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Contents
1. What is Yandex Map Editor
2. Working with the map
3. Global mapping rules
4. Rules for regional mapping
Appendices
3. Global mapping rules
3.1. General rule
3.2. Administrative division
3.3. Roads
3.4. Buildings
3.5. Addresses
3.6. Locations
3,7. Territories
3.8. Road infrastructure
3.9. Vegetation
3.10. Hydrography
3.11. Relief
3.12. Transport: Railways
3.13. Transport: rapid
3.14. Transport: land
3.15. Transport: air
3.16. Transport: water
3.17. Fences
3.18. Indoor maps
3.1. General rule
3.1.1. Selecting items
3.1.2. Using information
3.1.3. Naming map items
3.1.4. Prohibited objects
1. What is Yandex Map Editor
1.1. How to become a Yandex Map Editor cartographer
1.1.1. User profile
1.2. Recommended mapping order
1.3. Yandex Map Editor moderation
1.3.1. Moderator's tasks
1.3.2. How to become a moderator
1.3.3. Rules for blocking users
1.4. Glossary
1.5. Write to Support
2. Working with the map
2.1. Yandex Map Editor Interface
2.2. Map management
2.2.1. Found object
2.2.2. Move the map
2.2.3. Change the map scale
2.2.4. Measure distance
2.2.5. Change the map type
2.2.6. Go to Yandex.Maps
2.2.7. Keyboard shortcuts
2.3. Data sources
2.3.1. Satellite images
2.3.2. Map Editor Notepad
2.3.3. Panoramas
2.3.4. Dashcam snapshots
2.3.5 The Yandex Map Editor app
2.4. Create and edit map items
2.4.1. Technical limitations
2.4.2. Object category
2.5. Places
2.6. Linear object
2.6.1. Simple linear items
2.6.2. Composite linear objects
2.7. Contour objects
2.7.1. General rules for drawing
2.7.2. Internal polygons
2.7.3. Simple contour objects
2.7.4. Composite polygonal items
2.7.4.1. Drawing techniques
2.7.4.2. Editing techniques
2.8. Circular items
2.9. Intersections
2.10. Other operations with map items
2.10.1. The attribution of the object
2.10.2. Map item: related edits
2.10.3. Objects: group operations
2.10.4. Item: copying
2.10.5. Object: slicing
2.10.6. Item: undo, report, delete, link
2.10.7. Map items: comments
2.10.8. Object: history
2.10.9. Messaging a map editor
2.10.10. Author notifications
3. Global mapping rules
3.1. General rule
3.1.1. Selecting items
3.1.2. Using information
3.1.3. Naming map items
3.1.4. Prohibited objects
3.2. Administrative division
3.2.1. Drawing administrative divisions
3.2.2. Adding attributes to administrative divisions
3.2.3. Drawing the center of an administrative division
3.3. Roads
3.3.1. Drawing roads and sections of roads
3.3.2. Adding attributes to road sections
3.3.3. Adding attributes to roads
3.3.4. Road signs
3.4. Buildings
3.4.1. Drawing buildings
3.4.2. Adding attributes to buildings
3.4.3. Building entrances
3.5. Addresses
3.5.1. Drawing addresses
3.5.2. Adding attributes to addresses
3.6. Locations
3.6.1. Drawing places (organizations)
3.6.2. Adding attributes to locations (organizations)
3,7. Territories
3.7.1. Drawing territories
3.7.2. Adding attributes to territories
3.8. Road infrastructure
3.8.1. Road structures.
3.8.2. Parking lots
3.8.3. Speed cameras
3.8.4. Traffic lights
3.9. Vegetation
3.9.1. Drawing vegetation items
3.9.2. Adding attributes to vegetation items
3.9.3. Drawing the center of a vegetation object
3.10. Hydrography
3.10.1. Drawing hydrographic items
3.10.2. Adding attributes to hydrographic objects
3.10.3. Adding attributes to rivers
3.11. Relief
3.11.1. Drawing terrain items
3.11.2. Adding attributes to terrain
3.12. Transport: Railways
3.12.1. Drawing railway items
3.12.2. Adding attributes to railway items
3.12.3. Adding attributes to railways
3.13. Transport: rapid
3.13.1. Drawing: rapid transit
3.13.2. Adding attributes to rapid transit
3.14. Transport: land
3.14.1. Drawing: ground transport
3.14.2. Adding attributes to ground transport items
3.14.3. Public transport route options
3.15. Transport: air
3.15.1. Drawing: air transport
3.15.2. Adding attributes to air transport
3.16. Transport: water
3.16.1. Drawing water transport
3.16.2. Adding attributes to water transport
3.17. Fences
3.18. Indoor maps
4. Rules for regional mapping
4.1. Russia and ex-Soviet countries
4.1.1. Naming map items
4.1.2. Administrative divisions
4.1.3. Road sections and roads
4.1.4. Addresses
4.1.5. Transportation items
4.1.6. Places (organizations)
4.2. France
4.3. Poland
4.4. Turkey
4.5. Serbia
4.6. Romania
Appendices
Examples of how to set road levels at interchanges
Airfields with parentheses in their names
Rules for transcribing Russian letters
Location and organization classification
FAQ
Location and organization names
Changes and additions to the Mapping Rules
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3. Global mapping rules
3.1. General rule

3.1. General rule

Rules that apply to all users and all map items on YME:

  • 3.1.1. Map item selection rules
  • 3.1.2. Information use rules
  • 3.1.3. Map item naming rules
  • 3.1.4. Forbidden items

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