Overview
- Real Name: Jason
- Joined Waze: April 2015
- Location: Morgantown, WV
- Editing Level: 5
- Multi-State Manager: Mid-Atlantic Region
- Country Manager: United States
- Primary Editing Area: West Virginia & Southwest Pennsylvania
Milestones
- First Edit: April 2015
- Second Edit: July 2019
- R2 Promotion: August 2019
- First AM Granted: Morgantown, WV, December 2019
- R3 Promotion: February 2020
- AM Expansion: North Central WV, April 2020
- LAM Granted: WV-3 area, July 2020
- R4 Promotion: October 2020
- State Manager: West Virginia, January 2021
- R5 Promotion: May 2021
- Multi-State Manager: Mid-Atlantic Region, October 2021
- Country Manager: United States, May 2022
MapRaid Participation
- Alabama/Florida Raid: 2019
- NY Lightning Raid: 2020
- Maine Map Raid: 2020
- US Falcon Raid: 2020/21
- MAR/SAT region - Part 2 HOF #15
- Luzerne County, PA, HN Raid: 2021
- PLN Nebraska and Iowa Combo Raid: 2021
- Pakistan Raid: 2022
- US Project KoiFish Raid: 2023
- Planning group
- Group #2 leader
Meetup Participation
- MAR/SAT Meetup: March 2020 (virtual)
- Online NA Mega Meetup: February 2021 (virtual)
- GLR/MAR/PLN Meetup: October 2021 (virtual)
- NA Mega Meetup: May 2022
- GLR/MAR/PLN Meetup: October 2022
- NA Mega Meetup: February 2023
- MAR Meetup: April 2023
- Presented on WV RTC process
Cafe Participation
- WV Cafe: Organizer - October 2023
Discord Participation
- Active throughout many channels on the MAR, NOR, USA, Global, and Scripts servers.
- Regularly try to assist other editors with interpreting guidance, technical issues, and instructions.
VEOC Assistance
- Hurricane Ian: September-October 2022
Current Projects
West Virginia Wazeopedia Revamp
- Reviewing existing WV standards in relation to updated national and regional standards.
- Reviewing and validating WV mapping resources. This includes reviewing all 55 counties' GIS resources to determine their usability.
- Incorporating new features and guidance such as shields, custom turn instructions, and falcon standards.
External Relationships
- Reaching out to WVDOH state and regional offices, municipalities, law enforcement, and other public and private entities to help facilitate the flow of information to the Waze community to quickly respond to new closures, traffic patterns, restrictions, and other developments.
- Established relationships with information flowing from:
- City of Charleston
- WVDOH District 6
Other Projects/Accomplishments
West Virginia Weather and Routine Closures
- In December 2019, Signed up to receive statewide closure notifications for WV to assist SMs and LAMs with identifying and locating closures.
- In May 2020, Completed an overhaul of the WV closure sheet and related wiki to increase usability of the form.
- Since being granted statewide RTC ability in July 2020, acted as the primary individual locating and entering closures throughout WV.
Beta Programs
- Active participant in the iOS Beta since July 2020.
- Active participant in the Routing Beta Server since August 2020.
- WME Beta participant since January 2021.
Mentoring
- Completed formal mentoring to advance from R3 to R4 with AnorestesX/Ldriveskier in October 2020.
- Joined the formal mentoring program as a mentor in December 2021.
Mentees
- Saigre - R1 to R4 - Mentoring stalled due to mentee time available - Currently R2.
- costcosizedham - R1 to R2 - Mentoring in progress
Editing Statistics Reports
- Publishing weekly UR/MP statistics reports for West Virginia since January 2021.
- Publishing weekly UR/PUR statistics reports for Mid-Atlantic Region since January 2022.
Tolls
- Rebuilt the WV turnpike tolls to simplify the toll files when prices increased in January 2022.
- Located and added toll information for the Sistersville Ferry.
- Implemented new toll pass and tolling schedule for Memorial Bridge in Parkersburg.
Wazeopedia
- Active participant in Wazeopedia update discussions in Discord and forum.
- Rewrote the Permalink template when a WME update changed its functionality.
Scripts
- Contributor for several scripts, including:
- WME Form Filler
- WME Click Saver
- WME Quick HN
- WME Rapid HN
- WME Road Shield Helper
- WME OpenMaps
- WME FC Layer
- Released WME Events Light Mode to allow Waze for Cities partner to more easily use MTE page.
