[Script] WME Validator v2020.11.1 (PLACES BETA)

[benostrowsky]

I'm getting a #171 on "Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad". What is an appropriate form of this name that would satisfy the check?

[berestovskyy]

What is WME Validator?
WME Validator is an open source, GPLv3 licensed script that validates a map area in Waze Map Editor, highlights issues and generates a very detailed report with wiki references and solutions (see demo report in this forum post)
F.A.Q.: forum link
Complete list of validations: forum link
How to translate and set up Validator for your country: forum link


Why WME Validator?

• Validator reports issues for your country and provides links to the country wiki. See how to adjust Validator for your country: forum link
• Validator highlights issues, not features. For example, it highlights not just any locked segment, but only if the lock is an issue.
• There are many country-specific checks on every segment and counting! See complete list of validations: forum link

Download links:
> For Chrome browser please download the script at Chrome Web Store
> For Firefox browser download the script at GitHub.com or GreasyFork
Note: for Firefox browser you also need Tampermonkey installed.

Main package includes English and the following translations:
French by arbaot and ClementH44
Hebrew by gad_m
Polish by Zniwek
Spanish by robindlc and fernandoanguita
+ localization for 19+ countries

Other languages and localizations to download and install (optionally)*:
* Note: you also need the main package installed (see links above).

• Czech (Čeština) by petrjanik, Kebb01, Zirland:
  For Tampermonkey: GreasyFork.org
  Forum thread: forum link
  
  
• German (Deutsch) by BellHouse:
  For Chrome browser: Chrome Web Store
  For Firefox/Tampermonkey: GreasyFork.org
  
  
• Portuguese (Português - Brasil) by mikenit:
  For Tampermonkey: GreasyFork.org
  Forum thread: forum link
  
  
• Russian (Русский) by Manzareck:
  For Tampermonkey: GreasyFork.org
  Forum thread: forum link
  
  
• Slovak (Slovenčina) by ChoseS:
  For Tampermonkey: GreasyFork.org
  Forum thread: forum link

Screenshots:

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Changelog: please follow this forum link


Known issues:

• Some checks are temporarily disabled

Please note, Validator does not work over certain territories. It's not a bug.
WME Validator is based on WMET script: link

[berestovskyy]

I assume this takes account of countries where people drive on the left (and roundabouts are clockwise). Can you add Ireland to the list of countries like this?

There is a property in WME for left hand traffic and Validator takes it into account. For instance here is a "normal" (B->A) left-hand roundabout in Ireland: permalink and here is reversed left-hand (A->B) roundabout: permalink

Let me know if you want to completely disable this check for Ireland or change the check title/description.

Text bubble reads "Click 'Report' to review map issues" but there is no button named "Report" that I can see. There is a "Show report" button though.

Fixed.

Example where reverse connection does not appear to be detected:

Fixed.

Suggestions: If you can have only one active "report" then I would suggest a single icon to run the report and then clear the report.

While you are panning the map the issues are highlighted and reported. So you can click clear button any time to start the report over. If there are too many segments reported/cached, the clear report button becomes red.

The trash icon has changed.

When I select an interstate segment, it pops up a warning about city name being in the city field. It wants me to remove the city name from the interstate. I didn't think that was set in stone.

I agree. WMEV should not give this guidance.

Ok, the check is disabled for US.

it appears to stop when I go to a different tab and then start over when I switch back.

Drag the tab out to create a new window. Then do not minimize it, but just switch back to original window. At least this trick works for me.

Since dead-ends are supposed to have U-Turns hard disabled, it would be helpful to show the dead-end U-Turn alert for all end nodes that do NOT have the U-Turn hard disabled. Currently it only shows for hard enabled and soft enabled, it does not show for soft disabled

There was a bug with soft turns detection. This segment will be reported/highlighted now as having soft turns.

I'm seeing the validator highlight/flash a LOT of segments, but when I click on them, nothing is shown.

There is a "Might be incomplete city name" check, which reports segments with too short or partially duplicating city names.

This check has limits for different cases. If number of suspicious segments exceeds the limit, the Validator "unreport" all of those segments.

For instance, if we have segments with "City" and "City Plus", Validator "unreport" them if there are more than 10 segments with such a name.

Give me a permalink I'll have a look if that is the case.

