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== Mapraid Host ==
== Mapraid Host ==

Revision as of 13:57, 13 September 2017

MapRaid is a time-limited event where map editors join together to vastly improve the overall condition of their pre-determined area of the map. This time, it is the rural western Pennsylvania (PA) area! Please read the entire MapRaid wiki.

This raid is designed for editors at Rank 1, 2 and 3. Higher ranked editors who are local to the area, as well as other mentors, will be available to help. If you are not sure about anything, ask! Take this raid as a learning opportunity. The more you learn, and the more positive interaction you get with the senior editors, the better you can prepare yourself for a future rank upgrade or area expansion.

You must be in MapRaid Discord to be able to edit in this MapRaid.

Communication

We will use Discord to communicate. There is a Pennsylvania Raid general channel and also a channel for each raid group. You must be in Discord to be able to edit in this MapRaid

WME chat can also be used. The WME Chat addon is recommended.

MapRaid Goals

Primary Goal

Improve the basemap. Read through the following slides to learn how.

Secondary Goals

  • Improve routing and navigation within the designated area quickly
  • Solve and respond to User Reports
  • Update pending Places (Place Update Requests)

Guidance

Please follow all guidances of Pennsylvania, it has all of the specific details that you need to know before editing in PA.

Do Not Mass-Edit

Please DO NOT perform edits that affect large numbers of segments at once. We want to be able to see how URs and other problems got resolved. Those who cause issues by mass editing the map may be removed from the raid, blocked from future mapraids or possibly banned from editing.

UR Timeframe

We will follow the usual US UR etiquette with one exception: we wait for only 4 days to remind URs and 4 days after the reminder to close the UR. Do not close URs if the UR contains [TAG], check with the editor who placed the tag.

Road Locks

In Pennsylvania we have a set minimum standard for locking roads based on segment type. Any road of a certain segment type must be locked at least to the rank (level) in the chart below. Roads may be locked higher for protection and special situations (areas with construction, tricky design, frequent mistakes, imaging inaccuracies, and the like), but should not be locked lower.

A great time to implement these locks is while bringing the road types of an area into compliance with the current US road type standards (FC and highway systems). Lock the roads based on type after they've been set to current US road type standards.

Pennsylvania Minimum Locking Rank Standard
Segment Type Statewide
 Freeway  5
 Ramp  Highest rank of connected segments
 Major Highway  3
 Minor Highway  3
 Primary Street  2
 Street  1 (Auto)
 Private Road  1 (Auto)
 • • • • Ferry • • • •   5
 |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| Railroad |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|  2

Note: Do Not Mass Edit just to update locks to these standards, these can be adjusted as you find them while editing other aspects of the segments such as FC, speed limits, naming, etc.

Some segments still warrant higher locks and care should be taken when setting segment lock to these standards to look for and protect these special setups with higher locks. Some examples; segments which are part of BDP, U-turn prevention, or using micro-doglegs, or other complex intersection setups.

Places

Pennsylvania generally follows the US standards for Places, but there are some exceptions. Please see the the Pennsylvania Places Validation Rules in the Map Raid Place Browser for more details.

The rules in the places browser are accurate and up to date.

Reference Links

The Basics

Recommended Tools for MapRaid

  • UR Comments - a tremendous time and labor saving tool with automation and integration with URO+, to help with working URs. Read the documentation. Tampermonkey / greasemonkey required
  • The WME Reference Sheet[PDF] is a printable double-sided tri-fold quick reference guide to some of the common topics used in WME.
  • WME Magic is a plugin based framework to enhance editors, so they can be more productive.
  • WME Chat Addon is a script that improves the WME chat GUI. For a list of all the features check the thread here -- Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey required
  • WME Geometries can load a geometry file and overlay it directly in the Waze Map Editor. Simply go to the Areas tab on the left, and scroll down to the Choose File control that has been added. The two overlay files for PA can be found here. -- Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey required
  • WME PA GIS Map opens a GIS map containing a lot of the county information shown below. The GIS map also stays synced to the WME map location.

Mapping Resources

PASDA Pennsylvania online Atlas

For more information, please see Pennsylvania/Resources

County Resource(s) Group
1 2 3 4
Adams GIS 3
Allegheny GIS 4
Blair GIS 3 4
Butler GIS 1 4
Cambria GIS and FC 3 4
Centre GIS 2
Clearfield GIS 1 2 3 4
Clinton GIS 2
Crawford parcel server 1
Cumberland GIS 3
Erie townships 1
Fayette Parcels 4
Forest GIS 1
Franklin Parcels 3
Fulton GIS - Requires Free Userid Here 3
Huntingdon GIS 3
Juniata Parcel 1 4
Lycoming Parcel 2
Mifflin Parcel 3
Perry GIS 3
Potter Parcel 2
Snyder GIS 3
Tioga GIS 2
Union GIS 2
Venango parcels 1
Westmoreland GIS 4
York Parcels 3

Mapraid Edit Lists

Spreadsheets and forms are being used to streamline management of various group efforts and track important edits. Below you can find links to use these these forms, sheets, and see the lists.