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Main Roads

Road Type definition example Lock Level Exceptions
Freeway All roads with an E - number E11, E611 5 Truck Roads E7, E30, and E75. Two-way segment E-roads (without central barrier)
Major Highway All roads with an D - , F - , S - number and main roads outside cities. Two-way segment E - roads, E - labelled Truck Roads, E - labelled roads within cities E75 4 No
Minor Highway All D - , F - , S - roads and main roads within cities. Two-way segment important connections outside cities D63 3 No
Ramp Roads which connect roadways to other roadways as part of an interchange. This includes all freeway exits and entrances. N/A 5 No
Primary Street All other main connecting roads N/A 2 No
Street All other roads N/A 1 No
Dirt Road / 4X4 Trail A road that is physically impossible to drive by a normal sedan and should be avoided when possible. The routing server will also add a 3 hour penalty to such segments, so they will only be picked when there is absolutely no alternative available. All other regular dirt roads, that are still drivable with a standard sedan, should be of the ROAD TYPE Street with the Unpaved attributes checked N/A 1 No

Other Segment Types

WME Road Type Used for Remarks
Parking Lot Road All parking lot roads; Gas Station roads Routing on these roads has a penalty, and they will only be routed when your destination is on them, or if there is no alternative
Private Road All roads which need special permission for access Routing on these roads has a penalty, and they will only be routed when your destination is on them, or if there's no alternative
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| Railroad |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| Use for railroad, metro, tram and subway Public transportation. Set elevation as found and connect to roads, but use Turn Restrictions to prevent routing onto Railroads.
Pedestrian Boardwalk Use for walking and bicycle paths only if they serve as a visual marker for motorist routing Set direction unknown and connect where usefull for parking lot walking times. If not needed for that, don't add these.
Walking Trail Use for walking and bicycle paths only if they serve as a navigation guide routing. Navigation points on a WT will guide you to the nearest Driveable segment Set direction unknown and connect where usefull for routing or parking lot walking times.
Runway/Taxiway Airport Runways and Taxiways Only for airport runways. Never connect to any other roadtype.
Stairway Do NOT use this type
  • Some satellite photos are shifted (in the wrong place) or out of date. Use the WME GPS layer to make roads in the correct place. Satellite and street views available from within WME may be used. Local knowledge may be used. External sources of information may not be used.
  • You can always "add alternate name" to give a road more than one name. Use this when a road name has multiple ways to spell it, or when you want to add the road name in arab. This will not show in the App!

[1], and [2] for those parts that have Google StreetView.