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Waze Glossary replacement demo

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This comprehensive Glossary has been designed to function as a glossary, an index and a cross reference by means of sorting features and a table of context index.

It attempts to include all of the many abbreviations, acronyms and terms that we may see in the various Waze communication mediums.

Some existed before Waze, while others were officially coined by Waze. Many evolved naturally within the various Waze communication mediums used by Wazers and staff alike. Regardless of origin, all are important to help understand Waze Speak!

Please carefully consider your use of the abbreviations and acronyms in your conversations, since they can be unfamiliar when not used in conjunction with other terms or without defining context.

Many terms apply globally, however, this glossary is North American English centric.

The descriptions within this Glossary attempt to merely resolve ambiguity of terms, and reference other Wiki pages, articles, and sections, along with other Waze and external sources. This intentional lack of description content helps avoid duplication of source content, and facilitates future maintenance when source content changes.

Usage hints
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Glossary Table

Waze Glossary
(With sortable entries!)
Glossary Term Abbreviation
Acronym
Alias
Description Dates
-------Updated (U)
Added (A)

$1 USD ~ (Glossary sorting symbol test) 2015-02-20 (A)

AGC (abbr.) See At Grade Connector Glossary Term 2014-10-12 (A)
AMGR (abbr.) See Waze AM Layers Glossary Term 2014-10-11 (A)
Angle ~ There are three different types of angles.

Please choose the relevant Glossary Term:
See Junction angle Glossary Term
See Roundabout angle Glossary Term
See Turn angle Glossary Term
Also see Juntion Angle Info Glossary Term

2014-10-12 (A)
Area Manager AM An assigned role to help manage and maintain the map of a given geographical area.


See Area Manager Wiki Page
Also see Editing Roles Glossary Term

2015-02-08 (U)

2014-08-11 (A)

At Grade Connector AGC Segments that interconnect roads at the same grade elevation.
See At-Grade Connectors Wiki Page
2014-10-12 (A)
Automatic Speech Recognition ASR The ability of a smartdevice to convert voice commands into actions on the device.
See Voice Commands Glossary Term


Related entries: Voice

2012-08-18 (A)

BC (abbr.) See Best Continuation Glossary Term 2014-09-14 (A)
Best Continuation BC 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 Wiki Page
2014-09-14 (A)
Best Practices/Best Map Editing Practice ~ See Best map editing practices Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Beta beta (β) WME and Client betas. [also add Wikipedia def link] 2015-01-30 (A)
Big Detour Prevention BDP 2015-01-30 (A)
Big Green Sign BGS A Big Green Sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information. 2012-08-18 (A)
Blog ~ The Waze Blog
See Waze Blog Waze Blog
2015-01-30 (A)
Bonus Candies (alias) See Candies Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Bonus points and road goodies Bonus Candies, Candies, Goodies, Road Goodies Special items that appear on the map to achive bonus poiints.
See Bonus points and road goodies Wiki Page


Related entries: Road CandiesRoad Goodies

2015-02-10 (A)
Bookmark BM Place markers in your web browser store the link to websites. Scripts can be inserted instead of URLs to create Bookmarklets.
See Bookmarklets Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Bookmarklet BM A Javascript stored as a web browser bookmark.
See Bookmarklets Wiki Page
2014-10-11 (A)
BugZilla ~ A third party "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System" previously used by Waze. Use of Bugzilla by Waze has been discontiued.
The archived previous usage of Bugzilla Wiki Page
2015-01-30 (A)

Camera Watch List CWL 2015-01-30 (A)
Candies (alias) See Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term 2013-05-11 (A)
CAR (abbr.) See Community Action Request Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Car Pool Lane ~ See Carpool, HOV, Transit_lanes Wiki Page


