User:Orbitc/South Africa Map Raid View history

Waze implements Throttling of edits when mass editing occurs.

If you mass edit:

  • You will not get credited for your edits.
  • You will not get any points for your edits.
  • You WILL be removed from the MapRaid immediately.
  • Possibly banned from editing altogether.

Please think quality not quantity.



Welcome to the Wiki for the South African MapRaid. The raid is scheduled to run from 30th April to 8th May 2016. Sign up for the raid at http://bit.ly/MMR_SouthAfrica

Focus

Our primary focus is verifying and Updating Speed Limits (SL). If you find other issues while working on SLs that need attention, feel free to give it. Remember, the main goal is Speed Limits.

Areas and Groups

South Africa has nine provinces - each of these provinces will be a raid area. As some provinces are less developed than others you will have access to some of the others. Please keep to your province until you are satisfied there is nothing more to do there. Lesotho and Swaziland are not part of South Africa. Please do not edit there.

  1. Western Cape
  2. Eastern Cape
  3. Northern Cape
  4. Free State
  5. Kwa-Zulu Natal
  6. North West
  7. Gauteng
  8. Mpumalanga
  9. Limpopo
1https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=row&lon=27.32197&lat=-31.28177&zoom=0&u%0Apdate_requestsFilter=false|5897643
Left-click your group area to open WME


Changing to ROW Server

For our US and Canadian visitors, South Africa falls under the World Server. In the upper right hand corner of the editor, where it says US & Canada, you can click it for a dropdown menu. To edit in South Africa, change to the World server, commonly known as the ROW (Rest of the World) server. The US & Canada server is commonly known as the NA Server.

Note: This option is not visible if you are in fullscreen.

Make sure you are set to Metric units under settings.


Local Hosts

Editor Timezone
elphix (PM) SAST (GMT +2)
LeighGr (PM) SAST (GMT +2)
Kuhlkatz (PM) SAST (GMT +2)

Speed Limits

South Africa uses the metric system (km/h), we drive on the left hand side of the road. The following is a ​general​ breakdown of what to expect with regards to speed limits in South Africa. These are by no means definitive - limits should be verified by streetview.

  • Freeways - 120km/h
  • Major Highways - 100km/h, sometimes 120km/h
  • Minor Highways - 80km/h or 100km/h
  • Primary Streets - 60km/h or 80km/h
  • Streets - 60km/h

Sometimes the municipal authorities try to get creative and have a speed limit in between the norm, 70km/h for example. We do not use 5 in our limits, they are extremely rare (i.e. 65km/h). Don’t trust average speeds for segments - South Africans like to speed.

Road Signs

Waze currently only allows the verification of maximum speed limits. Minimum speed limit signs have been included here to show the difference between the two.

Maximum Speed limit signs are a red circle with the limitation in black, minimum speed limit signs are a white circle with the limitation in white with a blue background.

Sign Limit
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/SADC_road_sign_R101.svg/120px-SADC_road_sign_R101.svg.png Minimum 50km/h (DO NOT USE)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/SADC_road_sign_R201-100.svg/120px-SADC_road_sign_R201-100.svg.png Maximum 100km/h

South Africa does not use a "return to usual speed" sign. Temporary road signage is amber in colour. Do not use these when setting speed limits.

Possible confusion signs

Sign Meaning
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/SADC_road_sign_R532.svg/120px-SADC_road_sign_R532.svg.png Vehicles exceeding 16 tonnes GVM prohibited
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/SADC_road_sign_R540.svg/120px-SADC_road_sign_R540.svg.png Maximum number of spaces in a parking reservation
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/SADC_road_sign_R202.svg/120px-SADC_road_sign_R202.svg.png Vehicles exceeding 12 tonnes GVM prohibited

Languages

South Africa has eleven official languages. Within Waze we keep it to English but you may get a response to a UR in another language. If this happens please try steer the conversation to English or ask elphix, LeighGr or Kuhlkatz to step in. All abbreviations are in English - please see the ​Acceptable suffix abbreviations​ in the ​South African Waze Wiki​ and change as required. I.e. change “Mahlomola Street” to “Mahlomola St”. Not many of the existing suffixes should be non-english, but if they are, the correct one can easily be looked up in the Acceptable suffix abbreviations​ table.

Locking Policy

Anything locked at L5 - please consult with a local champ before changing restrictions or geometry.

Road Type Lock Level
Freeway 5
Major Highway 4
Minor Highway 3
Primary Street 2
Streets 1

Communication

The preferred method of communication for the MapRaid is via Slack. If you aren't already a member of the Waze Map Raid Slack then please submit your information on this form: http://bit.ly/Slack_invite

Scripts and Addons

The normals scripts and addons used in other countries work in South Africa. Some notable examples inclue WME Toolbox and WME Color Highlights.

As the main focus for this raid is speedlimits we suggest you add the following:

Other Things

  • In an effort to standardise our road names please change hyphens, commas and other to parentheses.
  • The standard is ROAD NAME (ROAD NUMBER CARDINAL DIRECTION)
    • “Curie Ave - R706” should be “Curie Ave (R706)”,
    • “M5 Southbound, Kromboom Pkwy” should be "Kromboom Pkwy (M5 S)"
  • Gas Station are to be locked at L4 or higher. If you’re not yet at L4, lock it as high as you can.
  • We find that sometimes junior editors add duplicate gas stations as points on an area place, this is incorrect. The point should be removed or converted to an area.
  • We are still in the process of changing our cardinal directions - if you see any please abbreviate them
    • E.g “N1 South” should be “N1 S”.
  • Many highway exits are missing their exit numbers, add them if you see them.
    • E.g “Exit 34: Harrismith”
  • Please do NOT edit the coastlines.
  • Our traffic lights are called “robots” - I don’t know why.

Do's and Don'ts

  • Don’t mass edit
  • Do change to ROW server and metric system
  • Do read the wiki
  • Don't use temporary (amber) or minimum (blue) signs for the speed limits.
  • Don’t edit the coastline
  • Don’t stress about all the missing townships – add them if you’re feeling adventurous.
  • Do contact the local champs if you’re unsure of something.
  • Do edit the road names to match local standards.
  • Don't edit in the neighbouring countries - this includes Lesotho and Swaziland.
  • Do have fun!

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