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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]].
 
==Accessing Cartouche==
* Log in to your account.
* Select "Live Map" in the main navigation header.
* Select "Update Map" located just above the map viewer.
 
[[Image:Cartouche.png|700px]]
 
Your screen should look something like this.  Each panel can be moved around by clicking and dragging on an empty part of the panel.
 
==Navigating the map==
* Move around the map by clicking and dragging on an empty space in the viewer.
* There are four ways to zoom in cartouche:
** 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.
** Double-clicking any point on the map will zoom in and center the map on that point.
** 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."
** Holding the ''Shift'' key will allow you to click and drag a box; the map will then zoom in onto the selected area.
 
==Permalink==
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.
 
On Waze, the permalink is called "SuperPermalink".
 
===To get the SuperPermalink:===
*In the bottom left of map viewer press the button "SuperPermalink"
*The page will refresh
*The permalink can be copied out of the address/url bar at the top of your browser.
*Share the URL! Done.
 
==Selecting Multiple Roads==
Some edits require that you select two segments of road.
*Mac: Command + Click
*Windows: Ctrl + Click
 
==Keyboard Shortcuts==
 
*g - Edit the selected road/node/landmark geometry
*e - Edit the selected road/node/landmark details
*c - Connect the two selected roads
*s - Select 9 closest segments which belong to the same street
*d - Delete selected node from road geometry (only while editing road geometry)
*Delete - Delete the selected feature(s)
*Insert - Create a new road
*Esc - Deselect all features.
*Yes/No hot keys in confirmation window

Latest revision as of 17:22, 12 January 2019