Related entries: High Occupancy TollHigh Occupancy Vehicle

2013-03-12 (A)
Carriageway ~ UK English term for Highway.
Also see Dual Carriageway Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Cartouche ~ Name of Waze map editor prior to the Waze Map Editor.
See Waze Map Editor Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
CC (abbr.) See Connected Citizens Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
CC (abbr.) See Center Code Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
CDP (abbr.) See Census Designated Place Glossary Term
Census Designated Place CDP A United States Census Bureau term for a concentration of population that lack a separate municipal government, but otherwise resemble incorporated places. It is sometimes added to a city name with that classification if there are multiple cities in the same state with that name.
See CDP Wikipedia
2013-09-10 (A)
Center Code CC Third party Beta Test Management Solutions used by Waze
Also see [[#|]] Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Central Reservation ~ British English term for the strip of land or barrier separating a Dual Carriageway which is also a British term for a Divided Highway.
See Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip Glossary Term
2010-10-11 (A)
CH (alias) See WME Color Highlighter Glossary Term 2013-06-03 (A)
Champ ~ See Community Roles Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Chat (alias) See WME Chat Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
City Smudge (alias)
Client ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
CM (abbr.) See Country Manager Glossary Term
See Country Manager Glossary Term
2015-02-20 (U)

2014-12-07 (A)

Codes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Action Request CAR 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum Forum, Waze Forum (this should be destiniation 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum Forum 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Manager CM A Waze employee assigned as a liason between Waze staff and the leadership of a local editing community. Usually assigned to an entire country or region of countries.
See Community Roles Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Community Roles ~ Roles, Champ, CM, GC, LC, RC, SM
See Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page
Also see Roles and responsibilities Glossary Term


Related entries: ChampCommunity ManagerCountry ManagerCoordinatorCountry CoordinatorMentorRegional Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens CC, W10 The Waze Connected Citizens program
See Connected Citizens Waze Blog


Related entries: Connected Citizens NYC Meet-Up.

2015-01-30 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Connected Citizens NYC Meet-Up. W10 The W10 are the first 10 international cities, United States Departments of Transportation (DOTs), and municipal organizations whom Waze has empowered to serve their citizens in the Connected Citizens program.
See Connected Citizens Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Connector ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Continuous Flow Intersection CFI A general category type of intersectiion
See Displaced Left Turn Glossary Term
Also see Continuous Flow Intersection Wikipedia
2015-01-30 (A)
Cookies/Cookie Munching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Coordinator ~ Coordinators are experts who coordinate between the local community and Waze Team, as community ambassadors. Usually Champs.
See Coordinators Wiki Page
See Community Roles Glossary Term
Also see Regional Coordinator Glossary Term


Related entries: Country Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Country Coordinator CC This is an uncommon term sometimes used to refer to Coordinators.
See Community Roles Glossary Term
See Coordinator Glossary Term


Related entries: Regional Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Country Manager CM An assigned role to help manage and maintain the map of an entire country.
See Country Manager Wiki Page
Also see Community Roles Glossary Term
2015-02-14 (U)

2014-12-07 (A)

Crowd Source ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Curve Point ~ see Geometry Node 2015-01-30 (A)

Dashboard DB See Dashboard Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Dashboard ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Data Base DB 2015-01-30 (A)
Data Waze ~ Data Waze
See Data Waze Waze Blog
2015-01-30 (A)
Dead End Node ~ 2012-08-18 (A)
Department of Transportation DOT 2015-01-30 (A)
Detour Prevention Mechanism ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Directionality ~ 2010-09-16 (A)
Dirt Road DR  Dirt Road  is a road type in Waze, typically used to represent any dirt roads. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Dirt Road / 4X4 Trail select this link.
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-02-15 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Disambigution DAB 2015-01-30 (A)
Displaced Left Turn DLT At specfic type of a Continuous Flow Intersection.
See Displaced Left Turn Wiki Page
The Continuous Flow Intersection Glossary Term links here
Also see Continuous Flow Intersection Wikipedia


Related entries: Continuous Flow Intersection

2015-01-30 (A)
Divided Highway Dual Carriageway A road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a barrier, strip of land, or other obstruction (known as a central reservation or median). In Waze, such roads may be represented by parallel segments, one for each direction, but this should only be done under certain specific conditions. Dual Carriageway is a common term used for Divided Highway in UK English.


