User:Kartografer

Waze user and map editor since December 2015. Currently rank 5, based in central Ohio. State manager for Ohio, area manager for Chiang Mai, Thailand, central New Mexico and South Dakota. You can reach Kartografer via private message.

Milestones

1. First edits December 2015
2. R3 June 2016
3. First AM August 2016
4. LAM for Central Ohio November 2016
5. US Wiki Master February 2017
6. R4 April 2017
7. Formal mentor June 2017
8. SM for Ohio November 2017
9. R5 November 2017

Wiki contributions

• User:Kartografer/Map protection first wiki editing attempt to clear up some formatting and add throttle info
• User:Kartografer/Roundabouts/USA rewrite of the section on understanding navigation instructions, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Road types/USA info on upgrading connecting roads for road type continuity, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Prewritten messages messages for new editors
• User:Kartografer/Basemap new national page, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Map Comments new global page, pending indefinitely
• User:Kartografer/Map comments new national page, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Scheduled reconfigurations new national page, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Hospital small draft revision
• User:Kartografer/Closed place new section on closed places, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Airport new national page, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Military base draft on capitalization
• User:Kartografer/Interchange rewrite of JSG/Interchanges including new geometry and TIO info, approved for USA
• User:Kartografer/Wayfinder split from JSG/Interchanges, approved for USA

Projects

• Sync and switch of old wiki to US Wazeopedia
• Detour prevention testing to determine direct route full name and type continuity requirement and detour name and type discontinuity requirements only at the last segment
• Junction box difficult turns testing and bug reporting
• Junction box instruction overrides and alternative routes testing and reporting
• Toll pass and HOV testing and bug reporting
• Regional project on unsafe lane crossing times
• State of the state and state of the region UR & MP reports
• Subway ad pins
• Red Lobster ad pins
• Panera Bread ad pins
• Presentation planning for GLR meetup 2017

Meetups

• First US Waze Cafe initiated October 2016, held in Columbus, OH, January 2017
• Second Waze Cafe in Columbus, February 2018
• Currently unable to travel to meetups due to family needs

Mentoring

• sandcrawler (formal, R1 to R2, inactive)
• RainMan3699 (formal, R2 to R3, complete)
• theKTR101 (formal, R2 to R3, in progress)
• AProdzilla (informal, R2 help)
• buckeyeguy857 (informal, AM review help)
• tonkamedic (formal, R1 to R2, inactive)
• mchueby (formal, R2 to R3, complete)
• mmilliron501 (formal along with RonRover, R2 to R3, complete)
• GuideOnGirl (formal along with Dude495, R1 to R2, in progress)
• SethSpeedy28 (formal, R2 to R3, complete)

Map raid participation

1. Rhode Island, March 2016
2. India, April 2016
3. South Africa, May 2016
4. Massachusetts speed limits, April 2016
5. New Hampshire speed limits, July 2016
6. West Virginia, January 2017
7. China, August 2017
8. MMR X, November 2017
9. Russia, February 2018

VEOC

• Hurricane Matthew 2016 (closure reporting)
• Hurricane Harvey 2017 (closure and reopening reporting)
• Hurricane Irma 2017 (closure and shelter reporting)