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Contents
1. About Yandex Map Editor
2. Working with the map
3. Global mapping rules
4. Rules for regional mapping
Appendices
Support
3. Global mapping rules
3.1. General rules
3.2. Administrative divisions
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. Terrain
3.12. Transport: railways
3.13. Transport: rapid
3.14. Transport: ground
3.15. Transport: air
3.16. Transport: water.
3.17. Fences
3.18. Indoor maps
3.1. General rules
3.1.1. Selecting items
3.1.2. Using information
3.1.3. Naming map items
3.1.4. Forbidden locations
1. About Yandex Map Editor
1.1. How to become a Yandex Map Editor author
1.1.1. User profile
1.1.2. Deleting personal data
1.2. Recommended mapping order
1.3. Moderating edits from Yandex Map Editor
1.3.1. Tasks of moderators
1.3.2. How to become a moderator
1.3.3. Rules for blocking a user
1.4. Glossary
2. Working with the map
2.1. Yandex Map Editor interface
2.2. Configure the map
2.2.1. Find an item
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. View user edits
2.2.8. Keyboard shortcuts
2.2.9. Item search and selection
2.3. Data sources
2.3.1. Satellite images.
2.3.2. Map Editor Notepad
2.3.3. Panoramas
2.3.4. Dashcam snapshots
2.4. Create and edit map items
2.4.1. Technical limitations
2.4.2. Map item categories
2.5. Places
2.6. Linear items
2.6.1. Simple linear items.
2.6.2. Composite linear items
2.7. Polygonal items
2.7.1. General rules for drawing
2.7.2. Internal polygons
2.7.3. Simple polygonal items
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. Adding map item attributes.
2.10.2. Map items: related edits
2.10.3. Items: additional tools
2.10.4. Map item: copy
2.10.5. Map items: split.
2.10.6. Item: Undoing, error messages, deleting, link
2.10.7. Map items: comment
2.10.8. Map items: history
2.10.9. Message to the author of the edit
2.10.10. Author notifications
2.11. Inaccuracy reports
3. Global mapping rules
3.1. General rules
3.1.1. Selecting items
3.1.2. Using information
3.1.3. Naming map items
3.1.4. Forbidden locations
3.2. Administrative divisions
3.2.1. Drawing administrative division units
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 road sections
3.3.2. Adding attributes to road sections
3.3.3. Adding attributes to roads
3.3.4. Road conditions
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 locations (organizations)
3.6.2. Adding attributes to places (organizations)
3.6.3. Entrances to organizations outside Indoor maps
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
3.8.3. Speed cameras
3.8.4. Traffic lights
3.8.5. Speed bumps
3.8.6. Railway crossings
3.9. Vegetation
3.9.1. Drawing vegetation items
3.9.2. Adding attributes to vegetation items
3.9.3. Draw the center of a vegetation item
3.9.4. Plants (highly detailed maps)
3.10. Hydrography
3.10.1. Drawing hydrographic items
3.10.2. Adding attributes to hydrographic items
3.10.3. Adding attributes to rivers
3.11. Terrain
3.11.1. Adding attributes to terrain items
3.11.2. Adding attributes to terrain items
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: ground
3.14.1. Drawing ground transport
3.14.2. Adding attributes to ground transport
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
3.18.1. Drawing indoor maps
3.18.2. Adding attributes to indoor maps
3.18.3. Entrances to organizations on 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. Transport items
4.1.6. Places (organizations)
4.1.7. Natural items
4.2. France
4.3. Poland
4.4. Turkey
4.5. Serbia
4.6. Romania
4.7. Japan
4.8. Arabian Peninsula countries
4.9. Israel
4.10. Colombia
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
Translation rules
Changes and additions to the Mapping Rules
Support
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3. Global mapping rules
3.1. General rules

3.1. General rules

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 locations

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