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Unlock request in Oakland, California

Post by straightupsean
Hi Editors,

I would like to be able to edit the following segment(s).
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Permalink: https://waze.com/en-US/editor?env=usa&l ... ts=5594774
Reason: Faculty Village Road is currently connected to the wrong part of the street and needs to be moved to connect to Underwood Avenue where it is clear there is a road based on Satellite photos.
Edit: Person who made the last edit on this segment on 9/13/2023 also made an incorrect edit. This segment is called Kapiolani Road, not Underwood Avenue, as the road continues straight from Kapiolani, not Underwood. Lastly, geometry needs to be corrected for the roundabout that is missing.
Unlock to level: 1

Thank you in advance,
Sean
 
 
 
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Last edited by straightupsean on Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:32 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Edit: this comment was put in the original post.
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Post by straightupsean
Thanks for unlocking it!

Waze and Google both lack data regarding Mills College at Northeastern University. I'm currently a student here, and am trying to fix that so peers and faculty have the most accurate information. I nearly completed the map of campus on OpenStreetMaps in the past few days, in case you want to use that as a reference. I used both the campus map the school provided (in the link) as well as first-hand observations.



There isn't any signage leading me to believe that it's an extension of Kapiolani. What made me think that it is an extension is the layout of the roads in person, as well as how the roads are mapped on the campus map.

Underwood comes to a 90-degree angle with the segment in question, as shown in the pictures. Kapiolani has more of a straight path between it and the segment.

As for the campus map, it shows the segment in question curving towards Kapiolani rather than curving towards Underwood, hence why I think it's an extension of Kapiolani.



Here is the campus map and pictures from some different angles. I put some tags on them to explain where it is taken from. I also drew some lines to show where the streets are in relation to the picture. Green is Kapiolani, Yellow is Segment in question, Purple is Prospect, Blue is Underwood.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Also, there is a street view available on Bing Maps, in case you wanted to look at it further.




Let me know if there's anything else I can do. I'm happy to take more pictures or a video!
--Sean
 

Edit: Right now, Waze is calling it Mills College. Officially, as of sometime 2022/2023, it is called "Mills College at Northeastern University". It's locked so I can't edit it, but it might be worth changing the name on Waze to reflect the real name. Adding an alternative name of "Northeastern University Oakland" would also be good, as both "Mills College at Northeastern University" and "Northeastern University Oakland" are used in marketing.
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Post by turbomkt
The segment is unlocked so you can make changes to Faculty.

The name was set based on available GIS - the only maps I could find of the campus to not have enough detail. The intersection with Kapiolani Rd, Underwood, and Prospect Hill is anything but typical so there was no reason to question that naming. Street view is unavailable. Can you provide pictures of the signs that would indicate that is actually an extension of Kapiolani?
 
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Please consider joining us on Discord.  I see you have made a LOT of edits and most of them have issues.  It will also be easier to discuss necessary changes in general.
 
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