I find it very funny that no one reports roads closed (i.e. for a bridge replacement) when they get closed, but always report them the week before they reopen... Just got a UR that says

Type: Missing bridge overpass
Description: bridge out road closed

and when I checked with the town, their website says

The closure will begin on Monday, September 17th and will continue through December 1st

Reported one week to the day before it reopens....

bz2012 wrote:

AndyPoms wrote:I find it very funny that no one reports roads closed (i.e. for a bridge replacement) when they get closed, but always report them the week before they reopen...

Well, in Baton Rouge, the 'road closed' signs go up a few weeks before the work begins.
The dates on the signs are usually several days earlier than the actual start and end dates for the work.

I guess, the work could run late otherplaces too.

Typically here in CT, there are warning signs that go up several weeks to a month in advance for long term work. Unless there is a major storm the construction company/CT DOT will at least put the barriers up that day. For re-openings, it all depends on what's going on. We have several projects that are months ahead of schedule (contractors usually get a bonus for finishing early) and a few that are 3+ years behind schedule (don't ask)... If I see the signs (or press release) about an upcoming closure, I'll try to note it and get the closure done in the map, but I can't know about all of them...

mike0723 wrote:How about this UR...

"dunkin donuts not 24 hours very upset 3 yr old in my car)"

BlazeTool wrote:So now we're apparently serving up hours, which we don't store (or display), for POI's which we don't store?

Dunkin Donuts advertises with Waze in the US... There are pins for all the Dunkin Donuts locations that just show up on the map without having to search for them... They show Open/Closed with hours when you click on the pin...

BlazeTool wrote:Ah, didn't realize the ads had those details. Only ones that show up locally are for hotels, which are of course always open. Krispy Kreme and Tim Horton's apparently keep Dunkin Donuts at bay here, I think there's only 2 inside of the outer belt.

We've had other issues with the DD pins too - mostly slightly incorrect locations causing bad routing... Where is the "here" you speak of? (You didn't set your location in your forum profile & it's not in your signature either)

Type: Wrong driving direction
Description: not even close to where I needed to be!!! very disappointing !!

Type: General error
Description: starbucks mill plain rd danbury ct neees to be moved west a bit to the left of trader joes in same plaza

I've already moved the starbucks (via Bing) to get it IN the plaza in the first place... I can't make it perfect...

AlanOfTheBerg wrote:

jasonh300 wrote:Bing responded and actually did something???

Bing sometimes responds, but Navteq is absolutely the worst. I have 9+ month-old reports for moving address pins and I've never, ever received anything back from them both from reports or for support tickets. They are simply a garbage company, IMO.

Now, TeleAtlas: I like them. I have always received a response within 3 days.

I've had better luck moving POIs with Bing than with addresses...

I just looked, & found the same thing Alan has found, Navteq hasn't looked at any of my reports, and TeleAtlas has them already corrected...

Maybe Waze should cut a deal with TeleAtlas for Address/POI lookup - Waze gets the database for & integrates an update mechanism into WME so TeleAtlas gets the updates & new roads as they are created... An even trade of information... Then we could REALLY put the pins in the right spot and Solve all those URs about houses being 100 feet away from where Waze things it is...

foxitrot wrote:[Off-topic] Can someone (a mod with with sufficient editing rights?) try to explain me, why kaeoboy's post http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... 11#p303411 does not display the quotation in the usual yellow rectangle??
Is the post witchy or ill-wished?

They have the "Disable BBCode" box checked (under options, just below the submit button when posting)...

foxitrot wrote:

AndyPoms wrote:They have the "Disable BBCode" box checked (under options, just below the submit button when posting)...

Thanks! Apparently it keeps for a post.
Have you enabled it? It is on now.

Kuhlkatz went in and edited both their posts to turn it on.... You can also set the default behavior in User Control Panel -> Board Preferences tab -> Edit Posting Defaults.

Type: General error
Description: inside down and backwards