User:Moweez/Tools

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Tools, Scripts, and Extensions

There are many tools developed by fellow editors which facilitate editing. Tools for keeping track of things, viewing information in an easy way, or adding extra functionality to WME. Note that with every update of WME, it may need time for the developers to adapt the scripts and tools as well.

This page describes a selection of the tools, scripts and extensions that might come handy for starters. The advice is to make yourself acquainted with one addition at a time, to understand the working well.

Extensions

Extensions are pieces of program that adds functionality to WME via your browser.

Tampermonkey

Most used script manager, catalogs and automatically runs installed scripts it anytime any page for which it is declared is loaded by your browser.

• Available for Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Opera
• Download

Toolbox

Tool Box

This script adds many features like highlight of level-locked segments, highlights of segments without house numbers, selection of segments or places using filters, measuring road length or places surface, copy segment attributes, delete expired restrictions, PermaLink creation without layers, and much more. Since 2015, the permissions to use the individual tools can be set per country.

• Developer: originally written by OyyoDams. Further developed and maintained by a group: AlexN-114, BellHouse, davielde, doctorkb, dummyd2, giovanni-cortinovis and Sebiseba.
• Install for Chrome or Firefox
• Discussion on the forum English and French. Make sure to look for the thread with the latest version.
• WME Toolbox Country Settings.
• More info on Global Wiki with a description of all the features.

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Scripts

Scripts are additional programs that change or add things to the original WME. Best use them with Chrome. Firefox will also work, upgrading to newer version could be necessary. To use scripts, you need to use a script managing program as well.

WME OpenMaps script

Adds an overlay with available data from other allowed resources to the editor, such as the cadastre data (GRB, Gipod).

• Developer: Glodenox
• Download and documentation
• In the menu left, click the tab with the map symbol to display the available maps.

ClickSaver

Starting out as a replacement for the Lock dropdown box in the menu, it now saves clicks and scrolling while editing.

• Developer: MapOMatic
• [https://greasyfork.org/scripts/369629-wme-clicksaver
• Discussion on the Forum

Fix UI

Improves the Users Interface and provides other enhancements to improve the editing experience for editors, particularly those working on smaller screens.

• Developer: iainhouse
• Download
• Discussion and description on the https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=819&t=191178 Forum]

Image Overlays

Adds an overlay in which you can display local images onto the map as background. This makes it possible to accurately draw roads that aren't available yet on satellite imagery with just a picture or screenshot.

• Developer: Glodenox
• Download
• Discussion on the Forum

Junction Angle Info

Shows the corners at junctions, with a handy indicator of the probable turn-instructions.

• Developer: Originally created by by milkboy. Further developed by several editors, amongst them AlanOfTheBerg, tkr85, berestovskyy, FZ69617, wlodek76. Currently maintained by seb-d59.
• Download
• Discussion on the forum page

Magic

Highlight map problems that can be detected by code, and suggests a solution. Highlights and possible solutions can be specified by country.

• Developer: dbcm
• Download and documentation
• Discussion on the forum

Send to Slack

Sending requests for (down)Locks, Closures & openings, and Validation of changes directly from WME to Slack.

• Developer: Tunisiano18
• Download and documentation

Speedhelper

Eases the input of speed limits.

• Developer: gertbroos
• Download
• Discussion on the forum

Street View Availability

Whenever you drag the Street View marker in the map editor, blue lines indicating where Street View imagery is light up. Also the month at which the imagery is shown.

• Developer: Glodenox
• Download
• Discussion and description on the forum

Tab Manager

• Developer: Glodenox
• Download
• Discussion and description on the forum

WMEBR Filter

Filters out the PURs that you can handle based on your level. To be used with the Problems Report Tool

• Developer: Tunisiano18
• Download
• Discussion on the forum

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Other tools

Problems Report Tool - WMEBR

Gives a clear overview with direct links to URs, MPs, PURs, Closures, Alerts, and Comments.

• Link Belgium and Luxembourg.
• Handy addition might be the WMEBR filter.

BeLux Dasboard Reports

• Link BeLux Dasboard Reports

Wegstatus

• Link Wegstatus

Further reading

• Overview of all scripts
• Global scripts page lots of info, but it is outdated
• Scripts forum
• Scripts channel in Slack
• Advanced: Guidelines for developers

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