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Fuller Pool in Ann Arbor

Post by jkristinsson
I am only a L1 editor, so I need help with the following edit. I was told by Waze support to reach out to the community forum, so hoping someone here is a L3 and can help me.

Problem: When searching for the Fuller Park Outdoor Pool in Ann Arbor, MI (located around 42.2876, -83.7283), the result is returned from Google Maps, and the end-of-route is set to the closest spot on the actual Fuller Rd (which is a divided highway), and not the actual parking for this venue. This has the unfortunate consequence that if one is coming from the west, one is not directed into the parking lot using the Fuller Rd cross-over, but the Waze app wants you to continue east past the pool, and do a U-turn further away for a 1+ mile / 4 min extra detour, instead of following the roadway signs and drive directly into the pool's parking lot. In the following image you can see the Waze detour, and I indicated the "correct" way in red arrows and the optimal "entry point" with a red cross.
This happens when you arrive from the west, such as if you start your trip in downtown Ann Arbor (e.g. 42.2811,-83.7501).
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To solve this, I believe one needs to add a POI for the pool directly in Waze, with an explicit entry point on the parking isle in the adjacent (to the west) dedicated parking lot. Due to my low level, I cannot do this myself (I get an error when trying to save), but I have summarized all the information needed below, and attached screenshots to show what I'm trying to do.

Please, someone, make this change!!

General
Address: 1519 Fuller Dr, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Name: Fuller Park Outdoor Pool
Categories: Swimming Pool; Outdoors
Description:
Outdoor swimming pool with a waterslide; seven-lane, 50-meter lap pool; shallow area with ramp access; and a 12-foot-deep diving well.
Open daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day
Entry Point: [YES - place on the northeastern most point of the parking road in the adjacent (to the west) parking lot.
Type: Area
Linked Google Place: “Fuller Park Pool, 1519 Fuller Rd” (https://maps.google.com/?cid=16074053051825275744)

More Info
Website: http://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks- ... es/fuller/
Phone: 734-794-6236
Services: Restrooms; Accepts Credit Cards; Outdoor Seating; Customer Parking; Wheelchair accessible

Geometry:
POLYGON((-83.72749589383507 42.288279708463826,-83.72752003371643 42.288328817751264,-83.72758306562801 42.288376934895204,-83.72765615582402 42.28839578489988,-83.72778892517013 42.28839776911032,-83.72786670923148 42.28836056514927,-83.72787341475352 42.28838239147557,-83.72790023684352 42.28839132042563,-83.72792705893441 42.28838239147557,-83.72793979942658 42.288358580937,-83.72831329703253 42.28834965198361,-83.72836593538415 42.28837073423439,-83.72841823846028 42.28837395857821,-83.72847456484891 42.28836155725539,-83.72850675135709 42.28832732959166,-83.72853625565662 42.28827350779345,-83.72855234891027 42.2882315912463,-83.72868377715251 42.28823208730007,-83.72868377715251 42.288181241746756,-83.72871864586932 42.28816487195063,-83.72873038053403 42.28814999031341,-83.72872736304896 42.28813337248157,-83.72873540967579 42.28809021570302,-83.72875351458704 42.28808971964817,-83.72875049710198 42.28803713778551,-83.72867539524927 42.288036145674965,-83.72862711548744 42.28729205800046,-83.72742816805726 42.287333727142055,-83.72749589383507 42.288279708463826))

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Post by Happy_Lyn
The main place in Waze is the park. If someone were to type in the pool, they will actually get directed to the park. They can also add photos of either the park or the pool to the same Waze place, and that would be appropriate Having two separate places wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea, but this should work just as well.

You should have been able to add the place in Waze if you drove there, though. It would normally prompt a "place update request" for someone to approve. I wonder if Waze didn't record your drive.
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Post by jkristinsson
Wow, such a quick reply, thanks!

Your fix should solve the immediate routing problem as long as an entry point is defined for the park to the same parking lot, but there is a risk with it too. Fuller Park is more than just the (seasonal) swimming pool - it is a nature area, playground and contains a set of soccer fields often used for tournaments. If the pool is not defined as it’s own place, one can also not add the additional information such as website (for up to date opening hours) or phone number or even the “picture of the destination” as these will differ between the pool and the park. The park and the pool actually have different hours! As Google Maps uses separate POIs for the two, I thought it made sense doing the same for Waze.
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Post by jkristinsson
I do this drive weekly and they did record it (it shows up under my drives in the editor), but as I was navigating to the Google Maps POI (as a Waze POI doesn’t exist for the Pool) I didn’t see any option to add a place based on the drive.
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Post by SkiDooGuy
Howdy!
That is an impressive post with a lot of great work!

It actually makes me rather remiss to let you know what I did to correct it as I want to be able to accommodate more of your effort.

I made the following changes to the current Fuller Park area place:
- Added "Fuller Park Pool" as an alternate name
- Added the "Swimming Pool" category
- Added a link to the GMaps "Fuller Park Pool" listing
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These should correctly navigate you to the parking lot now.

Thanks again for helping us improve the map!
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