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| [[Waze Map Editor#Editing Manual |Back to Map Editing]]
| | #REDIRECT [[USA:House Numbers in WME]] |
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| ==Overview==
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| Waze keeps its own internal database of addresses, or what is called House Numbers. These addresses are used only when a specific address is searched from the Waze Map Editor or Waze client app. House Numbers are independent from any other address or mapping provider.
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| House numbers are points on the map and can be adjusted at a fine level of detail to ensure Wazers are properly directed to the correct location for that address. It is therefore important to pay attention to all details regarding house numbers to ensure proper routing.
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| ==Things to remember (caveats/warnings)==
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| *The House numbers interface cannot be activated when there are unsaved edits.
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| *House numbers are editable only at the 100m/200ft zoom level and lower.
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| *House numbers cannot be added to segments without a name.
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| *House numbers cannot contain anything except numbers (currently).
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| *A segment cannot have its name removed if there are house numbers attached to it.
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| *<span style="color:red;">At this time, the Waze app and website address search mechanism <u>does not use</u> the internal house numbers and relies on external data sources.</span>
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| ==New roads must have House Numbers added==
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| Waze will not be doing any future imports or merges of external data for house numbers. It is therefore very important that any new roads you add must have house numbers added in order for Waze to provide accurate routing to those addresses.
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| ==Activating the interface==
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| To edit, update or delete house numbers on a street, ''select'' any '''segment''' of the road want update house numbers. Then ''click'' the '''Edit House Numbers''' button or ''tap'' the '''H''' [[keyboard shortcut]].
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| *Note: The House Numbers interface cannot be activated when there are unsaved edits or multiple segments selected.
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| ==Using the interface==
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme bigpicture.jpg|right|thumb|View of house numbers and default distance highlighting.]] Waze will often select an additional segment or two connected to the segment you selected when they are the same city and name (same Street ID). You can pan the map along that selection to edit house numbers on more than just the single segment you selected.
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| The lighted area around the road is the default distance that house numbers are allowed from the street. If a house number must be located beyond that distance, you will need to '''[[#Forcing|Force]]''' the house number into place ([[#Forcing|discussed below]]).
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| *Note: If you are [[Map_Editor_Interface_and_Controls#Zoom_Control|zoomed]] out farther than 100m/200ft, you cannot edit house numbers, and there will be a message at the top center of the window which reads, "Zoom in to edit"
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| <br clear="all" />
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| ===Toolbar===
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| When the house numbers interface is activated, a new toolbar appears with the standard complement of action buttons specific to working with house numbers.
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme toolbar.jpg|center]]
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| Descriptions of the house numbers toolbar buttons:
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme add button.jpg|left]] Click to add a new house number<br clear="all" />
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme save button.jpg|left]] Click to save current changes to house numbers<br clear="all" />
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme undo button.jpg|left]] Click to undo the last house number action or modification<br clear="all" />
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme redo button.jpg|left]] Click to redo the last house number action or modification<br clear="all" />
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme close button.jpg|left]] Click to exit the house numbers interface<br clear="all" />
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| ===Markers===
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme number active.gif|right]][[Image:Housenumbers wme number active flip.gif|right]]
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| The two images to the right show what a house number looks like in the editor. Which one is used depends on the density of house numbers and how WME determines the marker should be flipped for best visibility and handling.
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| *The red "X" is the delete button.
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| *The blue dot on the other side is the drag handle
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| The house number itself should be placed the center of the rooftop of the house. For large buildings such as box stores which have a single address, move this alignment more towards the main pedestrian entrance to the building. For addresses within malls, center the address over the space of the business, just like for a house.
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| ===Modifying===
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| *To Edit a house number, ''click'' in the number and enter a new number.
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| *To Move a house number, ''click'' in the number or on the blue drag handle, and then ''click'' and ''drag'' using the '''blue drag handle'''.
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| *To Delete a house number, ''click'' in the number, and then ''click'' the '''red X'''.
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| ===Adding===
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| To add a house number, ''click'' the '''Add''' button on the toolbar. ''Click'' on the '''location''' of the house or business address. ''Enter'' the '''house number.'''
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| ===Setting the Stop Point===
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| The Stop Point (sometimes referred to as the Segment Marker) is the location on the segment to which the house number is attached, and this is where the Waze navigation destination will be set in the client app. This is represented by a white dot with a blue outline attached to the street:
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| [[Image:Housenumbers_wme_adjust_stop_point.jpg|center]]
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| When moving a house number or adding one, you will see a dashed white line leading to a white dot on the road you selected. This white dot is the Stop Point for navigation to that house number. It can be moved anywhere on the named segment for that address. It cannot be moved to any other segment including driveways (at this time).
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| The Stop Point should be placed:
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| # where you would park if you wanted to park closest to the main entrance to the building or an entrance to the building parking lot.
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| # where the driveway intersects the road. For houses with driveway which intersects the same road more than once or two different roads, put the stop point where the mailbox is located
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| Think of it this way: "If you can get the driver to this point and have the app display a directional marker flag and announce the correct side of the road the destination is on, the driver should be able to figure out which building it is."
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| Note: if you have aerial images turned off, such that the background screen is white, you will not be able to see the dashed line. Because it's white.
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| *The Waze development team is working on a way to specify a stop point on a street other than the named segment to which the address is attached. This is important for any house whose driveway may not be on named street, mall location, unnamed long private streets/drives with multiple addresses, or businesses which have an entrance from a parking lot off the named street. At this time, there is no way to guide the drivers within a parking lot.
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| ==Forcing==
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| <span style="color:#f00;">'''NOTE''':</span> Forcing of House Numbers is currently limited to [[Your_Rank_and_Points#Map_editing_rank|Rank 3 editors]] and higher. Waze is looking at adjusting this, especially in countries which lack a common pattern.
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| There are two reasons why a house number must be forced:
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| #The house number doesn't align with known numbering schemes for the location or country
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| #The house number is located outside the accepted distance from the street.
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| *For an address which must be moved beyond the normal accepted distance, when you Add it, it must first be placed within the highlighted area, and once the number is entered, then you can drag it to the correct location and adjust the stop point as necessary.
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| *When saving, you will be prompted to confirm forcing the house number(s) into place:
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| [[Image:Housenumbers wme force dialog.jpg|center]]
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| *If you have more than one which requires forcing, only one confirmation will force them all. So be sure you are confident that all are correctly located.
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| *[[Image:Housenumbers wme_number forced.gif|right]]When a house number has been forced and saved, it will display differently than other house numbers, with the word "Forced" included in the marker as shown to the right.
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| ==Remember to save==
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| Before you ''tap'' '''Esc''' on the keyboard or ''click'' '''Close''', remember to '''Save''' your changes.
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