[Script] Snapshot Mode
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:30 am
Hi all,
I would like to share something I came across. This script will show a link titled "Enable Snapshot Mode" in the top left corner beside the country selection menu on the editor page.
I'm not certain what Snapshot mode does, but it looks like it allows you to view what the map looks like in-client/before the next map tile update. For segments, not places. This tool could be used to help revert vandalism, or to recover from a bad edit (etc).
Waze staff says this is OK-to-share. (Thanks for the communication, PesachZ!)
Any feedback/comments are appreciated
Important: You MUST have your WME top bar enabled (where it says Live map, your username, country etc).
There are currently two versions available:
Bookmarklet Page - do not drag this, click for page to add bookmark. Bookmarklet is a toggle. There will be no option in the top right added, it's just an on/off button itself.
Userscript (Grease/Tampermonkey)
PesachZ's description:
I would like to share something I came across. This script will show a link titled "Enable Snapshot Mode" in the top left corner beside the country selection menu on the editor page.
I'm not certain what Snapshot mode does, but it looks like it allows you to view what the map looks like in-client/before the next map tile update. For segments, not places. This tool could be used to help revert vandalism, or to recover from a bad edit (etc).
Waze staff says this is OK-to-share. (Thanks for the communication, PesachZ!)
Any feedback/comments are appreciated
Important: You MUST have your WME top bar enabled (where it says Live map, your username, country etc).
There are currently two versions available:
Bookmarklet Page - do not drag this, click for page to add bookmark. Bookmarklet is a toggle. There will be no option in the top right added, it's just an on/off button itself.
Userscript (Grease/Tampermonkey)
PesachZ's description:
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Allows you to preview a section of the map showing it in the state it was when the tiles were last built. This allows you to see how WME looked at the time of the last tile build, and hides any edits made after that point. The code when used puts a link in the top right of WME to "Enter Snapshot Mode", and when used, it reloads the roads as they were at the time of the last tile build. I'm attaching two screenshots to demonstrate (showing an interchange which was edited significantly since the last build but the UR has traces from the old configuration).
It is a tool that could be very helpful when diagnosing routing and user reported issues especially in areas where the map has since been updated. It could even be used to repair damage to the map if we catch it before the tile build by giving us a reference to how it was before.