Related entries: Dual Carriageway

2010-10-11 (A)
Dogleg ~ 2015-01-12 (A)
DR (abbr.) See Dirt Road Glossary Term
Drives ~ See Road Types Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Drives Tab Enhancer DTE 2015-01-30 (A)
Dual Carriageway Carriageway Dual carriageway

A road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a barrier, strip of land, or other obstruction (known as a central reservation or median). In Waze, such roads may be represented by parallel segments, one for each direction, but this should only be done under certain specific conditions.
See Divided Highway Glossary Term
Related entries: Carriageway

2010-10-11 (A)
Duplicate Cities ~ (link with Smidge Cites) 2015-01-30 (A)
Editable Area ~ 2013-01-23 (A)
Editing Roles ~ These are assigned roles given to users who request them, and show they are qualified. They exist to enableusers to help manage and maintain the map.
See Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page
Also see Roles and responsibilities Glossary Term


Related entries: Area Manager

2015-02-15 (A)
Elevation Level 2015-01-30 (A)
End Point Node ~ 2013-05-06 (A)
Estimated Time of Arrival ETA 2015-01-30 (A)
Event ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Expert ~ 2015-02-11 (A)
Expert ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Expert ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Express lane ~ 2012-08-18 (A)
Extension ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
FE (abbr.) See Ferry Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Federal Highway Administration FHWA 2015-01-30 (A)
Ferry FE See Road Types Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Ferry FE  Ferry  is a road type in Waze used to represent ferry routes which can be taken with a vehicle.
Template:RoadTypes
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Formal Mentoring FM The process of rapidly advancing editors skills and knowledge through an assigned mentor, in a formal arrangement with set expectations and time limits.
See Formal Mentoring Wiki Page


Related entries: MentorMentoring

2015-01-30 (A)
Forms [link to Forms page in Wiki] ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Forum (alias) See Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Freeway FW Motorway; the major road system in your country.
 Freeway  is the highest of the road types in the Waze hierarchy. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Freeway select this link.
See Road Types Glossary Term
2010-09-15 (A)
Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 2015-01-30 (A)
Functional Classifiction FC 2015-01-30 (A)
FW (abbr.) See Freeway Glossary Term 2010-09-15 (A)

Geographic Information System GIS 2015-01-30 (A)
Geography Handle ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Geometry ~ 2010-09-15 (A)
Geometry Node Curve Point, Geonode 2012-08-17 (A)
Geonode or Geo-node ~ see Geometry Node 2012-08-17 (A)
GHO (abbr.) See Google Hanouts Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
GIS (abbr.) See Geographic Information System Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Global Champ GC, Waze Global Champ 2015-01-30 (A)
Global Positioning System GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite based system used by navigation devices to locate the device anywhere on the globe. Applications like Waze use this information to provide turn-by-turn information. 2014-02-17 (A)
GM (abbr.) See Greasemonkey Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
GMAP (abbr.) See Google Maps Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Goodies (alias) See Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Forms ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Hangouts GHO, Hangout 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Map Maker GMM 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Maps GMAP 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Sheets ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Streetview GSV, Streetview 2015-01-30 (A)
Gore ~ A small triangular piece of land. The (typically) grassy area where the exit sign is placed. It also describes the area of land where the ramp merges with the highway. 2014-11-02 (A)
GPS (abbr.) See Global Positioning System Glossary Term 2014-02-17 (A)
Grade ~ 2010-09-15 (A)
Greasemonkey GM 2015-01-30 (A)
Greasemonkey ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Groups ~ also see Google Hangouts 2015-01-30 (A)

Handle ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Hangout, Hangouts (alias) See Google Hanouts Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Hanouts ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Helo Center HC 2015-01-30 (A)
High Occupancy Toll HOT A lane that permits single passenger vehicles who choose to pay a toll to take advantage of a lane that generally moves faster than the other lanes in the same direction.
See Car Pool Lane Glossary Term
2014-08-11 (A)
High Occupancy Vehicle HOV See Car Pool Lane Glossary Term 2010-09-16 (A)
House Numbers HN 2015-01-30 (A)

IGN (Imagine Game Network) IGN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGN 2013-03-11 (A)
Informal Mentoring IM The process of helping editors advance their knowledge and skills as questions or issues arise, without any preexisting arrangement or expectations. This can be performed by anyone.


Related entries: Mentoring

2015-01-30 (A)
Inter-geometry node ~ 2014-07-29 (A)
International Intl 2012-10-04 (A)
Internet Relay Chat IRC 2015-01-30 (A)
ISO-8601 ISO-8601 2015-01-30 (A)
Israel Waze server IL 2014-05-17 (A)

Junction Junction node, Junction point
The point where two or more road segments connect at their ends. It is sometimes called a 'junction node' or 'junction point', but should not be confused with other types of nodes.

