Waze Map Editor Legend

This page lists the symbols, colors, and other items displayed in the Waze Map Editor and provides a reference for further explanation.
In addition to the map as it is displayed by default in the Waze Map Editor, scripts can customize the map and add color and other symbols. This page only includes the standard map components.

Roads

Enable the map layer Road to show and maintain. Multiple selections possible.

see Railroad
see Runway/Taxiway

see Walking trail path with destinations
see Pedestrian Boardwalk, path without destinations
see Stairs

Incompletely defined or activated with special attributes:

The red outer lines indicate that the street name is missing
The brown broken line indicates that the road is unpaved
The arrows indicate a 1-way traffic road in the direction indicated by the arrows
The red crosses indicate that the direction of travel is unknown
The Yellow breaks indicate a restriction. Here on a regular Street
The blue line indicates a toll. Here on a Freeway
The number next to the road is a house number

While working with a road segment:

A new segment
An existing selected segment
A segment to be deleted

Junctions

Enable the map layer Junction boxes to show and maintain junction boxes:

A Junction Box
A selected Junction Box with the inputs

Arrows

and see Junction Arrows
see Soft turn and on the USA wiki
and see U-turn

Objects

Places

Enable the map layer Places to show and maintain the point and area places below. Multiple selections possible.

A place of the garage category with subcategories such as Gas Station and Laadstation
A place of the vervoer category with subcategories such as Bridges, Tunnel and Verzorgingsplaats
A place of the professional en openbaar category
A place of the winkels en diensten category
A place of the eten en drinken category
A place of the cultuur en drinken category
A place of the overige category with subcategories Bouwplaats to use for new residential areas
A place of the logies category with subcategories such as hotel, camping, cottage, bed and breakfast
A place of the buiten category with subcategories such as park, playground
A place of the natuur category with subcategories such as river, canal, sea, lake, forest, trees
A parking lot is always an area place. Enable the map layer to display and maintain it.
A place of the woning category is always a point place and has a subcategory eigen woning. Enable the map layer to show and maintain it.

When working with a point place the place is shown enlarged white blue outlined. Here a selected place of the garage category.
A selected area place is shown as a turquoise polygon with the black move handle.
Area places are shown as a pink polygon.

Map Comment

A map comment. Comments can be placed on the map as a point comment and as an area comment. Both are white. For this view, enable the map layer Map Comments.

Closures

To display and maintain Closures, the map layer Closures must be activated:

A closure that is not yet active, see Closures
Active closure, see Closures
A closure that is no longer active, see Closures

Issues

Enable the map layer Issues to show and maintain the notifications below. Further selections possible with the Issue tracker.

New UR's update requests open for zero to five days are yellow; one without and one with a response
Orange UR's are open for between 6 and 14 days.
Red URs have been open for 15 days or longer.
Bestand:NL-UR-afgesloten-niet-geidentificatie.png Bestand:NL-UR-afgesloten-opgesolved.png Closed URs. Gray indicates problem not identified, green problem solved
This symbol represents multiple URs. Zoom in for the individual URs.
PUR, place update request. The number indicates that there are three Place update requests at this location.
A Flagged place update request
A problem on the map, see Map problems
Bestand:NL-verandering-ter-beoordeling.png Bestand:NL-verandering-ter-beoordeling-2.png A suggestion for a map change from an editor with too low a level to make the change himself.
The segment suggestion relates to the purple segment.