Client - how can we improve waze on your phone?

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  1. Please, up grade Waze for WP7, I and other people must use WP7 on Business net system

    Please, up grade Waze for WP7, I and other people must use WP7 on Business net system

    5,474 votes
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      479 comments  ·  Windows Mobile  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Support map preloading for offline use

      Add a way to preload maps for a state, region, or country, so we'll still have maps if we lose internet connection out in the middle of nowhere, or for those of us who have limited (or no) data plans.

      3,370 votes
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        112 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Add pause option for stops

        Add pause option to client, that could be activated when stopping by at a gas station or other places, so that heavy traffic is not indicated. It could unpause automatically when the car start moving

        1,270 votes
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          48 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Save and later upload client data for areas with limited cell and/or Wi-Fi only users.

          The amount of data saved currently is insufficient to allow mapping of vast rural areas. Saving this data when storage is available and later uploading will speed the completion of your goals.

          922 votes
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            43 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            started  ·  krankydkrankyd responded

            This is already working, though not properly and all devices. We are working on improving waze behavior in areas where the connectivity is not good, however, you will still have to start a new waze session with a connection .

          • display only live-info and events relevant to the current route

            Add option, that would:
            - enforce event pop-ups (such as accidents, etc.) to show only if they happen on the current route to destination (no need to se events in radius when not on the route)
            - display only number of events (under the icon with the red excl. mark) relevant to the current route to destination (this would help user open the live info only when there is a number indicating something going on on the route

            780 votes
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              planned  ·  22 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • re-route based on upcoming traffic conditions / congestions

              While waze does show upcoming traffic condition on one's route it does not provide facility to automatically re-route the traveler around traffic congestion using surface streets or alternate highway/freeway.

              This is essential to optimizing waypoint ordering/priority:

              http://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-client-how-can-we-improve-waze-on-your-phone-/suggestions/2360018-navigation-waypoints

              This ought be available in other-than a binary toggle (yes or no). While yes and no are suitable broad options, waze ought provider finer grained control of re-routing as it does now (faster or shorter). These should include

              (1) time windows

              (2) zones / areas

              (3) specific roads / highways / freeways

              (4) density of other Wazers

              (5) using either / both wazer…

              715 votes
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                16 comments  ·  Navigation  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Display/report speedlimit

                The speed limit is not only depending on the road type, which seems to be the case today. Would be practical to see the current speed limit, as well as report a speed-limit change. It's quite annoying when I send out a slow traffic report because of lower speed limit.

                706 votes
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                  18 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Add friends without using social network

                  It would be good to have a way of adding frineds without having to be a member of Facebook or another social network.

                  669 votes
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                    16 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • 548 votes
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                      under review  ·  23 comments  ·  Navigation  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • walking mode button

                      Have you thought about a walking mode button.So if you have waze on you don't get false data that traffic is at a stand still when you are walking.
                      Many thanks Andrew warren 

                      524 votes
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                        22 comments  ·  Android  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Mute navigation during phone call.

                        When making or taking phone calls using bluetooth, waze navigation prompts often interrupt me. The person on the other end of the line can't hear the prompt, but it means either I miss what they're saying, or my train of thought is interrupted mid-sentence.

                        It would be useful for the client to auto-mute during a phone call.

                        521 votes
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                          31 comments  ·  Navigation  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Allow declaring Toll Roads and the option to not navigate through them

                          Waze wants to route me through a toll road every day and can't seem to find an alternate route until I actually drive it. I want to be able to avoid Toll roads, which means tolls roads need to be able to be declared in the editor.

                          511 votes
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                            29 comments  ·  Navigation  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                            Countries in which we have already enabled the feature on the client are:
                            Australia
                            Belgium
                            Canada
                            Czech Republic
                            Hungary
                            Israel
                            Latvia
                            Portugal
                            Slovakia
                            Sweden
                            The Netherlands
                            The United Kingdom

                          • New Report options

                            Please add following option for reporting:

                            Hazard -> Weather -> Ice On Road - REALLY important in my country

                            Hazard -> Weather -> Flooded Road - also REALLY important

                            Hazard -> On road -> Road Closed ahead - this could be abused, so should be discussed in function

                            Hazard -> On road -> Dangerous Curve - most are marked by road signs but driver could choose to get extra warning from Waze! for example it would really help when visibility is poor!!

                            Hazard -> On road -> Dangerous Intersection - maybe Black Point (a point where a lot of accidents…

                            465 votes
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                              under review  ·  26 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • dead reckoning (when neither data nor GPS available)

                              There are zero map apps that offer dead reckoning:

                              continue navigation when neither GPS nor data (mobile or wifi) are available. Useful also when insufficient GPS birds viewable.

                              + compass
                              + accelerometer
                              + time

                              optionally

                              * orientation (for fixed mounts)

                              Given availability of map data those are enough to continue navigation:

                              . in tunnels
                              . in parking structures
                              . in box canyons

                              This is especially beneficial for those who do not have (no longer have) aGPS [assisted GPS] features.

                              But dead reckoning will benefit even those with aGPS.

                              441 votes
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                                9 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • "Both lanes" reporting option

                                Add a "both lanes" option when reporting traffic jams, hazards, and accidents affecting both directions of travel at the same time.

                                441 votes
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                                  under review  ·  15 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Get railroads back!

                                  I'd like to have railroads shown on the client with white-black dashed line.

                                  412 votes
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                                    15 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • police: trailing/leading (in motion vs stationary)

                                    Reports of stationary police are nice, but reporting highway patrol on the prowl with that feature is untenable.

                                    Please consider a feature to report actively pacing highway patrol with modifier for leading (ahead of officer), or trailing (behind officer).

                                    There should be an option to anonymize the report should one be traveling WITH- or accelerating AWAY from- the highway patrol at speeds exceeding posted limits.

                                    393 votes
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                                      22 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Different scoreboards for editors, drivers and forum

                                      It has been noticed before that the Waze-community is divided between editors and drivers; editors being the users that earn most of their points by editing, drivers are those that earn most of their points behind the steeringwheel.

                                      Currently, the scoreboard seems to be dominated by drivers - the topnotch of these are probably truckers, spending their live on the road, driving maybe thousands km per week, making up to 20.000 pts. There is nothing wrong with that, we NEED drivers, and I do not want to suggest that they do not earn their points.

                                      But for editors these are…

                                      387 votes
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                                        9 comments  ·  Waze client - general  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                      • Waze for WP8

                                        It would be great for Waze to release a version for WP8. I love using Waze on iOS and it is one of the limited apps that I would miss on WP8. Thanks!

                                        320 votes
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                                          8 comments  ·  Windows Mobile  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • Privacy zone: stop reporting *near* home/work‏

                                          Having read the Waze ideology of location reporting at journey endpoints with respect to privacy I have deemed it wanting greatly.

                                          Please consider a feature to allow one to create flexible (arbitrarily variable) zones around one's home, workplace, church, etc, where upon entering one's position is no longer publicly visible.

                                          I am confident a variation of this will mitigate privacy journey endpoint concerns

                                          310 votes
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