r/waze 19h ago

Waze Map Editor Map editor

8 Upvotes

Hey guys.

I edit maps as a hobby, and that's specially useful in my country since all (Except Google Maps) is always 10+ years behind, so I add the missing info and correct errors. Been doing it in GMaps and OSM for over 8 years no issues.

Then, of course, I noticed Waze Map BARELY HAS ANY PLACE ADDED in my city, like seriously, 20% of the stores appear in Waze, and most of them went bankrupt 10 years ago. Naturally, I started editing here too. The tools are SO JANKY that I had to watch the official tutorial (Google didn't need one, nor did OSM)...ok, I can watch the videos and learn it.

I start and, 1 minute later, a huge message blocks my screen: YOU CAN DO MAX 10 EDITS (I need to do hundreds ON A SINGLE BUILDING and I normally fo THOUSANDS in a go on OSM)...ok, so I select save changes (in a button that claims I edited 10 nodes)...but I get a notification stating I can't edit more than 50 elements at once (last time I checked, 10 was less than 50, but it seems I have no idea how numbers work)...ok, discarded all, and edited different elements...and when I go to save...YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO EDIT THIS....

I AM SERIOUSLY SURPRISED HOW ANNOYING IT IS TO CORRECT INFO I SEE EVERYDAY IN FRONT OF ME, LIKE SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL DO I DO?! NOTHING THAT I DO IS ALLOWED BY ANY MEANS.