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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.

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Glossary Table

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

$1 USD ~ (Used for Glossary sorting test of symbols) 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)
AMGR (abbr.) See Area Manager Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (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 ~ A "Place Area" is a Waze POI with an associated polygon displayed on the map, as opposed to the "Place Point".

(not the same as "Points" as used in Points Ranking)

See Places Glossary Term
Also see Point Glossary Term
Related entries: Point

2015-02-22 (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)

ASR (abbr.) See Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term 2012-08-18 (A)
At Grade Connector ~ 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)
BDP (abbr.) See Big Detour Prevention Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (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 (also see SDP) 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)
BM (abbr.) See Bookmarklets Glossary Term 2014-10-11 (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 Candies • Road 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)
Bookmarklets BM A Javascript stored as a web browser bookmark.

See Bookmarklets Wiki Page


Related entries: Bookmark

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 Express Lane, High Occupancy Vehicle See Carpool, HOV, Transit_lanes Wiki Page


Related entries: High Occupancy Toll • High 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 2013-09-10 (A)
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)
CFI (abbr.) See Continuous Flow Intersection Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
CH (abbr.) 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) See Smudged City Glossary Term
Client ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
CM (abbr.) See Country Manager Glossary Term
See Community Manager Glossary Term 		2015-02-20 (U)

2014-12-07 (A)

Codes ~ See Search Codes Glossary Term 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: Champ • Community Manager • Coordinator • Country Coordinator • Mentor • Regional Coordinator

2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki (alias) See Waze Wiki Glossary Term 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 Editing 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)
CWL (abbr.) See Camera Watch List Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

DAB (abbr.) See Disambigution Glossary Term 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)
DB (abbr.) See Data Base Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
DB (abbr.) See Dashboard Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
DB (abbr.) See Dashboard Glossary Term 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)
DLT (abbr.) A specific type of Cotinous Flow Intersection.

See Displaced Left Turn Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Dogleg ~ 2015-01-12 (A)
DOT (abbr.) See Department of Transportation Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (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)
DTE (abbr.) See Drives Tab Enhancer Glossary Term 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 • Country Manager

2015-02-15 (A)
Elevation Level 2015-01-30 (A)
End Point Node ~ 2013-05-06 (A)
Estimated Time of Arrival ETA

Related entries: ETA

2015-01-30 (A)
ETA ~ See Estimated Time of Arrival Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Event ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Expert ~ See [ ] 2015-01-30 (A)
Express lane (alias) See Car Pool Lane Glossary Term 2012-08-18 (A)
Extension ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
FAQ (abbr.) See Frequently Asked Questions Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
FC (abbr.) 2015-01-30 (A)
FE (abbr.) See Ferry Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Federal Highway Administration FHWA 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)
FM (abbr.) See Formal Mentoring 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: Mentor • Mentoring

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)

Geo-Ops ~
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)
GMM (abbr.) See Google Map Maker 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, HO, HoGs 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, SV, SV 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 ( do an also see for Tampermonkey)


Related entries: Tampermonkey

2015-01-30 (A)
Groups ~ also see Google Hangouts 2015-01-30 (A)
GS (abbr.) 2015-01-30 (A)

Handle ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Hanouts (alias) See Google Hanouts Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
HC (abbr.) See Help Center Glossary Term
Help (alias) See Help Center Glossary Term
See Support Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
Help Center HC, Help
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)
HN (abbr.) See House Numbers Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
HO (abbr.) Less dersireable abbreviation for Google Hangouts.

See Google Hanouts Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
HoGs (abbr.) Humorous abbreviaion occasionally used for "Hangout Groups".

See Google Hanouts Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
HOT (abbr.) See High Occupancy Toll Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
HOT Lane (alias) See High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
House Numbers HN 2015-01-30 (A)
HOV (abbr.) See High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2010-09-16 (A)

IGN (abbr.) See IGN Glossary Term 2013-03-11 (A)
IGN IGN Editors paid by Waze to make updates to the map. (Not to be confused with inter-geometry node.)

See IGN Wiki Page 		2013-03-11 (A)
IL (abbr.) See Israel Waze server Glossary Term 2014-05-17 (A)
IL (abbr.) See Illinois USPS code Glossary Term 2014-05-17 (A)
Illinois USPS code ~ Illinois USPS postal code

Also see Israel Waze server Glossary Term


Related entries: Israel Waze server

2015-02-21 (A)
IM (abbr.) See Informal Mentoring Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Indentifer ID: "ID:" is used within Permalinks to identify various objects within WME including, Cameras (unknown), Nodes (nodes=), Places (venues=), PURs (unknown), Segments (segments=), URs (mapUdateRequest=) Some ids are also visible in the left WME panel.
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 Standard two-letter ISO code, which also refers to the routing and editor infrastructures which is distinct from Rest Of World and North America servers.

Also see Illinois USPS code Glossary Term


Related entries: Illinois USPS code

2014-05-17 (A)

JAI ~ See Junction Angle Info Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (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: Angle • Junction angle • Turn angle • JAI

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 (alias) The previously used term "Landmarks" has been deprecated in favor of the term "Places".

