. Remember that any road set as Street type is included in routing, so if you don't want people to be routed through a segment, change the type or get rid of it completely. In cases where they appear to be legitimate streets, dig a little deeper...use the streetview function and see if the street is there. If so, try to see a street sign and give that street a name. Apartment complex with Street type.
Apartment complex fixed with Private Street type. (note that I have the Private Street set to show in purple in Color Highlights)
In this case, the street appears to exist from the aerials, but when I opened up Streetview to try to find out the name, it turns out that it runs up someone's driveway and through their house. Delete.
That's it for now. I'll post more as I come across them. Have fun!
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