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The Complete Guide to Waze in Qatar

Mabrook! Qatari Wazer! If you are reading this, then you probably want to learn more about how to use Waze or edit the Waze map. This may be because you want to add a new road or have found a map issue and want to contribute to the Waze community. You have come to the right place! Read up on the general standards and guides referred to here as well as our own guide for editing Qatar's roads before attempting to edit the maps.

About Waze

Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone. It has the following features:

Spoken turn-by-turn directions
Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech). ^[1]
Real time traffic reports
Real time Gas Prices.^[2]
Toll road avoidance ^[2]
Free regular updates to the map that you can help make are installed automatically
Search for destinations how you like: entire address at once, category, place name, landmark or use the addresses from your contacts
Integrated destination search: Google, Foursquare, Bing
Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
Support for multiple languages
Gaming elements for fun and integrated social networking

↑ [1], BETA: in selected countries.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 [2], Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependent on user contribution.

Read more about the amazing way Waze gets better when you just drive around with Waze turned on.

Getting Started

Read the topics on Waze Help Center
Get help when you have Waze running but the map shows few or no roads, or streets with no names, or you travel to an unmapped area.
Understand the timing of updates, including when you can edit roads you have driven on
Edit

Please do not edit the map until you have read the Waze Map Editor manual and reviewed the best map editing practices

Use the My Dashboard section on the Waze website
Read the answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and the glossary of terms
Participate in the announcements and discussion forums

If you have problems, try and find your own solution or ask the community for help:

Use the Wiki - there is a search box just to the left
Use the Discussion Forums

If all else fails, you can email Waze with your problem

Editing Resources for Qatar

Qatar/Editing resources - a compilation of suggestions and made into a guide on how we should edit our Waze maps for Qatar. A lot of map issues and update requests are due to incomplete or incorrect information on our map. A lot of these issues could be avoided if we follow the Best map editing practice guide in the wiki. However, some items listed are specifically for Qatar's roads and driving habits.

Qatar/Location_List - a tabulation of sectional area of Qatar. This will help editors in locating streets and places the correct address.
Road types
Road names

......Work in progress.....

[a-1] [1], BETA: in selected countries.

[b-2] 2.0 ^2.1 [2], Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependent on user contribution.

[1]

[2]

