Translations:Places/10/en

General Tab

The general tab: here you enter all basic information: categories, name, description, petrol brand, residential/public, opening hours, country, state, city, street, and house number.

Category: Places require at least one category to be assigned, but can belong to multiple others. Always select the main category first. For example, a petrol station can also be "Convenience store", "Car wash", or "Charging station". For a more detailed explanation of categories, see the Place categories page.

Name and address: If possible, provide name and address. Use the official name of the place. Optionally add an alternative name. :Place addresses - other than residential houses - are not used when searching by address. They are purely for informational purposes.

If a Google link is provided in the External provider field (see below), please also add the Google name as an alternative name.

The address is particularly useful for directing Wazers to the location.

Under the Map layer Places, you can specify whether the place name should be displayed on the editor screen. Place names are displayed starting from a certain zoom level.

Description: The Description field is visible in the Waze app and is intended for useful and objective information regarding the place itself. Keep it concise.

Some places require payment: do not change the description unless it is clearly incorrect.

Do not use the description field for your own notes or comments to other editors.

Access Points: Add Access Points when necessary so that Waze can navigate you to the correct side of the place. Use one place per destination. The navigation selects the nearest entry point.

If a hospital has different destinations for the general entrance and for emergency/first aid on the other side of the building - create an area location for the hospital with its own entry point and a point location for emergency/first aid access.

Do not place entry points on top of road segments, but slightly to the side to get the best left/right directions. Each entry point must have a name; the name is displayed in the Waze app ETA screen. It is important to keep the name short so that it matches the map and ensure it is easy to understand.

External providers

With Waze, with L3 and higher, you can add directions with POIs from external providers. One of the external providers is Google Maps.

When a place is linked, drivers can select any destination from the search results in the app; whether the result is from Waze or Google, it will always lead you to the Waze navigation stop.

When linking a Google POI, add the Google name as an alternative name. Then—if a Google search result is selected in the Waze app—the navigation will lead you to the Waze location.

Searching for a place results in duplicate results (the same name) if more than one Waze Place is linked to the same Google POI.

When access to a place is on a different road, it is useful to also include the address as an additional link, using a Google address pin. This way, the place is also found when searching by address.