Also, seems there's a bug with false-positive for unknown segment direction:
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Validator reports here that the segment is highlighted by the WME Color Highlight (WCH). Maybe you are using another script, which colors the segment in #00ffff (that's the color for "Unknown directions" in WCH.) You can disable those reports in Settings->WCH: Report highlighted segments

Thanks for the feedback!

[berestovskyy]

Request: Add detection of segments which share the same two endpoints: https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=6&lat ... 4,61233176

This is known to cause routing errors and incorrect start-point display issues in the app. Also can cause the "requested route" information for Update Requests to show the wrong segment.

Need more info here. At the moment the "Unneeded node A/B" reports are disabled.

I'm seeing the validator highlight/flash a LOT of segments, but when I click on them, nothing is shown.

Fixed in 0.4.3.

1. both of those roundabouts you mention above are correct (clockwise), even though one runs A->B and the other runs B->A.

You are right. Please check the new "Inconsistent roundabout direction" report which just checks adjacent roundabout segment directions and reports if they are different.

I've tried disabling all other scripts, yet this one still doesn't seem to "validate" anything. It shows up, I click the Play button, it pans around, finishes scanning, then nothing. No report (button stays greyed out).

There is a chance you have a perfectly mapped area

Script has the wrong forum URL for "Website."

Fixed in the script, on userscripts etc.

The checkboxes under the Validator section don't seem to save between permalinks/sessions. Is this by design?

Yep, that was the idea In 0.4.3 there are just 2 default options: non-editables and duplicates. Let me know if it's ok now or shall I store the values across sessions.

And the same with the settings: there are just 2 persistent options...

When I click on a segment that flashed, sometimes after fixing and saving, it will stop flashing when I move the map, and other times, I have to click on the segment again for it to realize that the segment was fixed.

There is an internal segment cache. Validator revalidates only new, selected or unselected segments. Please try 0.4.3, there some changes in highlighting. Please report if the problem is still there.

0.4.3 is published. See my original post for the download links or force update in your browser.

[berestovskyy]

the validator is flashing it as having unneeded nodes A and B.

Please update to 0.4.3.

[berestovskyy]

I refreshed the screen that I was on and found a dead-end U-Turn. Fixed it and saved; it still flashes until I select and unselect the road.

Reproduced, cache issue indeed. You can also click "Clear report" button to re-validate all the segments.

I assume that this should work in the UK? I am getting the error:

Validator is based on WMET, so it has the same restrictions. I hope I could remove the restriction in the next release.

On userscripts.org, the file header still has version 0.4.2.

The page must be cached or smth.

Also, for a feature request: we currently have the option to "Exclude non-drivables and streets". Is it possible to break this into two options? I would like to be able to exclude non-drivables, but still include streets.

Most of the checks dedicated for the drivable roads, for instance: "Unknown direction of drivable road", "Unterminated drivable road" and other checks with word "drivable". They never report non-drivables, so the separated option might be not that useful?

For me, I would expect any setting to be saved across sessions.

You might be right, it might be confusing, esp. when you open permalinks in new window...

[berestovskyy]

Hi!
Validator v0.4.4 just published. I tried to address all of the reported issues/suggestions:
- New filter options: "Exclude Streets and Service Roads" and "Exclude Other drivable and Non-drivable".
- Ghost highlighting of turns and Toolbox fixed.
- All filter options are saved across sessions, but the settings - just "Enable sounds" and "Highlight issues".
- Validator still reports, but does not highlight WCH highlighted segments anymore.
- Since I guess nobody is using "Exclude highways", the option has been removed.

[berestovskyy]

Validator Localization Packages

What is localization package?
Localization package is a script that tunes Validator up for your country. The script can enable/disable checks, set params and exceptions, translate user interface and messages.

There are two types of localization packages:
1. Built-in or default packages (come bundled with Validator).

2. External or user packages (the subject of this document):
a) user packages with params and translations
b) user packages just with params

User packages have higher priority, so they can override default options.


How to create a localization package?
1. Position WME over your country.

2. Switch WME to your language to get options and translations
or switch WME to "English" to get a package just with options.

