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Complete Guide to Waze in the United Kingdom

Getting Started

Hopefully you're reading this and want to edit the map, either because you've found a mistake or you want to add a new road. Either way, it is important that you adhere to the standards already set.

• UK Quick Start Editing Guide

• UK Self-Management Statement

• Waze Map Editor Manual (Global page)
• Mentoring

Please also read the various Editing Guidelines below.

Editing Best Practice

UK editors are encouraged to follow these guidelines, which may differ from the generic guides.

Editing Roads

• How to classify and name roads
• How to label towns and cities
• Junctions and Roundabouts
• Lane Guidance

Editing Places

• How to draw and label places
• Guidelines for mapping Car Parks

Speed Limits and Cameras

• Speed Limits on Roads
• Average Speed Check Zones
• Speed and Red Light Enforcement Cameras

Locks Levels and Editor Ranks

• Locking policy - when to lock or maybe not
• Editor Features Restricted by Rank

Other topics

• Guidelines for dealing with User Reports and Conversations
• Footpaths

Best map editing practice (Global page)

Editing Resources for the UK

• UK Editing Resources
• Northern Ireland Resources

Area Managers

• UK's Self-Management Policy
• How to become an Area Manager (UK Forum)
• Map of UK Area Managers
• How to contact the UK Country Admins
• Requirements for application become a UK Country Manager

UK Editor Community

• United Kingdom - Waze Forum
• UK Country Admins
• UK Local Champs
• Waze UK - Facebook Page
• Waze UK - Twitter

Waze tools are constantly evolving and therefore UK mapping guidance and policies do change over time, if you spot anything that you believe to be missing, out-of-date, or no longer relevant kindly contact a UK Country Manager or UK Country Admin who can get the pages updated.

Some road names and boundaries contain Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. For more information see OS OpenData Licence.