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The blue line indicates the route to your stop point, the purple route indicates the route to your final destination from the stop point
The pink line indicates the route to your stop point, the purple route indicates the route to your final destination from the stop point


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===== Navigation List and Share Destination =====
===== Navigation List and Share Destination =====

Revision as of 06:30, 20 June 2012

Create New Account

How to register

After running Waze at the first time you will see the Sign in menu:

To register click Join and fill in your details and click Next:

You can skip the registration and register later by clicking the Skip button:

By clicking the skip button you're now logged in with a temporary user, if you decided to register just open Menu >> My Waze:

Choose My Profile:

And choose Register:




How to Navigate

Back to Waze Version 3


How to navigate?

To navigate click on the navigate button from the main screen:

And choose Navigate:


You can slide the icon right to open the search menu:

Here you can use the search bar to search your destination or use Categories.

Search for destination using the search bar

After searching your destination you will get list of search results:

Search using Categories

To view the categories list click on categories from the navigation menu (Menu >> Navigate):

Here you'll see list of categories:

  • Gas Station
  • Parking
  • Bank / ATM
  • Pharmacy
  • Convenience Store
  • Coffee
  • Restaurant
  • Fast Food
  • Nightlife
  • Mall
  • Mani-Pedi
  • Attractions & Great Outdoors
  • Hotel / Motel
  • Car Wash
  • Car Repair
  • Hospital
  • Police Station

After choosing a category you'll see a list of places sorted by distance:

To view the places on the map just click on map (at the top right of the screen):


Click on Go to navigate:


Search in Bing, Google, Foursquare, Yelp, Contact list

You can find more search results by sliding left or right the search bar below:

  • Waze
  • Yelp
  • Google
  • Yellow Pages
  • Foursquare
  • Bing
  • Contact list

After choosing your destination you will see the option menu:



Add to Favorites, Navigate, Preview map, More

Here you have 3 options:

  • Location (the current window).
  • Info - info about the place (phone number, prices etc..).
  • Specials - coupons and discounts.
Location

  • View large preview map
  • Add this destination to favourites (read more about favorites here).
  • Go - navigate to destination
  • More - view more options:


  • Add a stop on the way - Let you to add a stop on your current route.
  • Set as start point - set this location as start point.
  • Show on map - show the location on the map
  • Share location - choose to send via text message or send via email



Info

Information about the place: phone number, prices, photos, etc..


Specials

Here you can view coupons and discounts.


Alternative routes, Favourite route

To start the navigation click Go, now you will see this window:

Here you can see the events on the selected route, to choose different route click on Routes:

To view the routes on the map, click on the map button:

After selecting a route you will start the navigation (your favourite route should appear here too):



Stop the route, Add a stop, Alternative route, Mute sound

By clicking the menu button you can choose to:

  • Stop the navigation.
  • Add a stop point.
  • Mute Unmute.
  • Choose alternative route.
  • Share location, destination, facebook, twitter, email to friends.

Add a stop point

1. Navigate to your destination:

2. Click on Menu and choose Add a stop:


3. Now you need to search for the stop point, you can either search using the search box or you can use the categories (in this example we're using the categories):

Choose Categories:

Choose a place:


Here you can see the ETA to your stop point and the ETA to the final destination.


The pink line indicates the route to your stop point, the purple route indicates the route to your final destination from the stop point

Navigation List and Share Destination

To view the navigation list just tap on the top of the screen:


Back to Waze Version 3


How to add a place to Favorites


Method 1


To add a place on the map to your favorites without searching it, just tap on that place on the map and hold for a few seconds:

Then you will see a small window, click on that window:

Click Add

Choose a name for that Place and click Done:



Method 2



Search for a place and add it to your favorites:


Open the Menu and choose Navigate:

Search for the place:

Choose the place:

Now click Add:


Choose a name for that Place and click Done:



Delete Favorites


Method 1


1.A) Open the Menu and choose Navigate:

B) Click on Favorites

Or (Jump to step D)


C) Click on the blue arrow:



D) Click on Remove:



Method 2 (Currently iPhone only)


2.A) Open the Menu and choose Navigate:


B) Click on Favorites

C) Click on Edit:

D) Click on :

E) Or slide left and click on Delete:




Reorder Favorites (Currently iPhone only)


Open the Menu and choose Navigate:

Choose Favorites:

Click on the edit button:

Click on button and drag it where you want:

To save the changes click on Done button

Gas Stations

How to search for a gas station

To search for gas stations near you click on Menu >> Navigate

Now choose Categories:

And select Gas Station from the list:

Here you'll see all gas stations near you sorted by price (you can choose different sort from the settings menu).


Please note that you can choose to view gas stations from different search provider but you won't see the prices, the prices for gas stations are available on Waze search provider only!


You also can click on map to view the gas stations around you:

Once you have selected the desired gas station you'll see the preview window:

At the Location tab you can:

  • View the gas station on the map.
  • Phone number.
  • More - > Add a stop point (see how to add a stop point), Set as start point, show on map and share the location.
  • Add the place to favorites
  • Go -> to navigate.

At the Info tab you can see more info about the place like: phone number, photo of the place, prices and when the prices were last updated.

Athe the Specials tab you can check for Coupons and discounts.

How to update gas prices

When you're in a gas station you can update the gas price:

Click on Report

Choose Gas Prices

Choose the gas station from the list:


Here you'll see the gas prices:

  • Regular
  • Midgrade
  • Premium
  • Diesel

To update a price just tap on the current price and update the price:

Click send to update.

Gas Stations Settings (preferred station, gas type, sort by)

You can Choose to view only preferred gas stations, preferred gas type and sort them.

  • Open the Menu and choose Settings:

In the settings menu scroll down and choose Gas stations:

Preferred Station

Choose Preferred station:

Here you can choose to show All stations or only one:

Gas Type

Choose the price of the gas type that you want to see when searching for gas station:

Here you will see the price of the selected gas type:

Sort By

Choose how you want to view the search results of the gas stations:

  • Sort by Price
  • Sort by Distance
  • Sort by Brand

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