See Places Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
LC (abbr.) See Local Champ 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 ~ A button on the Waze client app Report menu to indicate there is a problem with the map by means of an Update Request.


(Recheck use of MI in Waze environment)

See Map Issue Wiki Page
Also see Update Request Glossary Term
Related entries: Update Request

2013-02-25 (A)
Map Problem MP, Map Issue An automated report from the Waze servers that identifies a possible problem with the map. See Map problem for more information.

See Map Problem Wiki Page 		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: Throttling • Regression Checker

2015-02-09 (A)
Map Team ~
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)
MP (abbr.) See Map Problem Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
MR (abbr.) 2015-02-21 (A)
Multiuse Lanes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Munching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)

NA (abbr.) See North American Glossary Term links here 2012-10-04 (A)
Name Normalization NN, NormName 2015-01-30 (A)
nanoRep ~ 2014-11-18 (U)

2013-06-01 (A)

National Functional Class NFC 2015-01-30 (A)
NFC (abbr.) See National Functional Class Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
NI (abbr.) See Not Identified Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Node ~

Related entries: Junction

2010-09-16 (A)
NormName (alias) 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 (alias) See Place Update Request Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Place Update Request PUR, Place Update A Place Update Request is displayed in WME on its own layer. It is produced either from the client app similar to an Update Request, reported by a user from the requesting a new Place or an update to photo or details of an existing Place which the user doesn't have permision to update. It can also be produced in WME when an editor attempts to modify a Place locked above their rank.

See Places Glossary Term 		2014-10-05 (A)
Places Venue, Landmark Waze's implementation of a POI system. Places can be either an Area or a Point which affects their display on the map, but not any other features.

See Places Wiki Page


Related entries: Point of Interest • Point • Area • Points • Place Update Request

2015-02-22 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

PLR (abbr.) See Parking Lot Road Glossary Term 2013-06-03 (A)
PM (abbr.) See Private Messages Glossary Term 2013-04-30 (A)
POI (abbr.) See Point of Interest Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Point ~ A "Place Point" is a Waze POI without associated polygon displayed on the map, as opposed to the "Place Area".

(not the same as "Points" as used in Points Ranking)

See Places Glossary Term
Also see Area Glossary Term
Also see Points Glossary Term
Related entries: Area

2015-02-22 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Point of Interest POI A specific location of interest, usually with accompanying details. Used by many GPS and mapping softwares for indentifying businesses, etc. on the map.

Waze uses the "Places" for it's implementation of "Points of Interest" in it's maps.

See Places Glossary Term

2015-01-30 (A)
Points ~ "Points" as used with rank and edits. (not the same as "Point" as used in Area Point)

See Rank Glossary Term
Also see Places Glossary Term


Related entries: Point

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 Message PM Private message

See Private Messages Wiki Page 		2013-04-30 (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)
PUR (abbr.) See Place Update Request Glossary Term 2014-10-05 (A)

RA (abbr.) See Roundabout Glossary Term 2015-02-09 (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) See Ediitor Rank (and Cones)

See Waze Points Rank and Waze Points (as seen in Waze client application) See Waze Points Level (as seen in Waze client application)
Related entries: Points

2013-10-17 (A)
RC (abbr.) See Regional Coordinator Glossary Term
See Release Candidate Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
RC (abbr.) See Regional Coordinator 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 Candidate • Coordinator

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, ROTW, World

Related entries: World

2014-05-17 (A)
Restiction Types ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
RevCon (abbr.) See Reverse Connectivity Glossary Term 2013-01-14 (A)
Reverse Connection (alias) See Reverse Connectivity Glossary Term 2014-01-27 (A)
Reverse Connectivity RevCon, Reverse Connection 2013-01-14 (A)
Reversible Lanes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
RLC (abbr.) See Red Light Camera Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (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: Drives • Freeway • Major Highway • Minor Highway • Ramp • Primary Street • Street • Dirt Road • Parking Lot Road • Private Road • Ferry • Walking Trail • Pedestrial Boardwalk • Stairway • Rail Road • Runway/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 Reorganization of the Community: What does my role mean? Waze forum
Also see Your Rank and Points Wiki Page


Related entries: Community Roles • Editing Roles

2015-01-30 (A)
ROTW (abbr.) See Rest Of World Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (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)
ROW (abbr.) See Rest Of World Glossary Term 2014-05-17 (A)
RR (abbr.) See Rail Road Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
RTSE (abbr.) See Real Time Search Engine 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.) See Scoreboard Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Scoreboard SB 2015-01-30 (A)
SDP (abbr.) See Small Detour Prevention Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Seach Codes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Search Codes ~ See Search Codes Wiki Page


Related entries: Codes

2015-01-30 (A)
Seg (abbr.) See Segment Glossary Term
Segment Seg 2012-02-07 (A)
Selected Roundabout Segments SRS Selected Roundabout Segments; browser extension for WME 2015-01-30 (A)
Self Connectiviey SelfCon

