erfo02 wrote:I read somewhere that there is a "quite good basemap in my area" and for my area (Abu Dhabi and UAE) there is nothing available as far as I can see. Mapping a town from scratch is a hell of a job so anyone here knows if there is anyway of finding a basemap to start with or is it just not available for this area?

Hi Eric,

The most important principle in Waze is the independence from other sources for building the maps.

As you know the maps are user generated, and they can't be based on sources outside waze.

For that reason, and due to copyright issues, if we find on waze maps that users use other maps for build it ,we will remove all of those roads from Live Map/Cartouche.

We appreciate your interest in improving Waze.

Thank you,
Damian

Hi,

Most of the maps starting from scratch, there are places like the US that started with grid.
The area that you mentioned has no grid and the maps will build by the users.

Regards,
Liz

I think you misunderstood me. What I asked more or less is if there is a basic map in certain areas that you can start with or has every area started from totally scratch? I have no intention to import anything else so it is just a simple question if it has to be done from scratch or if there is a starting point?