Freeway carriageway naming convention
This policy was changed in February 2014.
Due to changes that have been made to the Waze App in recent times which has helped improve reporting of incidents on freeways (motorways), compass directions in addition to the road name are no longer required when mapping any road in Waze.
This does not apply to roads which have a compass direction in their actual name.
If there are existing roads with compass directions on them, please remove them.
All that is required is the route number (if applicable) and the name.
Example: "M1 - Monash Fwy"
Exit and Entrance ramps (on/off ramps)
This policy was changed in February 2014.
For the best balance between information and screen real estate, the following conventions are used. All ramps will be set as the 'ramp' type in the Waze Map Editor and be locked at the same level as the freeway which joins to them (level 5 in most cases). The route number(s) (if applicable) the name of the road and destination(s) should all be added for clear guidance to be given when using the Waze app.
PLEASE NOTE:
Naming is only to be used for freeway style on and off ramps. Please do not add names to forks, splits or slip lanes on other roads, as this is unnecessary for directions to work.
Exit ramps to non-freeway style roads
- If the exit sign shows a number as well as a street or highway name, the exit ramp should be named "Exit 15: SR16 - Police Rd".
- A colon has been added because it adds a pause, which makes the Text-to-Speech directions easier to understand.
- If the exit is not numbered, "Exit to C722 - Donnybrook Rd" will do. The colon is not necessary when there is no exit number.
- If a single exit serves multiple roads, use a slash with leading and trailing spaces: "Exits 15 / 16: SR16 - Police Rd / M3 - EastLink".
"Exit to SR56 - Valley Way / Princeton Rd".
- If an exit number contains one or more letters, include it exactly as displayed on the sign: "Exit W2: ALTNR1 - Kings Way".
Offramps that don't have a fork along them
If there is no fork along the offramp, then place the destination(s) on the exit ramp itself. Example: "Exit to C422 - Koo Wee Rup Rd to Pakenham / Koo Wee Rup"
Offramps that do have a fork along them
If there is a fork along the offramp, then use the following conventions:
For the segment before the fork:
"Exit to M1 - Monash Fwy".
For the segments after the fork:
"M1 - Monash Fwy to Warragul". (e.g. for one fork)
"M1 - Monash Fwy to City". (e.g. for the other fork)
Mapping offramps which lead to non-freeway style roads
For these ramps, some minor additions need to be made to the segment positioning to enable correct TTS (text to speech) instructions from the app.
- Small 90 degree angles are to made to the 2 fork segments which come out of the fork node.
- The nodes which join the non-freeway style road need to have straight 0 degree joins at the end.
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Entrance ramps from non-freeway style roads
For entrance ramps, use this format. For example:
- "Entry to M1 - Monash Fwy to City"