Junctions look different depending on the situation:
Selected and editable segment junction
Selected and uneditable segment junction (no permissions to change due to locks)
Changed, unsaved junction

A junction should be visible at the end of a dead end road, and should be corrected if not visible.
See Junction Style Guide Wiki Page
Also see Nodes Glossary Term
Also see Fixing Dead-End Nodes Wiki Page
2015-02-08 (U)

2010-09-16 (A)

Junction angle ~ The measured angle between any two segments connected at a junction.
Also see Junction Angle Info Glossary Term


Related entries: Angle

2015-02-08 (U)

2914-09-02 (A)

Junction Angle ~

Related entries: Angle

Junction Angle Info JAI A browser extension script which displays Junction Angles or Turn Angles in WME. It can also estimate what a turn instruction will be for a given turn.
See WME Junction Angle Info Wiki Page


Related entries: AngleJunction angleTurn angle

2015-02-08 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Junction node (alias) See Junction Glossary Term 2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Node Fizer JNF 2015-01-30 (A)
Junction point (alias) See Junction Glossary Term 2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Style Guide JSG 2015-01-30 (A)

Landmark ~ The previously used term "Landmarks" has been deprecated in favor of the term "Places".
See Places Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Level ~ 2013-10-17 (A)
Live Map UR Overlay LMUR 2015-01-30 (A)
Livemap LM 2015-01-30 (A)
Livemap, Live Map LM 2015-01-30 (A)
Local Champ LC, Waze Local Champ 2015-01-30 (A)
Lock ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Loops ~ 2015-01-30 (A)

Major Highway MH  Major Highway  is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Major Highway select this link.
Note that when abbreviated to MH, the "M" must be capitalized to differentiate from "mH - Minor Highway".
See Road Types Glossary Term
2014-08-11 (A)
Managed Area ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices MUTCD 2015-01-30 (A)
Map Issue MI 2013-02-25 (A)
Map Problem MP 2014-08-11 (A)
Map Protection ~ Methods to protect and uphold the quality of the Waze map from both intentional and unintentional harm.
See Map Protection Wiki Page


Related entries: ThrottlingRegression Checker

2015-02-09 (A)
Map Tile ~ 2012-02-08 (A)
MapRaid MR 2014-11-10 (A)
Median ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Median Barrier ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Median U-Turn Intersection MUTI 2015-01-30 (A)
Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip ~ Strip of land or barrier separating a dual carriageway.
See Median strip Wikipedia
The Central Reservation Glossary Term links here


Related entries: Central Reservation

2015-01-30 (A)
MediaWiki ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Mentor ~ An experienced and knowledgeable editor, assigned the role to teach others, and help them become better editors.
See Becoming a Mentor Wiki Page
See Formal Mentoring Glossary Term
See Community Roles Glossary Term
2015-02-20 (A)
Mentoring ~ Experienced editors passing on their knowledge and skills to others. There are different categories of mentoring.
See Mentoring Wiki Page
Also see Formal Mentoring Glossary Term
Also see Informal Mentoring Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
MH (abbr.) See Major Highway Glossary Term
mH (abbr.) See Minor Highway Glossary Term
Michigan Left Turn MLT a specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and now adopted elsewhere.
Micro-dogleg mDL 2015-02-03 (U)

2015-01-12 (A)

Minimum Bounding Box ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Minor Highway mH  Minor Highway  is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Minor Highway select this link.
Note that when abbreviated to mH, the "m" must not be capitalized to differentiate from "MH - Major Highway".
See Road Types Glossary Term
2014-08-11 (A)
Mood ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Motorway ~ 2010-09-15 (A)
Multiuse Lanes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Munching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)

Name Normalization NN, normname

Related entries: NormName

2015-01-30 (A)
nanoRep ~ 2014-11-18 (U)

2013-06-01 (A)

National Functional Class NFC 2015-01-30 (A)
Node ~

Related entries: Junction

2010-09-16 (A)
NormName NN See Name Normalization Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
North American NA 2012-10-04 (A)
Not Identified NI 2015-01-30 (A)
Nuance ® ~ 2015-01-30 (A)

Opening Post OP 2015-01-30 (A)
Origin ~ Starting point for a driving route, with the destination being the ending point.

