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The following terms are defined on this page to clarify the meaning of each of them as they relate to Waze. The are provided alphabetically for your convenience.

AGC - At Grade Connector

Segments that interconnects roads at the same grade elevation.
See At-grade connectors

AM - Area Manager

An assigned role to help manage a given geographical area.

See Area Manager

AMGR - Waze AM Layers, AM Layers Editor for Country Managers

This third party web tool is used by Country Managers and Regional Coordinators to visualized managed areas for assignments. One of several tools from WME-TOOLS.
See WME-TOOLS

Angle

There are three different types of angles:

ASR - Automatic Speech Recognition

The ability of a smartphone to translate a user's voice commands into actions on the device

BC - Best Continuation

The segment that Waze determines is what drivers would consider the "no turning path" or "going straight" through the intersection. This segment will get a 'continue' instruction, which is ignored by the client app. See Best continuation for more details.

BGS - Big Green Sign

A large green sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information.

BM - Bookmarklet

A Javascript stored as a web browser bookmark. See Bookmarklets