November 2021
Hello Editors!
It's time for the monthly Editors Community Newsletter!
Thank you for all your contributions and enjoy the FULL VERSION below :)
Waze Communities Team.
Introducing Dark Mode!
Welcome to the Dark Side…
One of the most popular Community requests is going live! Dark Mode will start launching gradually to users, who will now be able to conveniently switch between the traditional light and new dark mode UI.
October Meetups
LATAM Mega Meetup
On Sunday, October 10th, 122 Community Members gathered virtually for the Annual LATAM Mega Meetup! Staff presented community updates, and deeper looks into ETA & Routing, Localization, Beta, WME, Waze Gamification, and Waze for Cities. Participants had a great time solving a virtual Escape Room, and held lively discussions with Waze Staff over four Round Table sessions. Check it out on YouTube in Spanish here, and in English here!
US GLR, PLN, & MAR Regional Meetup
Sunday, October 3rd, 59 Community Members joined virtually for the GLR, MAR, & PLN Regional Meetup. Staff shared community stats and product updates, while the regions’ Champs shared a community update, plans for Virginia by 2025, and all enjoyed a Llama cookie decorating class.
Italy Local Meetup
On Sunday, October 10th, 30 members of the Italian Community came together for a virtual Local Meetup. Staff shared community updates and looks into Routing, Partners, and QA. Kudos were given to editors who helped implement a new Gas Feed, and updated Multiple Toll Prices.
Scandinavian Regional Meetup
On Sunday, October 17th, 26 members of the Scandinavian Community from Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark held a virtual Mini Regional Meetup. Staff presented a community update and a deeper look into Waze Routing, while the region’s Champs shared results from their Finish survey.
Register now for the Brazil Online Mega Meetup on November 21st here!
Partner Hub Launch
The Waze for Cities Team recently launched the new Partner Hub, a platform for all partner tools and data, replacing the old Partner Portal. Why? We wanted to provide a more advanced and stable platform, and make account management easier. We’ve already created a test account for Partnership Coordinators, and will train and guide them on using the Hub and Tools.
Sudan MapRaid
Congratulations to the Sudan Community, supported by Boosters, for their amazing efforts this October to create new roads, edit existing roads, and add more information to your local maps. It is amazing to see new communities emerge and come together to complete your local map on Waze!
New Languages!
Congratulations to the Localization Community and to the local Georgia and Australia communities on the introduction of the Georgian and English (AU) new languages, now live in the Waze app! The Waze Communities are immensely grateful for your amazing contributions to make Waze accessible and localized to more countries!
Office Hours - Pandemic ETA & Road Width Deep-Dive
In this edition of Waze Communities Office Hours we met with Nir Schenkler from the ETA Team and Gil Disatnik from the Product Team. Nir gave us insights into how Waze’s ETA predictive models adapted to the new post-COVID pandemic reality on the road, and Gil dove deeper into the new Road Width feature, answering the Community’s deep technical questions into Road Width’s functionality, while sharing some of his own best practices along the way. Check it out on YouTube here!
In Memoriam: Iainhouse
The Waze Communities mourn the passing of Iainhouse, and send deepest condolences to his friends and family. Iain was an amazing person who deeply touched many members of our community. He embodied everything it means to be a Map Editor and a Global Champ, through his eagerness to help other editors and teach new skills, to his prolific contributions to the community with over 10k Forum posts and numerous scripts. Iain will be dearly missed. To honor his legacy, we’ve created this Forum Badge for those who want to memorialize Iain to wear with pride.
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