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Post by Viking2506
Hi guys,
sorry if I'm asking a silly question. I would like to know if there is a map legend, and if so where I can find it, explaining the meaning of all the symbols and drawings that are diplayed on the maps. For example, I was drinving on a freeway and some of the roads were in yellow some others in brown....Could you please help me?
I have been using waze for a while now and I really like it a lot. Thank you so much for your great work!!
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Thank you so much. This is just terrific!!
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AlanOfTheBerg wrote:
sbellosta wrote:
AlanOfTheBerg wrote:And I would be willing to bet that some of what you are asking is listed in the client manuals in the Wiki.
If it is there, it would be great!!
Could you please help me to find it? I looked for it but with no success.
Thanks
Well, I'm feeling :oops: as it doesn't appear to be in the wiki. Sorry.
Thanks for the information regarding the freeway color. I was wondering if there is some information on all the other symbols/colors used in the maps displayed on my mobile screen.
Each classification of road may or may not be a different color. Usually Primary Street, Minor Highway, Major Highway, and Freeway road types will be special colors. Streets are typically white. Unmunched (roads undriven by a Waze user) will sometimes show in a different color, but always with dots in the road. So each color scheme will color roads differently, and I don't see a legend anywhere.

The icons around the map on the screen are covered in each phone's user manual on the wiki.

Other items which appear on the map would be other Wazers and road goodies, which are worth points when you drive over them.

Great, thank you so much!!
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AlanOfTheBerg wrote:And I would be willing to bet that some of what you are asking is listed in the client manuals in the Wiki.

If it is there, it would be great!!
Could you please help me to find it? I looked for it but with no success.
Thanks
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unwallflower wrote:You're talking about the map on your phone? Well, what "color scheme" do you have selected? That will determine the color of the roads.

And then sometimes sections of road will be highlighted in another color when Waze has detected traffic on that road. Yellow is light traffic, orange is moderate traffic, red is heavy traffic and I think there is a darker red that represents complete standstill.

I'm using the capuccino color scheme.
Thanks for the information regarding the freeway color. I was wondering if there is some information on all the other symbols/colors used in the maps displayed on my mobile screen.
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Broadwayblues wrote:What about areas off the road that are a number with a box around it? I see these all over the map on my phone-and only on my phone.

I live in a rural area, I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
They should be pointing to a road that is colored red or orange. Those are automatically generated traffic alerts, and the number is the average speed that traffic is travelling on that road right then.
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