(needs to be researched for usage in Livemap and Client)

2010-09-16 (A)

Pacman Roads ~ 2010-09-24 (A)
Papyrus ~ Old working name for the Waze Map Editor.
See Waze Map Editor Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Parking Lot Road PLR  Parking Lot Road  is a road type used in Waze for the internal roads of parking lots and driveways. Not all internal parking lot roads, and driveways are supposed to be on the map. Not to be confused with the Area Place called Parking Lot.
For more information on Parking Lot Road select this link.
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-02-15 (U)

2013-06-03 (A)

Pathfinder (alias) See Wayfinder Glossary Term 2012-08-17 (A)
PB (abbr.) See Pedestrial Boardwalk Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Pedestrial Boardwalk PB  Pedestrian Boardwalk  is a non-routable road type in Waze used to represent paths which should not be driven on, but which the routing server does not see these roads as an option.
Template:RoadTypes
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Permalink PL A browser link (http://...) that shows the map with the same view as the user who created the Permalink (PL). Location, zoom, layers, and selected segments will be the same. You can find the icon for the Permalink in the lower right corner of the WME screen (two chains linked together). When the mouse is hovered over the icon, press Control-C to copy the Permalink to the clipboard or right-click it and choose copy). You can then paste the PL into an e-mail or forum message so others can access what you are seeing.

Note that you should not copy the URL from the browser address bar as a Permalink, as it does not change as you work on the screen. The Permalink icon always has the current Permalink. You can also click the Permalink icon to completely reload your current window without changing the view.
See Permalink Wiki Page
Related entries: Super Permalink

2014-08-04 (A)
phpbb ® ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Place Update Request PUR 2014-10-05 (A)
Places ~ fka [ ]


Related entries: Point of InterestLandmarkPointPoint, Points

Places Update PLU 2015-01-30 (A)
PLR (abbr.) See Parking Lot Road Glossary Term 2013-06-03 (A)
Point ~ "Point" vs "Area" as used to define the type of "Place" in Waze.
See Places Glossary Term
Also see Points Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Point of Interest POI Waze uses the term "Places" for the general term "Point of Interest".
See Places Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Point, Points ~ "Points" as used with rank and edits.
See Rank Glossary Term
Also see Places Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Pothole ~ 2012-07-21 (A)
PR (abbr.) See Private Road Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Primary Street PS  Primary Street  is a road type in Waze, typically used to represent the collector roads in a city. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Primary Street select this link.
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-02-15 (U)

2014-08-11 (A)

Private Installations ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Private Messages PM The Private Messaging system used in the Waze forums or Messages as used in the Waze Client.
See Private Messages Wiki Page
2013-04-30 (A)
Private Road PR  Private Road  is a road type used in Waze for drivable roads which should be mapped, but are not for public use.
For more information on Private Road select this link.
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-02-15 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

PS (abbr.) See Primary Street Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)

Rail Road RR  Railroad  is a non-routable road type in Waze used to represent railroad tracks which are visible from the surface. The routing server does not see these as an option.
Template:RoadTypes
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Ramp Sliproad A freeway entrance or exit; AKA a sliproad. Ramps may be on-ramps or off-ramps. Ramps are used to connect roads at a different grade from the connecting road or freeway, and are handled specially by the Waze routing, and client.
For more information on Ramps select this link.
Also see Junction Style Guide Wiki Page
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-02-15 (U)

2010-09-15 (A)

Rank Lock level, Points Rank (ranking) and Editor Rank & Zoom terms)

Related entries: Point, Points

2013-10-17 (A)
RC (abbr.) See Regional Coordinator Glossary Term
See Release Candidate Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Rcut Rcut 2015-01-30 (A)
Real Time Search Engine RTSE 2015-01-30 (A)
Red Light Camera RLC 2015-01-30 (A)
Regional Coordinator RC See Regional Coordinator Wiki Page
See Community Roles Glossary Term
Also see Country Coordinator Glossary Term


