Built on trust
How verification works
A parking map is only useful if it's true. This page is the whole promise: where the data comes from, who checks it, and why you can trust the marker you're driving towards.
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It starts with real data
Parkwise locations come from official sources and from drivers who know their streets. Wherever a location starts, it goes through the same standard before you rely on it.
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A driver confirms it on the street
Data ages. Signs change. So a real driver stands in front of the bay and confirms the map matches the street — the location, the category, the price on the sign. Only then does a location move towards its verified badge.
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Disagreements are settled by consensus
If a driver reports a wrong price or a changed rule, the location is flagged and other drivers are asked to check. The majority decides. One mistaken — or malicious — report can never poison the map on its own.
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The verified badge is earned, never given
A location only carries the verified badge once its details have been fully confirmed. Everything else says plainly that it still needs checking. We would rather admit uncertainty than pretend confidence.
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Live reports obey the 60-minute honesty rule
Space availability is separate from verification, and it expires. A green marker means a driver confirmed spaces within the last hour. After 60 minutes, the marker returns to neutral — Parkwise never shows you stale hope.
The drivers doing the checking are rewarded for it — every confirmation and report earns points that convert into free access. See how the economy works.