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Roads

Resources
types ( https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Road_Types_India; https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/MMR_India#A_rough_guideline_to_using_Road_types )
naming ( https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/How_to_label_cities_(India) )
- abbreviations
atrributes/properties
locking standard (https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/MMR_India#Road_Segment_Locks )
KISS
Double lane or single lane / Divide or undivide
Junctions? (https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Junctions_and_Roundabouts_(India); https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Best_map_editing_practice#Junction_Style_Guide)

https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/MMR_India#Adding_Roads https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/MMR_India#Extremely_Narrow_Streets https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/How_to_classify_and_name_roads_(India)

Road Types

The main roads in a district or town should at least be set to primary.
If segments will be used for through-going traffic or for longer distances connecting districts or towns, they should at least be mH (minor Highway)
Main interconnecting roads with fast traffic should ar least be MH (major Highway)

Please read the Quickstart guide to road types before changing the type.

Always make sure a road is at least connected to a same level of road type or higher. Thus, Waze should be able to route from primary to primary (or higher), from minor to minor (or higher), from major to major (or higher), and from Freeway to Freeway. Another way of explaining this, is that you should be able to continuously drive on the same or higher type of segments for the routing engine to use that road type in the calculations.

This means we need to sometimes make small roads mH, for the possibility of calculating long distance routing. Please discuss with the hosts/mentors if anything is unclear.

As for road types, please use the table in the quickstart page with the map as follows: Freeway: National Highways that are referenced in the map Major Highway (MH): National Highways that aren’t seen in the map Minor Highway (mH): All State Highways and Arterial Roads within Indian Metro Cities

Road Naming

The naming of the roads in India is quite a challenge. Many roads don't have a name or are referred to as the "Road from A to B". And if there are specific names, they are often duplicates, even withing one city.

Several aspects are important:

searchability
visibility/readability in the app
continuous routing
distinguishing

Please follow the guidelines below:

Streetnames

Official streetnames always go in the Primary name field. If a street has two or more names, we choose the shortest as the Primary name, and the other one goes in alternate name.

naming of highways (link to road types?):

only when a road has a specific name in urban areas that is used in adresses, it can be in the primary name
otherwise, the main road number will be in primary

all numbers are written as NH-XX, SH-XX, AH-XX and the like

all other necessary numbers go in alternate name
names indicating destinations go in alternate name (e.g., Mumbai Pune Highway)

Note on highway numbers:

we use the numbers as it is on the map
we only use the new numbers if it is requested via UR. We then put the old number as alternate name

City attribution (READ the next paragraph on City naming too!):

only in urban areas (urban=where people live in municipalities)
only when you are absolutely sure
otherwise, check the _None_ box

City names

We want Waze to guide us to the correct location. Each location needs to have a unique address. In India, there are 6 or 7 address fields to reach that. We only have 4 fields in WME to define this unique adress. (picture of WME address field with and without added subdivision)

Therefore, if a street has a name that exist over a very long stretch, or has duplicates within the city, we use the sub-district to make the address unique. The sub-district will be added in parentheses after the city name in the city field, BUT ONLY IN ALTERNATE NAME. Never in primary name. See the picture for an example.

If you are looking for a proper naming, and you need to add the sub-district, the table shows how the sub-districts are refered to in the various states. If the state has a link, you will find more state specific info in that link:

State/Union Territory	Sub-district	example in WME
Andhra-Pradesh Telangana	Mandala	example
Arunachal Pradesh Assam	Circle	example
Bihar Jharkhand Meghalaya Mizoram Tripura West Bengal	C.D. Block	example
Chhattisgarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh* Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan* Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand	Tehsil	example
Goa Gujarat Karnataka Kerala* Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu	Taluka	example
Manipur	Sub-Division	example
Puducherry	Commune Panchayat	Voorbeeld
Lakshadweep	Sub-Division	Voorbeeld
Andaman Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Delhi	Tehsil	example

Note: The administrative division of India consist of 29 States and 7 Union Territories. These are listed in the State field in WME. Each State or Union Territory is divided into smaller administrative areas, called “Districts”. These in turn are further divided into sub-districts, which have different names across the various States. These sub-districts can be used in the city name to distinguish duplicate streets, or indicate searchable areas.

Road Segment Locks

During the mapraid, please leave road locks as you find them, except for Freeways. Freeways may be locked to 5 after:

All ramps are connected
Stubs of lower-ranked roads are connected as needed, so that more editors may work on them.

After the mapraid, the roads will be locked to the locking standards for India. You can read more about road lock standards in India.

