Please review the following threads:
http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=26005
http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=31542
Specifically, the posts written by Waze Champs.

I have deleted minor landmarks in Dallas as advised by the Champs' posts in those threads, as they serve no usable purpose and are just a waste of space.

As it was said, if we cannot label all of the local businesses, then we cannot label any of them. Gas stations are a feature of the client... and we are adding them all. Grocery stores are not a feature, and there is no plan for them to be. It wastes data on the server, and transmitting it to the client. The only purpose of Waze is to navigate to locations in the most efficient way, taking into account traffic information. They added the gas station feature as it relates to driving. Seeing Bob's Storage or Walmart has no place here, and just clutters the map (both in WME AND in the client)

Thank you, Andy.
I'm not contesting anything about college campuses, however, if they are large it might be more preferable to map individual buildings and parking lots instead of the entire campus as to not suppress traffic alerts generated on-campus. Some campuses use Waze for this, and I'm sure more would if alerts wouldn't be suppressed.

I had typed up a long response to this, but the forum is stupid and logged me out after 3 minutes... so meh. Summary:
I work on the Richardson area, but work on URs mainly along 75 (4 mile radius) from Richardson to downtown Dallas.
I was never referring to WME being cluttered, because I know we can disable that layer. It's clients that have limited data, or slower phones that I worry about. I've been there. The map updates super slow and made it unusable.
I have deleted individual business landmarks since Waze Champs (basically Waze Volunteer Staff) have said that they have no place on the map.
With parking lot landmarks, if I feel like it, I'll delete the landmark and create roads like the Wiki says to.
As for cameras, I delete the unapproved ones that are in places that make no sense... because I-35 obviously has a speed camera set to 30 mph. What really peeves me about this is that no alerts are generated for reported speed cameras... not even after 20+ users report it; yes, I've seen a lane of an intersection with over 20 reported speed cameras.

Might've forgotten some things since I had to rewrite this entirely!

1) I know the 30 has nothing to do with it, they just crack me up when I see them on major highways with speed limits of 70, in a city that does not allow usage of Speed Cameras.
2) I'm not referring to alerting them in the client, I'm referring to alerting them similar to a UR.
3) Thanks, I'm going over that!

Biggiejohn wrote:

AndyPoms wrote:

bscharff wrote:1) I know the 30 has nothing to do with it, they just crack me up when I see them on major highways with speed limits of 70, in a city that does not allow usage of Speed Cameras.

Personally, I enjoy the red light cameras posted on the Interstate Highways (which don't have any traffic lights on them & in a State that doesn't allow any type photo enforcement).

there are very few legitimate red light cameras in my area and I have double and triple checked all the "approved" ones with the lists published by the county/city police.
Whenever I ever see new ones show up on the maps, I just delete them, free edit points.

I wish Dallas were that predictable!!!

Again, arguing with a Waze Champ... :/

Thanks, I've re-added Baylor: https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=4&lat ... TTTTTTTTFT

and the park: https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=3&lat ... TTTTTTTTFT

But I don't have editing rights to re-add UT since I haven't driven in that area since I joined Waze.

bscharff wrote:As for cameras, I delete the unapproved ones that are in places that make no sense... because I-35 obviously has a speed camera set to 30 mph. What really peeves me about this is that no alerts are generated for reported speed cameras... not even after 20+ users report it; yes, I've seen a lane of an intersection with over 20 reported speed cameras.

1.) You know the 30 in the speed camera icon does NOT have anything to do with the speed limit for the camera, right?
2.) One million people can report cameras at an intersection. But an editor needs to approve the camera before it shows up in the client. If it is approved and not alerting, check that it is pointing in the right direction and with the right angle.
3.) Everything you wanted to know (probably) about cameras.