Whatcha think: mess of campus buildings
PhysicsDave havin' some fun: https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=5&lat ... =-84.46323
Yes, and contributing false speed data to the road they are walking next to...MGODLEW wrote:My only question is, could someone walking around on campus with Waze open to walk to one of these mapped buildings trigger missing road reports?
We agree on something?!?!?daknife wrote:I'm with Andy on this, the guidelines are a single landmark for the University.
However handy that currently is, it's basically a "hack" due to Waze's lack of POI handling. I currently have such landmarks for DIA's arrivals and departure points for the east and west sides of the airport so that people get routed correctly (east side only, OMG cluster %$#% for west side due to light rail construction), but I'd much rather have real POI support.foxitrot wrote:OTOH you can also be providing a lot of landmarks for things you have to drive to. Campuses are not necessarily identical, some have large common parking lots and you finally have to walk to the target building through the mentioned parks, others have own small (underground / roof) parking directly at the target.
I do, a mass of smaller landmarks tends to glob together unevenly, the names float around leading to further confusion as to which label goes to which blob. (particularly when they are longer names as often found with University Buildings). Additionally the client randomizes which names it actually shows so often the building you may be looking for isn't even displayed making it near useful as a visual reference.sketch wrote:I just don't think it's a terrible idea.
Why am I able to see just one ancient single segment far and wide: https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=4&lat ... s=57645047 - Got the area cleaned up by someone?AlanOfTheBerg wrote:PhysicsDave havin' some fun: https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=5&lat ... =-84.46323
While testing various landmark combinations and configurations, I've mapped a few such areas with a thin named landmark snake "along the fence line", additionally the buildings with reasonably short names (where part of the name could be contained in the "main" landmark). Looked usably IMHO - each important building was visible with its name and the whole area was also visible including its floating name.sketch wrote:... I just don't think it's a terrible idea.
OTOH you can also be providing a lot of landmarks for things you have to drive to. Campuses are not necessarily identical, some have large common parking lots and you finally have to walk to the target building through the mentioned parks, others have own small (underground / roof) parking directly at the target.Riamus wrote:If you're providing a lot of landmarks for things you have to walk to, then you're promoting using it while walking and that just doesn't sound like a good idea to me.
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