Related entries: SelfCon

2013-01-14 (A)
Self-Management SM 2015-01-30 (A)
SelfCon ~ See Self Connectiviey Glossary Term 2013-01-14 (A)
Simple Segments SimSeg 2015-02-09 (A)
Single Point Urban Interchange SPUI 2015-01-30 (A)
Slack ~ 2015-02-21 (A)
Slip Road (alias) See Ramp Glossary Term 2010-09-15 (A)
SM (alias) 2015-01-30 (A)
SM (abbr.) 2015-01-30 (A)
Small Detour Prevention SDP (also see BDP) 2015-01-30 (A)
Smudged City City Smudge 2013-06-01 (A)
Split ~ 2014-12-10 (A)
SPUI (abbr.) See Single Point Urban Interchange Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
SRS (abbr.) See Selected Roundabout Segments Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (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 See State Manager Glossary Term


Related entries: State Manager

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

Tampermonkey ~ Also see Greasemonkey Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Taxiway TW Prefered term is Runway/Taxiway

See Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term 		2015-01-30 (A)
TB (abbr.) See WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TB (abbr.) See Time Based Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TBR (abbr.) See Time Based Restriction Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
TBSR (abbr.) 2013-11-04 (A)
TBTR (abbr.) 2013-11-04 (A)
Teams ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Text to Speech ~ Navigation instructions spoken to the driver by the Waze application that includes street names. Some of the Waze "voices" used for navigation support , while others can only speak directions, and cannot speak street names due to their lack of .

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)
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 See Time Based Segment Restriction Glossary Term


Related entries: Time Based Segment Restriction

2013-11-04 (A)
Time Based Turn Restriction TBTR See Time Based Turn Restriction Glossary Term


Related entries: Time Based Turn Restriction

2013-11-04 (A)
TL (abbr.) 2014-02-06 (A)
Toolbox (alias) See WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Toolbox (alias) See WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TR (abbr.) See Turn Restriction Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Traffic Locks TL See Traffic Locks Glossary Term


Related entries: Traffic Locks

2014-02-06 (A)
Transclude Transclusion 2015-01-30 (A)
Transfix ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Transit Lane ~ 2013-03-12 (A)
TTS (abbr.) See Text to Speech Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (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)

ULM (abbr.) See User Level Monitor Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
United States Postal Service ~ United States Postal Service

See United States Postal Service External page 		2015-02-21 (A)
Universally Unique Identifier UUID See Universally Unique Identifier Wikipedia
Also see UUID Waze forum 		2015-01-30 (A)
Update Report Overview URO, URO+ 2015-01-30 (A)
Update Request UR, Map Issue An Update Request is a Map Issue reported by a user from the Waze client app. It is also a layer in the Waze Map Editor

See Update Request Wiki Page
Also see Map Issue Glossary Term


Related entries: Map Issue

2012-10-04 (A)
UR (abbr.) See Update Request Glossary Term 2012-10-04 (A)
URO (abbr.) See Update Report Overview Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
URO+ (abbr.) See Update Report Overview Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
User Level Monitor ULM Deprecated term. Replaced with Community Action Request. 2015-01-30 (A)
USPS (abbr.) See United States Postal Service Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
UUID (abbr.) See Universally Unique Identifier Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Validator (alias) See WME Validator Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Venue (alias) Internal term used within the WME code to identify Places.

See Places Glossary Term 		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 () instructions for street names. In the U.S,, Samantha and Tom are two English speaking voices that support .

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 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)
WAS (abbr.) See WME Aerial Shifter Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Wayfinder WF, Pathfinder See Wayfinder Wiki Page 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 ~

Related entries: Waze Expert

2015-02-11 (A)
Waze Expert ~

Related entries: Waze Expert

2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Forum (alias) See Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Geo-Ops ~ 2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Global Champ (alias) 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Local Champ (alias) See Local Champ Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Map Editor WME See Waze Map Editor Wiki Page 2012-12-24 (A)
Waze Map Team ~ 2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Mobil ~ See [Waze Mobil Waze Mobil] External page 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Speak ~ Friendly term that implies the use of the terms in this glossary within communications. 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki ~

Related entries: Wiki

2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki Community Wiki, Wiki When capitalized, "Wiki" as used in Waze communications implies the specific "Waze Wiki". (Side note: The word "wiki" is Hawaiian for "fast".)

See Main Page Wiki Page
Also see wiki Wikipedia


Related entries: Wiki

Wazer ~ Any user of Waze, and the name used for an anonymous user in the Waze client mobile application.

See Waze symbols Wiki Page 		2010-09-24 (A)
WF (abbr.) See Wayfinder Glossary Term 2012-08-17 (A)
Wiki (alais) See Waze Wiki Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
WME (abbr.) See Waze Map Editor Glossary Term 2012-12-24 (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 (alais) See Rest Of World Glossary Term 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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