Related entries: Release CandidateCoordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Regression Checker ~ A specific method of Map Protection.
See Map Protection Glossary Term
2015-02-09 (A)
Release Candidate RC A version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version.
See Release Candidate Wiktionary
Also see Release Candidate Wikipedia
Also see Regional Coordinator Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Rest Of World ROW See [ ] 2014-05-17 (A)
Restiction Types ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Reverivle Lanes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Reverse Connection ~ 2014-01-27 (A)
Reverse Connectivity RevCon, Reverse Connection 2013-01-14 (A)
Road Candies ~ Small candy shaped icons that appear on the Waze client app. Drive over them to collect the points associated.
See Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Road Goodies ~ Special items that appear at random locations on the map ro special occasions like hoildays.
See Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Road Muching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Road Munching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Road Report ~
Road Types ~ Road types as used in WME, listed by their hierarchy of preference.

Road Type Abbr.
Highways
Freeway FW
Major Highway MH
Minor Highway mH
Ramp Ramp
Streets
Primary Street PS
Street ST
Other - drivable
Dirt road / 4X4 Trail DR
Parking Lot Road PLR
Private Road PR
Ferry FE
Non-driveable
Walking Trail WT
Pedestrian Boardwalk PB
Stairway SW
Railroad RR
Runway/Taxiway RW

See Road types/USA Wiki Page


Related entries: DrivesFreewayMajor HighwayMinor HighwayRampPrimary StreetStreetDirt RoadParking Lot RoadPrivate RoadFerryWalking TrailPedestrial BoardwalkStairwayRail RoadRunway/Taxiway

2015-02-14 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Roles ~ Roles are assigned to users, and indicate involvment in certain areas of Waze. They can be used to identify a users place in the community leadership hierarchy,a special interest, knowledge, or skills set. There are a number of different roles in Waze.
See Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page
Also see Your Rank and Points Wiki Page


Related entries: Community RolesEditing Roles

2015-01-30 (A)
Roundabout RA 2015-02-09 (A)
Roundabout angle ~ The relative position in compass degrees where a segment connects to a roundabout.
See Roundabout Angle Wiki Page


Related entries: Angle

2015-02-08 (U)

2914-09-02 (A)

Routing Penalties ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
RR (abbr.) See Rail Road Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Runway/Taxiway RW, Taxiway  Runway/Taxiway  is a roaf type in Waze which is used for runways and taxiways in airports. Not all runways and taxiways should be included in the map.
Template:RoadTypes
See Road Types Glossary Term


Related entries: Taxiway

2015-02-11 (A)
RW (abbr.) See Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

SB (abbr.)
Scoreboard SB 2015-01-30 (A)
Seach Codes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Seg (abbr.)
Segment Seg
Defines a section of roadway on which vehicles may travel or a pathway where only people may travel. Multiple segments are connected by junctions. For more information see Create a Road in the Map Editing Guide
2012-02-07 (A)
Selected Roundabout Segments SRS
2015-01-30 (A)
Selected Roundabout Segments SRS 2015-01-30 (A)
Self Connectiviey SelfCon 2013-01-14 (A)
Self-Management SM 2015-01-30 (A)
Simple Segments SimSeg 2015-02-09 (A)
Single Point Urban Interchange SPUI 2015-01-30 (A)
Slip Road ~ 2010-09-15 (A)
Sliproad (alias) See Ramp Glossary Term 2015-02-014 (A)
Small Detour Prevention SDP 2015-01-30 (A)
Smudged City City Smudge 2013-06-01 (A)
Split ~ 2014-12-10 (A)
ST (abbr.) See Street Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Stairway SW
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Starting Point ~ (needs to be researched for usage in Livemap and Client) 2015-02-18 (A)
State Manager SM 2015-01-30 (A)
State Route/Road see Road Type 2015-01-30 (A)
Status ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Street ST  Street  is the lowest public road type in Waze, typically used to represent the local roads in a city. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.
For more information on Street select this link.
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-02-15 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Streetview SV see Google Streetview 2015-01-30 (A)
Streetview SV 2014-08-14 (A)
Super Permalink ~ See Permalink Glossary Term 2015-02-09 (A)
Support ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
SW (abbr.) See Stairway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Tampermonkey ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Taxiway TW Prefered term is Runway/Taxiway
See Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Teams ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Text to Speech TTS Navigation instructions spoken to the driver by the Waze application that includes street names. Some of the Waze "voices" used for navigation support TTS, while others can only speak directions, and cannot speak street names due to their lack of TTS.
Also see Voice Glossary Term
Also see Voice Commands Glossary Term
Also see Kevin Hart rescording voices for Waze. External page