3. Make sure any previous version of your script is ENABLED.

4. Prepare your country ISO Alpha-2 country code: list of codes (example: ES)

5. In Validator click Settings->About->(magic wand) and answer the questions if any.

6. The generated package is a Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey script ready for installation.
Copy and paste it into a new .user.js file or directly paste into the Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey.
Example filename: Validator-Spain.user.js


How to tune up/translate the package?
1. Open the .user.js file in a text editor. You can create a Google document and share the file among few editors/translators.

2. Search (Ctrl+F) for string "TODO:" and translate/check the marked strings. Please also remove the "TODO" marker. Example:

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"report.link.forum": "TODO: forum", -> "report.link.forum": "foro",

3. To enable a check, add/change the following line:

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"101.enabled": true,

To disable the check:

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"101.enabled": false,

4. For some checks you can also set params. Have a look at the complete list of validations for the list of params and their description: forum link

For example, to create a custom check 'Street name with a dot (excluding Ramps)', add the following lines:

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"130.enabled": true,
"130.severity": "warning",
"130.params": {
    "titleEN": "Street name with a dot",
    "problemEN": "There is a dot in the street name (excluding Ramps)",
    "solutionEN": "Expand the abbreviation or remove the dot",
    "template": "${type}:${street}",
    "regexp": "D/^[^4][0-9]?:.*\\./",
},


*Note: use D at the beginning of RegExp to enable debugging on JS console.
*Note: do not forget to escape backslashes in strings, i.e. use "\\" instead of "\".


How to install the package?
The Wizard generates Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey script ready for installation.
You can copy and paste it directly into the Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey.

To add the script in Chrome/Tampermonkey:
Install Tampermonkey for Chrome: Web Store
a) copy your script to the clipboard (Ctrl+C)
b) click Tampermonkey icon in Chrome
c) from the drop-down menu select "Add a new script"
d) in the script editor select all (Ctrl+A) and paste your script instead (Ctrl+V)
e) click "Save" (not "Save to disc")

To add the script in Firefox/Greasemonkey:
Install Greasemonkey for Firefox: Add-Ons
a) copy your script to the clipboard (Ctrl+C)
b) click Greasemonkey icon in Firefox
c) from the drop-down menu select "New user script"
d) click "Use script from clipboard" button
e) click "Save"

Reload the page, click Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey icon and make sure your script is there.


How to distribute the package?
The generated package is a Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey script ready for installation. There are two ways to distribute your localization package:

1. Your local community maintain/distribute the package. Let me know when your package is ready, so I put a link to your package on the Validator main page.
So you need two scripts installed: "Validator" and "Validator for your country".

2. Alternatively, on your request I can import the whole package back into the Validator. So your package becomes a default built-in package bundled with Validator.


How to update the package?
1. It is OK if Validator version does not match your localization pack version. In case your localization package miss a string or an option, Validator will use english strings/default options instead.

2. Make sure the previous version of your script is installed and enabled, so you see your translations.

3. In Validator click Settings->About->Wizard, answer the questions if any and generate updated localization pack.

Note that all your translations will be preserved in this updated script and all new/changed strings will be marked with "TODO".

See "How to create a localization package?" section above for more details.

[berestovskyy]

If so, I would suggest to move that checkbox to the front page of the Validator. In basemap areas the flashing segments can be quite annoying.

Done, will be available in the next release.

I'd like to request an option to turn that off.

It's disabled for US.

An additional note, not related to the above: I've got some interchanges that look like this:

It's a beta check, just ignore it at the moment.

[berestovskyy]

It would be nice if there were an option under settings that was something along the lines of

[ ] Report freeway segments locked under rank ____

Where you can check the option in the beginning, and put the numeric value you want to know about at the end of the line like that. Or something similar.

An option just for one of dozens of checks is too much for the user interface

But I got your idea, so instead I propose a global "Strict mode" switch. It will simply switch on/off some checks. For instance, there are already two very similar checks:
1. "Incorrect lock level/The Freeway segment is not locked to Lvl 5"
2. "No lock on Freeway/The Freeway is not locked"

So the first check might be active for US in a strict mode, while the latter might be activated in non-strict mode, like this:

1. "Incorrect lock level/The Freeway segment is not locked to Lvl 5"
Countries (strict mode): US, AU, BE...
Countries (non-strict mode): AU, BE... (no US here)

2. "No lock on Freeway/The Freeway is not locked"
Countries (strict mode): BN, MY, SG
Countries (non-strict mode): US, BN, MY, SG... (US is here)