House Numbers on Divided Streets
I didn't see anything in this forum that directly addressed this issue, so here it is:
If Waze is serious about using its internal house number database in the future, it will need to have some provision to handle streets with a small median that would otherwise not be split in WME. It would be silly to have map editors spend hours splitting minor or major roads that have a small median in the middle just so that address guidance will put the user on the correct side of the median when they reach their destination. Google appears to be able to handle this without splitting the roads. And no, I don't think bringing back street lanes is a good idea either (except perhaps on freeways for lane guidance, but that's a different conversation entirely).
My patent-pending idea, submitted for your ridicule:
Add a "turn restriction" type designation to each house number. By default, both the left and right arrow are green meaning you can reach the address from both directions of travel. If the address destination can only be reached safely and legally while traveling in one direction, then turn the arrow for the other direction of travel red. The bonus here is it is a familiar interface, we already use green and red arrows for turn restrictions so it would be a natural translation. The second bonus, most importantly, it would prevent otherwise simple roads from having to be split into complex bi-lane messes.
Thoughts?
If Waze is serious about using its internal house number database in the future, it will need to have some provision to handle streets with a small median that would otherwise not be split in WME. It would be silly to have map editors spend hours splitting minor or major roads that have a small median in the middle just so that address guidance will put the user on the correct side of the median when they reach their destination. Google appears to be able to handle this without splitting the roads. And no, I don't think bringing back street lanes is a good idea either (except perhaps on freeways for lane guidance, but that's a different conversation entirely).
My patent-pending idea, submitted for your ridicule:
Add a "turn restriction" type designation to each house number. By default, both the left and right arrow are green meaning you can reach the address from both directions of travel. If the address destination can only be reached safely and legally while traveling in one direction, then turn the arrow for the other direction of travel red. The bonus here is it is a familiar interface, we already use green and red arrows for turn restrictions so it would be a natural translation. The second bonus, most importantly, it would prevent otherwise simple roads from having to be split into complex bi-lane messes.
Thoughts?
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