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*It may still be under construction but already well known, as is the case with some large destination stores and attractions.
*It may still be under construction but already well known, as is the case with some large destination stores and attractions.


Whatever the reason, Waze users should not be routed without warning to places that are not open for normal business. However, because Waze includes third-party results in searches for places, without a linked Waze place, users may end up navigating to a third-party result with no way of knowing that the place is not open or does not even exist. In the United States, the only external source that provides places searchable in Waze is Google Maps. Therefore, after confirming that a place is not open for business due to any of the above reasons, the following procedures should be used:
Whatever the reason, Waze users should not be routed without warning to places that are not open for normal business. However, because Waze includes third-party results in searches for places, without a [[#External_providers|linked Waze place]], users may end up navigating to a third-party result with no way of knowing that the place is not open or does not even exist. In the United States, the only external provider of Waze search results is Google Maps, and places that are marked {{Red|permanently closed}} in Google Maps do not appear in Waze search. Therefore, after confirming that a place is not open for business due to any of the above reasons, the following procedures should be used:
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| style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;" | 1 || colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black"|Select the place in WME, or create it if it only exists in Google Maps, and add all relevant external provider links. || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| <<  
| style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;" | 1 || colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black"|Select the place in WME, or create it if it exists only in Google Maps and is not marked {{Red|permanently closed}}. || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| <<  
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| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black" | 2 || rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black" | Check each external provider link in Google Maps. If your place is linked to: || style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; border-right: 1px solid black; white-space: nowrap" | a: Nothing, or only places marked permanently closed: || style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;" | '''Delete the place and stop.''' || colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;" | ''Continue to the next step.''
| style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;" | 2 || colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black"|Use the external provider search to link all relevant Google places; check each link and the general area in Google Maps for more relevant, open places to link. || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| <<
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| style="border-right: 1px solid black" | b: Google Maps places that aren't marked permanently closed: || colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;" | ''Continue to the next step.''
| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black" | 3 || rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black" | If your place is linked to: || style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; border-right: 1px solid black; white-space: nowrap" | a: Nothing, or only places marked {{Red|permanently closed}}: || style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;" | '''Delete the place and stop.''' || colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;" | ''Continue to the next step.''
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|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 3 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Add at the end of the name:||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| (permanently closed)||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| (closed until [date])||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| (opens [date])
| style="border-right: 1px solid black" | b: Google Maps places that aren't marked {{Red|permanently closed}}: || colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;" | ''Continue to the next step.''
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|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 4 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Add a note in the description:||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Reported closed [date]||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Reported closed [date], reopens [date]||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Opens [date]
|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 4 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Add at the end of the name:||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| (permanently closed)||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| (closed until [date])||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| (opens [date])
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|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 6 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Change the open hours to one min/week at a time least likely to be viewed, such as 02:59-03:00, Monday (start - stop times can't be same hour).  || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| <<
|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 5 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Add a note in the description:||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Reported closed [date]||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Reported closed [date], reopens [date]||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Opens [date]
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|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 7 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Submit third-party change (such as marking the place closed in Google Maps).||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Submit a correction, if possible, to the third-party source to show that the place is closed.|| style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Submit a correction, if possible, to the third-party source and wait until reopening.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Wait until opening.
|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 6 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Change the open hours to one min/week at a time least likely to be viewed, such as 03:00-03:01, Monday morning. || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| <<
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|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 8 || colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;" |Final cleanup.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Delete the Waze place after the third-party place no longer appears in search results in the app.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Change the place back to normal after reopening.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Change the place to normal after opening.
|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 7 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|If a [[Places/Parking lot|parking lot]], change the lot type to private; if a non-parking-lot area place, change to point.  || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| << || style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"| <<
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|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 8 ||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Submit third-party correction and/or wait.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Submit a correction in Google Maps to mark each place {{Red|permanently closed}}.|| style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Wait until reopening.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Wait until opening.
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|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"| 9 || colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;" |Final cleanup.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Delete the Waze place after each linked Google place is marked {{Red|permanently closed}}.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Change the Waze place back to normal after reopening.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Change the Waze place to normal after opening.
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Revision as of 15:22, 3 August 2018

Closed

There are various reasons that a place may not be open for normal business in the long term:

  • It may be permanently closed or moved away.
  • It may be under long-term renovation or equipment overhaul, as is sometimes the case with shopping malls, hotels and gas stations.
  • It may still be under construction but already well known, as is the case with some large destination stores and attractions.

Whatever the reason, Waze users should not be routed without warning to places that are not open for normal business. However, because Waze includes third-party results in searches for places, without a linked Waze place, users may end up navigating to a third-party result with no way of knowing that the place is not open or does not even exist. In the United States, the only external provider of Waze search results is Google Maps, and places that are marked permanently closed in Google Maps do not appear in Waze search. Therefore, after confirming that a place is not open for business due to any of the above reasons, the following procedures should be used:

General Process Steps Specific Process Steps
Permanently Closed Temporarily Closed Under Construction
1 Select the place in WME, or create it if it exists only in Google Maps and is not marked permanently closed. << << <<
2 Use the external provider search to link all relevant Google places; check each link and the general area in Google Maps for more relevant, open places to link. << << <<
3 If your place is linked to: a: Nothing, or only places marked permanently closed: Delete the place and stop. Continue to the next step.
b: Google Maps places that aren't marked permanently closed: Continue to the next step.
4 Add at the end of the name: (permanently closed) (closed until [date]) (opens [date])
5 Add a note in the description: Reported closed [date] Reported closed [date], reopens [date] Opens [date]
6 Change the open hours to one min/week at a time least likely to be viewed, such as 03:00-03:01, Monday morning. << << <<
7 If a parking lot, change the lot type to private; if a non-parking-lot area place, change to point. << << <<
8 Submit third-party correction and/or wait. Submit a correction in Google Maps to mark each place permanently closed. Wait until reopening. Wait until opening.
9 Final cleanup. Delete the Waze place after each linked Google place is marked permanently closed. Change the Waze place back to normal after reopening. Change the Waze place to normal after opening.