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-'''The Complete Guide to Waze in the QR'''
+ <big>'''The Complete Guide to Waze in Qatar'''</big>
+Mabrook! Qatari Wazer! If you are reading this, then you probably want to learn more about how to use Waze or edit the Waze map. This may be because you want to add a new road or have found a map issue and want to contribute to the Waze community. You have come to the right place! Read up on the general standards and guides referred to here as well as our own guide for editing Qatar's roads before attempting to edit the maps.
+ '''About Waze'''
+Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone. It has the following features:
-Mabrook! Katari Wazer! If you are reading this then you probably want to learn more about how to use Waze or edit the Waze map. This may be because you want to add a new road or have found a map issue and want to contribute to the Waze community. You have come to the right place! Read up on the general standards and guides referred to here as well as our own guide for editing the Qatar roads before attempting to edit the maps.
+*Spoken turn-by-turn directions
+*Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech). <ref name="a">[1], BETA: in selected countries.</ref>
+*Real time traffic reports
+*Real time Gas Prices.<ref name="b">[2], Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependent on user contribution.</ref>
+*Toll road avoidance <ref name="b" />
+*Free regular updates to the map that you can help make are installed automatically
+*Search for destinations how you like: entire address at once, category, place name, landmark or use the addresses from your contacts
+*Integrated destination search: Google, Foursquare, Bing
+*Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
+*Support for multiple languages
+*Gaming elements for fun and integrated social networking
+<small><references />
+</small>
-== Qatar ==
+Read more about the amazing way Waze gets better when you [[:just drive around with Waze turned on]].
-This is a setup for the WME Wiki of Qatar.
+ '''Getting Started'''
+*'''Read''' the topics on [https://support.google.com/waze#topic=6273402 Waze Help Center]
+*'''Get''' help when you have Waze running but the map shows few or no roads, or streets with no names, or you travel to an unmapped area.
+*'''Understand''' [https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/Qatar the timing of updates], including when you can edit roads you have driven on
+*'''Edit'''
-Qatar is a small peninsula in the northeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula which is bordered by Saudi Arabia on the south while the entire shoreline is surrounded by the Arabian/Persian Gulf.
+:*Please do not edit the map until you have read the [[Waze Map Editor]] manual and reviewed the [https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/Global/Best_map_editing_practice best map editing practices]
-Currently, it consists of eight municipalities. Municipality of Doha which serves as the countries capital (with two city extension area the Wholesale Market and Industrial Area), on the south are the Municipality of Al Wakra and Municipality of Al Rayyan (portion of it is parallel next to Doha, in the middle is the Municipality of Umm Slal, while at the eastern portion is the Municipality of Al Daayen, while at the western portion is the Municipality of Al Sheehaniya and at the northern portion were the Municipality of Al Khor and Municipality of Al Shamal.
+*'''Use''' the [[My Dashboard section on the Waze website]]
+*'''Read''' the [[answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]] and the [[glossary]] of terms
+*'''Participate''' in the [[announcements and discussion forums]]
-===== '''Qatar Municipalities;''' =====
+'''If you have problems''', try and find your own solution or ask the community for help:
-*Doha, الدوحة
-*Al Rayyan, الريان
-*Al Wakra, الوكرة
-* Al Sheehaniya, الشيحانية
-* Umm Slal, أم صلال
-* Al Daayen, الضعاين
-* Al Khor, الخور
-* Al Shamal, الشمال
-===== '''City Naming;''' =====
+:*Use the Wiki - there is a search box just to the left
-Naming rules for city-field in Qatar
+:*Use the [[Discussion Forums]]
-When naming cities outside of Doha use: <English cityname><comma><space><Arabic cityname>
-Example: '''Umm Slal, أم صلال'''
-When naming cities inside of Doha use: <English District>
-Example: Mushaireb, Al Duhail, Al Waab
-For Freeways and Ramps, check the No City checkbox.
+'''If all else fails''', you can email [https://www.waze.com/about/contact Waze] with your problem
-For roads outside city boundaries, e.g. rural roads, also check the No City checkbox to prevent city smudging.
+ '''Editing Resources for Qatar'''
+*[[Qatar/Editing resources]] - a compilation of suggestions and made into a guide on how we should edit our Waze maps for Qatar. A lot of map issues and update requests are due to incomplete or incorrect information on our map. A lot of these issues could be avoided if we follow the [https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/Global/Best_map_editing_practice Best map editing practice] guide in the wiki. However, some items listed are specifically for Qatar's roads and driving habits.
-===== '''Road Naming;''' =====
+*[[Qatar/Location_List]] - a tabulation of sectional area of Qatar. This will help editors in locating streets and places the correct address.
-When naming roads with official road numbers use: <Road number><space><dash><space><Road name>
+*[[Road types]]
+*[[Road names]]
-For road names with less then 10 characters, you can write Street or Road behind it without abbreviations.
+......'''Work in progress'''.....
-For road names with more then 10 characters, you can write St or Rd behind it. Make sure NOT to add a dot (.) behind it, for optimal TTS pronounciation.
-===== '''Road Network;''' =====
+[[Category:Qatar]]
-Here are the road network system:
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! '''Network''' !! '''Classification''' !! '''Speed Limits''' !! '''Construction Speed''' !! '''Remarks'''
-|-
-| Freeway || Expressway || 120 - 100 || 80/ 50 || Expressway Authority
-|-
-| Major Highway || Primary || 100 - 80 || 80/ 50 || -
-|-
-| Minor Highway || Primary || 80 - 60 || 50/ 30 || Collector Road
-|-
-| Primary Street || Secondary || 80 - 50 || 30 || Urban Zone
-|-
-| Street || Tertiary || 60 - 30 || - || Street
-|-
-| Ramp || Tertiary || 60 / 40 || - || Slip Roads
-|-
-| Parking Lot || Tertiary || 20 - 10 || - || -
-|-
-| Private Road || Private || - || - || As per actual
-|}