Related entries: Voice

2015-01-30 (A)
Text to Speech TTS

Related entries: Voice

2012-08-18 (A)
Throttling ~ A specific method of Map Protection.
See Map Protection Glossary Term
2015-02-09 (A)
Tile ~ 2012-02-08 (A)
Time Based TB 2015-01-30 (A)
Time Based Restriction TBR 2013-03-27 (A)
Time Based Segment Restriction TBSR 2013-11-04 (A)
Time Based Turn Restriction TBTR 2013-11-04 (A)
Toolbox TB 2015-01-30 (A)
Toolbox (alias) See WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Traffic Locks TL 2014-02-06 (A)
Transclude Transclusion 2015-01-30 (A)
Transfix ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Transit Lane ~ 2013-03-12 (A)
Turn angle ~ The supplementary angle to the junction angle between any two segments connected at a junction.
See Turn angle Wiki Page
Also see Junction Angle Info Glossary Term


Related entries: Angle

2015-02-08 (U)

2014-09-02 (A)

Turn Restriction TR 2015-01-30 (A)
TW (abbr.) See Taxiway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Universally Unique Identifier UUID 2015-01-30 (A)
Update Report Overview URO, URO+ 2015-01-30 (A)
Update Request UR 2012-10-04 (A)
User Level Monitor ULM Deprecated term. Replaced with Community Action Request. 2015-01-30 (A)

Validator (alias) See WME Validator Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Venue ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Voice ~ Various male and female voices are available based on location, in a number of languages to provider spoken navigation instuctions.

While all voices provide turn instructions, only some also provide Text to Speech (TTS) instructions for street names. In the U.S,, Samantha and Tom are two English speaking voices that support TTS.

All voices are assigned human names in the client application. Novelty voices may also be available for some languages such as "Boy Band", and celebrity voices such as commedian Kenvin Hart introduced in late 2013.
See Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term
Also see Text to Speech Glossary Term
Also see Kevin Hart rescording voices for Waze. External page
Related entries: Text to Speech

2015-01-30 (A)
Voice ~

Related entries: Text to Speech

2014-07-29 (A)
Voice Commands ~ See Voice Commands Wiki Page


Related entries: Text to Speech

2015-01-30 (A)

Walking Trail WT  Walking Trail  is a routable road type in Waze used to represent paths which should not be driven on, but which the routing server still sees as an option.
Template:RoadTypes
See Road Types Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Wayfinder WF, Pathfinder See Wayfinder Wiki Page 2012-08-17 (A)
Wayfinder WF 2012-08-17 (A)
Waze AM Layers AMGR 3rd party web tool used to visualize Managed Areas from WME-Tools.

Coming soon: http://waze.tools
See WME-TOOLS.com External page
Also see Coming soon: waze.tools External page

2014-10-11 (A)
Waze Champ ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Expert ~ 2015-02-11 (A)
Waze Expert ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Forum (alias) See Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Global Champ (alias) 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Local Champ (alias) 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Map Editor WME See Waze Map Editor Wiki Page 2012-12-24 (A)
Waze Mobil ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Speak ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Wazer ~ 2010-09-24 (A)
WF (abbr.) See Wayfinder Glossary Term 2012-08-17 (A)
Wiki ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Aerial Shifter WAS 2015-01-30 (A)
WME center to Begin-End of Street WME-BES 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Chat Char 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Color Highlighter CH, WMECH See Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Wiki Page 2013-06-03 (A)
WME Toolbox WMETB 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Toolbox WMETB, TB, Toolbox 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Validator WMEV, Validator 2015-01-30 (A)
WMECH (abbr.) See WME Color Highlighter Glossary Term 2013-06-03 (A)
WMETB (abbr.) See WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
World ROW 2012-10-04 (A)
WT (abbr.) See Walking Trail Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Zoom ~ 2015-01-30 (A)

Notes

Many other non-Waze centric terms not included above may be found in various resources such as the Wiktionary - English Internet Slang.

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