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When to use Area or Point

Here is the Malaysia guidance on selecting Area or Point for Places in the Waze Map Editor.

The Primary Category for a Place is used to determine whether to use a Point or Area.

Parent	Category	Type	Comments
Car Services	Car Wash	Point
Car Services	Charging Station	Point	Malaysia didn't have Charging Station
Car Services	Garage / Automotive Shop	Point
Car Services	Gas Station	Area	Many gas stations also have convenience stores and ATMs. Remember to use "Gas Station" as the primary category and the add any others which are relevant. Name the Gas Station as shown on example below. Shell Jalan XXX , Petronas Taman XXX
Car Services	Parking Lot	Area Point	There are very few parking lots which should be mapped at all. Special Parking Lot for public Parking Lot inside a building or have several entrance/exist,the point mark at the entrance only with name such as Basement Parking A, The Spring Underground Parking Lot, Mid Valley Underground Parking Lot.
Transportation	Airport	Area
Transportation	Bridge	Area	Use only to represent a named road bridge with local or navigational significance. This should be an official/locally-used name, preferably signed at each approach. Bridge without name are not allow to map
Transportation	Bus Station	Point
Transportation	Ferry Pier	Area
Transportation	Junction / Interchange	-	Not applicable at Malaysia
Transportation	Seaport / Marina / Harbor	Area
Transportation	Subway Station	Point	Malaysia didn't have Subway Station
Transportation	Taxi Station	Point
Transportation	Train Station	Point	Include LRT Station, Monorail Station, ETS & KTM Station
Transportation	Tunnel	Area
Professional and Public	Cemetery	Area
Professional and Public	City Hall	Point	Include PBT
Professional and Public	College / University	Area Point	For the building inside the College/University
Professional and Public	Conventions / Event Center	Area Point	Main Conventions/Event Center (PICC, PWTC, Dewan Suria) Other such as hall in the village/residential area
Professional and Public	Courthouse	Point
Professional and Public	Embassy / Consulate	Area
Professional and Public	Factory / Industrial	Point	May be Area if Landmark
Professional and Public	Fire Department	Area
Professional and Public	Government	Point	Include Government Department that have it own building May be Area if Landmark
Professional and Public	Hospital / Medical Care	Area Point	For private clinic
Professional and Public	Information Point	Point	Station Radio & Television
Professional and Public	Kindergarten	Point
Professional and Public	Library	Point
Professional and Public	Military	Area
Professional and Public	Offices	Point	May be Area if Landmark
Professional and Public	Organization or Association	Point
Professional and Public	Police Station	Area
Professional and Public	Prison / Correctional Facility	Area
Professional and Public	Post Office	Point
Professional and Public	Religious Center	Area Point	For Main Worship Center such as Mosque/Church/Temple For other such as Surau/Chapel/Small Temple
Professional and Public	School	Area
Shopping and Services	Arts & Crafts	Point
Shopping and Services	ATM	Point
Shopping and Services	Bank / Financia	Point
Shopping and Services	Bookstore	Point
Shopping and Services	Car Dealership	Point
Shopping and Services	Car Rental	Point
Shopping and Services	Convenience Store	Point
Shopping and Services	Currency Exchange	Point
Shopping and Services	Department Store	Point
Shopping and Services	Electronics	Point
Shopping and Services	Fashion and Clothing	Point
Shopping and Services	Flowers	Point
Shopping and Services	Furniture / Home Store	Point
Shopping and Services	Example	Example	Example
Shopping and Services	Gifts	Point
Shopping and Services	Gym / Fitness	Point
Shopping and Services	Hardware Store	Point
Shopping and Services	Jewelry	Point
Shopping and Services	Laundry / Dry Cleaning	Point
Shopping and Services	Market	Point
Shopping and Services	Music Store	Point
Shopping and Services	Personal Care	Point
Shopping and Services	Pet Store / Veterinarian	Point
Shopping and Services	Pharmacy	Point
Shopping and Services	Photography	Point
Shopping and Services	Shopping Center	Area	Point for the shoplot inside premise
Shopping and Services	Sporting Goods	Point
Shopping and Services	Supermarket / Grocery	Area / Point
Shopping and Services	Swimming Pool	Point
Shopping and Services	Toy Store	Point
Shopping and Services	Travel Agency	Point
Example	Example	Example	Example

Landmarks

Any Place that functions as a landmark may be represented as an Area Place even if the table above indicates otherwise.