When to use Area or Point
Point Places don't show on the Wazers device, but are listed in the search results. They can be used to help Wazers find locations, especially when they are not or wrongly listed in other search engines.
Area Places appear in the Waze app. Too many of them can clutter the map, creating large gray zones that do not help Wazers orient themselves. Therefore, it is important to use Area Places only when they are distinctive and significant enough to orient drivers.
Most places are drawn as a Point Place, except when they are large and distinctive enough to help in the orientation during driving. Exceptions are Parking Lots and Gas Stations; they should always be mapped with an Area Place, regardless of their size.
The table of categories gives a guideline to choose between point and area places, according to their category, sub-category and probable area size. You will find examples of places that might account for and Area Place type, such as an Event Center, Factory, Hospital, Office, Camping, Shopping malls, Monuments (e.g., Mardasson, Bastogne), Schools, Tourist Site, Attraction, Sports Court or Stadium and natural features.
| Regional differences | |
| Walloon | Bruxelles |
| Le diamètre de chaque point représente la longueur de la phrase, les gros points contiennent de grandes phrases, et les petits points contiennent des petites phrases.
Elle ne utilise pas de longues phrases avec des mots difficiles, mais elle utilise les phrases longues normales avec des mots plus faciles. |
De diameter van elke stip stelt de lengte van de zin voor, grote stippen bevatten lange zinnen, kleine stippen bevatten korte zinnen. Ze houdt niet van lange zinnen te gebruiken met moeilijke woorden, maar ze maakt gebruik van de normale lange zinnen met eenvoudiger woorden. |