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Waze is growing fast in features and popularity. This is not a complete list of development areas, but should reassure you that Waze is aware of your concerns and is working to make things better.  
To prevent cheating, Waze uses a throttling system. It is a mechanism which detects anomalies in the number of edits per time frame and prevents cheaters/scripters from gaining points for massive edits. While many scripts are used for positive additions to the map, some scripts cause specific harm with the goal of accumulating points quickly. Scripts used for massive edits are allowed, but may not always result in the rewarding of points.
 
'''Current development focus includes:'''
* Upgrading the worldwide infrastructure to allow Waze to support the growing number of users while making the service more reliable
* Bug fixing
* Integrating features to generate revenue for Waze
* ASR (Automated Speech recognition)
* TTS (Text to Speech voice guided turn-by-turn instructions that announce the street names for upcoming turns) in multiple languages
* Releasing feature equal clients for Android and iOS
* Gas price integration
* POI category search
* Toll Road avoidance
* Time of day turn restrictions
* Time of day road directionality changes
* Adding the ability to search for location by UK postcodes
* Implementing road blocks and road closures
* Supporting [[Carpool, HOV, Transit lanes]]
 
 
 
'''Recently completed:'''
* Making the Android version stable
* Upgrading the [[Banks of Servers|World servers]], which has increased the reliability and speed of [[Map Editing (new Editor)|editing maps]]
* Improved the routing in areas of Private Roads and Parking Lot roads

Revision as of 11:51, 1 February 2015

To prevent cheating, Waze uses a throttling system. It is a mechanism which detects anomalies in the number of edits per time frame and prevents cheaters/scripters from gaining points for massive edits. While many scripts are used for positive additions to the map, some scripts cause specific harm with the goal of accumulating points quickly. Scripts used for massive edits are allowed, but may not always result in the rewarding of points.