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 =Road Naming=
-highway numbers:
+The naming of the roads in India is quite a challenge. Many roads don't have a name or are referred to as the "Road from A to B". And if there are specific names, they are often duplicates, even withing one city.
--all numbers are written as NH-XX, SH-XX, AH-XX and the like
--we use the numbers as it is on the map
--we only use the new numbers if it is requested via UR. We then put the old number as alternate name
-names of highways:
+Several aspects are important:
--main road number will be in primary
+*searchability
--all other necessary numbers go in alt
+*visibility/readability in the app
--names indicating destinations go in alt
+*continuous routing
--only when a road has a specific name in urban areas that is used in adresses, it can be in the primary name (edited)
+*distinguishing
-City attribution:
+Please follow the guidelines below:
--only in urban areas (urban=where people live in municipalities)
--only when you are absolutely sure
-Asian highways
+===Streetnames===
+Official streetnames always go in the Primary name field. If a street has two or more names, we choose the shortest as the Primary name, and the other one goes in alternate name.
-Type:
+'''naming of highways''' (link to road types?):
-Asian Highways are part of a State or National Highway
+*only when a road has a specific name in urban areas that is used in adresses, it can be in the primary name
-=> follow SH or NH rules
+*otherwise, the main road number will be in primary
+::all numbers are written as NH-XX, SH-XX, AH-XX and the like
+*all other necessary numbers go in alternate name
+*names indicating destinations go in alternate name (e.g., Mumbai Pune Highway)
-Name:
+Note on highway numbers:
-Primary:
+*we use the numbers as it is on the map
-Urban area:
+*we only use the new numbers if it is requested via UR. We then put the old number as alternate name
-Street: street name  > direction name in alt (e.g. Mumbai Pune Highway)
-(no name known? Use AH-XX)
-City: 	City name
-Rural area:
-Street: AH-XX
-City: mark “no name” box
+City attribution (READ the next paragraph on City naming too!):
+*only in urban areas (urban=where people live in municipalities)
+*only when you are absolutely sure
+*otherwise, check the _None_ box
-Alt:
+===City names===
-Urban area:
+We want Waze to guide us to the correct location. Each location needs to have a unique address. In India, there are 6 or 7 address fields to reach that. We only have 4 fields in WME to define this unique adress.
-Street: AH-XX
+(picture of WME address field with and without added subdivision)
-(if there’s a primary name)
-City: 	City name
-NH-XX and/or SH-XX to be added as a separate alt names in case of running along the same road (sector of the road).
-Rural area:
-Street: AH-XX
-City: mark “no city” box
-NH-XX and/or SH-XX to be add as a separate alt names in case of running along the same road (sector of the road).
-National highways > only use new NH numbers when requested via UR
+Therefore, if a street has a name that exist over a very long stretch, or has duplicates within the city, we use the sub-district to make the address unique. The sub-district will be added in parentheses after the city name in the city field, BUT ONLY IN ALTERNATE NAME. Never in primary name. See the picture for an example.
-Type:
+If you are looking for a proper naming, and you need to add the sub-district, the table shows how the sub-districts are refered to in the various states. If the state has a link, you will find more state specific info in that link:
-Major Highway (freeway in some cases => decided by management)
-=> inside cities use MH, unless connectivity  is not possible without freeway type
-(general GUIDELINES: exceptions may apply)
-Name:
-Primary:
-Urban area:
-Street: street name > direction name in alt (e.g. Mumbai Pune Highway)
-(no name known? Use NH-XX)
-City: 	City name
-Rural area:
-Street: NH-XX
-City: mark “no name” box
-Alt:
-Urban area:
-Street: NH-XX
-(if there’s a primary name)
-City: 	City name
-To be repeated if more NH-XX is running the road.
-SH-XX to be add as a separate alt names in case of running along the same road (sector of the road).
-Rural area:
-Street: NH-XX  (if there’s more than one NH running along the same sector of road)
-City: mark “no city” box
-To be repeated if more NH-XX is running the road.
-SH-XX to be add as a separate alt names in case of running along the same road (sector of the road).
-State highways
-Type:
-minor highway
-Name:
-Primary
-Street: 	street name  > direction name in alt (e.g. Mumbai Pune Highway)
-(no name known? Use SH-xx)
-City: 	City name
-(in rural areas leave empty)
-Alt:
-Street: 	SH-xx
-(if there’s a primary name)
-City: 	City name
-(in rural areas leave empty)
-Road naming in general
-Primary
-Street: street name
-City: city name
-Alt
-Street: street name
-City: City (District, Colony*)
-No street name known?
-Primary:
-Street: Colony*
-City: City
-Alt:
-Street: Colony*
-City: City (District, Colony*)
-===How to label Cities===
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! State/Union Territory!! Neighbourhood !! example in WME
+! State/Union Territory !! Sub-district !! example in WME
 |-
 |
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 || Taluka || example
 |-
-| Manipur || Sub-Division || example
+|
+*Manipur
+|| Sub-Division || example
 |-
-| Puducherry || Commune Panchayat || Voorbeeld
+|
+*Puducherry
+|| Commune Panchayat || Voorbeeld
 |-
-| Lakshadweep || Sub-Division || Voorbeeld
+|
+*Lakshadweep
+|| Sub-Division || Voorbeeld
 |-
 |
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 |}
+<small>''Note: The administrative division of India consist of 29 States and 7 Union Territories. These are listed in the State field in WME. Each State or Union Territory is divided into smaller administrative areas, called “Districts”. These in turn are further divided into sub-districts, which have different names across the various States. These sub-districts can be used in the city name to distinguish duplicate streets, or indicate searchable areas.
+''</small>
 =Road Segment Locks=