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About Waze</p>
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Welcome to the Waze wiki.
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Getting started</p>
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==User Manuals==
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* [[User Manual]]
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* [[FAQ]]
You can make Waze even better</p>
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{{:Main Page/Help Improve Waze}}
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==Map Editing==
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* [[Editing your route on the map]]
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* [[Edicion de tu ruta en el mapa]]
Problems, bugs and limitations</p>
* [[Cartouche]]
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* [[How to label and name roads]]
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* [[Como categorizar y nombrar vias]]
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* [[How to label and name roads (Netherlands)]]
* [[How to label and name roads (Italian)]]
* [[Cartouche - map problems]]
* [[Known issues]] with Cartouche
==Editing Manual==
===How to fix scan problems===
Scan problems are in fact warnings which appear when the program recognizes a specific area which  might interrupt the navigation.<br/>
The fact that a scan problem appears in a specific area does not necessarily mean that the specific problem has to be fixed. <br/>
It is important to check if any means of fixing should actually take place.


Clicking on a scan problem will present on the edit panel additional information regarding the chosen problem. In some cases fixing suggestions will appear.
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====Scan problem number 1: Intersecting roads====
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The program might alert of this problem when two roads intersect and no mutual node (intersection) appears in between.
Development plans and priorities</p>
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'''Solution:'''<br/>
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In case that the two roads create a junction, meaning: When there is in fact a possibility to turn from one road to the other, it is necessary to create a node in the junction between the intersection.
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#Choose the problem icon by clicking it.
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#In the edit panel the chosen problem will appear including the relevant roads.In the bottom of the panel a possible solution will appear: ''Create junction''
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#choose this option and confirm.
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Please note that in many cases the problem does not need to be corrected. The attached example demonstrates two roads which seem they intersect but in fact there's a bridge above one road.
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In this case the bridge should be marked as such:
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#Choose one of the sections of the bridge (the first by direction of the traffic).
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#Hold Ctrl key and select the second section of the bridge, so that the two sections around the    problem No. 1 are now highlighted.
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#In the Edit panel select ''Bridge above mutual node''.
#Another option is to change the level of the two road segments on ''Edit road details'' panel
====Scan problem number 3: road contained in another road====
 
The program will alert you when two overlapped segments appear in exactly the same place and connected to the same connection points. Without any warning of this problem, it is not always possible to see that there are two roads in the same place because one hides the other.
 
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The most simple way to solve the problem is:
#Highlight the relevant (visible) segment.
#In the Edit panel choose ''Edit road geometry''
#change the shape of the road so it reveals the road below and then confirm your changes.
#delete the unnecessary road - if there is one road that contains less information, such as a street's name or traffic direction, you should delete this one.
#Make sure that the road that remained after deletion is back in its original form using the ''Edit road geometry''.
 
==Current Phone Versions==
* [[iPhone]]
* [[Android]]
* [[Windows Mobile]]
 
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Latest revision as of 08:12, 23 November 2022

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About Waze

Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone and provides the following features:

  • Spoken turn-by-turn directions
  • Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech)
  • Real-time traffic reports
  • Real-time Gas Prices [a]
  • Toll road avoidance [a]
  • Free regular updates to the map that you can help make are installed automatically
  • Search for destinations how you like: entire address at once, category, place name, landmark or use the addresses from your contacts
  • Integrated destination search with a massive country-wide database and Google
  • Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Gaming elements for fun and integrated social networking

^a Accuracy dependent on user contributions


Read more about the amazing way Waze gets better when you just drive around with Waze turned on

Getting started

If you have problems, try and find your own solution or ask the community for help:

If all else fails, you can email Waze with your problem

You can make Waze even better

You can make Waze better for yourself and everyone else

Problems, bugs and limitations

Waze is a fun and sophisticated navigation app. In most developed countries Waze provides superior navigation information over commercial GPS applications. Like any developing application, there are issues and complications that are being worked to resolve. Many of them are cosmetic and do not prevent a fully gratifying experience when using Waze.

Temporary issues are tracked in the official Waze server status and issues page.

Note that Waze Bugzilla, a tool previously used for bug reporting, is no longer in use. The Waze community used to report and tracks bugs and problems in the Bugzilla application. At the time, it was the best place to identify any currently known issues. There is no official replacement for Bugzilla.

Some of the more common issues include:

  • Routing distance is limited to about 1,000 miles (1600 km) distance. To route to longer distances, select a point between your origin and destination less than this limit.
  • When you request a route, the client device app assumes you are continuing in the same direction you last traveled. This is often desirable, but can lead to unnecessarily longer routes when you have a choice of direction from your starting position. If you start driving the other direction, it will recalculate the route.
  • Issues and limitations on your supported model smartphone
  • Odd routing: Waze has been known to make short detours. In these situations, Waze instructs the driver to turn off a road, only to have the driver immediately return to it. Ostensibly, this shortens the route, but it produces routes that many drivers consider unreasonable, and the time savings are often dubious. Editors can often work around this using the Detour Prevention Mechanisms.


Development plans and priorities

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.

Current development focus includes:

  • Upgrading the worldwide infrastructure, allowing Waze to support the growing number of users while making the service more reliable
  • Bug fixing
  • Integrating features to generate revenue for Waze
  • Releasing the same features for Android and iOS
  • Supporting correct routing of authorized vehicles on Carpool, HOV, Transit lanes. Waze currently supports taxis, and private vehicles.

Recently completed:

  • Upgrading the World servers, which has increased the reliability and speed of editing maps
  • Improved the routing in areas of Private Roads and Parking Lot Roads
  • 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
  • Gas price integration
  • POI category search
  • Toll Road avoidance
  • Time of day turn restrictions
  • Time of day road directional changes
  • Implementing road blocks and road closures


Have fun going your own Waze.