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| Waze base maps come from the U.S. Census Bureau's Tiger Data [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/]. Tiger Data provides somewhat accurate names and locations for roads, but it does not include road directions, distinctions between railroads, pedestrian alleys, canals, and roads, or any navigation data whatsoever.
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| While simply driving the roads edits them, we need an editor that allows for more detailed features to be defined. That editor is Cartouche. Cartouche is a map editor used by the end user to fine tune the base map. It containing four main panels to aid the user: [[Layers panel|Layers]], [[Map control panel|Map Control]], [[View panel|View]], and [[Edit panel|Edit]].
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| ==Accessing Cartouche==
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| * Log in to your account.
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| * Select "Live Map" in the main navigation header.
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| * Select "Update Map" located just above the map viewer.
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| [[Image:Cartouche.png|700px]]
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| Your screen should look something like this. Each panel can be moved around by clicking and dragging on an empty part of the panel.
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| ==Navigating the map==
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| * Move around the map by clicking and dragging on an empty space in the viewer.
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| * There are four ways to zoom in cartouche:
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| ** The buttons on the zoom controller in the upper-left corner of the map viewer will zoom in and out, and the vertical bar allows for immediate zooming to a specific level.
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| ** Double-clicking any point on the map will zoom in and center the map on that point.
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| ** Scrolling up with your mouse wheel will zoom in on a certain point, and scrolling down will zoom out, keeping the mouse pointer's location in the same location."
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| ** Holding the ''Shift'' key will allow you to click and drag a box; the map will then zoom in onto the selected area.
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| ==Permalink==
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| A permalink allows you to send url or a link to the exact view of the map you currently are viewing. This is a great way to show others a specific area of a map. For example when editing roads and need assistance on the forums you can share a permalink to that region.
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| On Waze, the permalink is called "SuperPermalink".
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| ===To get the SuperPermalink:===
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| *In the bottom left of map viewer press the button "SupperPermalink"
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| *The page will refresh
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| *The permalink can be copied out of the address/url bar at the top of your browser.
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| *Share the URL! Done.
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