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Show all notifications as popup
I like that all the notifications: police, traffic, accidents, missing notifications are displayed as 1 km, it currently only shows the police, but it would be good to include all the others, one may thus slow down or take alternate routes
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Add ability to report gas prices
It would be nice if users could report gas prices... This would attract a LOT more wazers.
I don't mind having to manually enter the data, but reporting it could be as simple as taking a pic of the price sign with your phone, and on the server side, it gets interpreted and organized into grade of gas and price.
Wazers will then be able to search filtering out stations that have (or don't have) diesel, or if your vehicle requires higher octane, one will be able to filter out specific details to match their needs.
109 votesup and running since version 3.2
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Before automatically reporting slowness/stoppage, give the driver a button to cancel the report
The waze client is very quick to report slowness or stoppage as a traffic problem. There may be other reasons for a slowdown--maybe the driver has pulled off the road or is waiting at a really long light.
My idea for coping with this: If the client notices a slowdown, play a special tone and put a button or pop-up on the screen for a short amount of time (5-8 seconds?). That will give the driver the option of cancelling an incorrect traffic report before it goes out.
Of course, it shouldn't be so obtrusive as to get in the…
37 votesAvailable on version 2.2 and on. When waze isn’t 100% sure about the traffic jam, it will ping and ask you to confirm you are in traffic.
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Support horizontal map display
Enable iPhone to be turned horizontally to enable a larger map view.
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Let users contribute GPS traces to Open Street Map
I just don't see why waze hasn't fully embraced www.openstreetmap.org I've been asking since day one for a way to contribute my GPS traces to both waze and Open Street Map but my suggestion has been ignored so far. I think waze, Open Street Map and the community would all win if this collaboration happened. See http://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59225/suggestions/982979 for the cartouche suggestion.
3 votesas cougar mentioned, this is already possible under the archive of the edit map (cartouche). If you are not sure how to do this, please write to us – alpha@waze.com – and we will explain more
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"display off" mode
I'm driving a motorbike and I'm generally wazing to update map and / or inform the other wazers about the traffic on the road. So, my phone is in my pocket... It would be great if Waze could do that with the display of my phone off...
4 votesGreat news! Waze works with screen off. Set a route, block your phone, and you’re good to go with voice directions.
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more screenspace ahead of the car in 2D mode
while driving in fixed North=up mode and in landscape the client could position the car/current location icon so that there would be more screenspace (and thus more useful information) ahead and less space (and thus much less useful information) behind the car
5 votesI believe this was resolved in Version 2.2. There’s more screenspace ahead while in navigation.
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Post weather reports
Torrential rain, ice, tornado etc etc would all be useful information for other Wazers, just like Traffic Jams or accidents are. Can we have a quick weather report like moods with a limited validity time please?
7 votesweather hazards were added to the ‘hazard’ category in version 2.2. Drive safely!
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Remove mood icon from road reports
Have you ever changed a mood icon when making a road report? Do you think it is useful to know that someone is angry when the post a traffic jam? This feature takes up room that could be used for other options such as editable quick texts that could be used to enhance road reports.
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Support iPhone 4 Retina Display
Update Waze to support the high res goodness of iPhone 4's Retina Display
31 votesCompleted on version 2.1 for iPhone and onwards.
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Waze Joyride - Plan cookie munching trip
Instead of navigating from A to B, can I plan a circular route with as much cookie munching as possible? My regular commute no longer suggests new routes, but I'd like to explore the area and have say a 30 min trip validating as many roads as possible.
33 votesThis is available – in the route settings, you can choose ‘prefer cookie munching’. This will make the route a bit longer, but will include more road munching, where available.
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Enable street numbering through iPhone client
Although the tutorial and online docs mention the ability to mark street numbers through the waze client using GPS, this is not available on iPhone.
5 votesIt is available – go to ‘report’ >> ‘map update’ >> ‘update house numbers’
Note: you can only update a house number for your current location. You can’t add house numbers to a different location.
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chit-chat posts to Twitter
It would be nice to be able to turn off the ability to post Chit-Chats to Twitter. I want to be able to report all the road conditions, but I don't feel my chats should go to Twitter and clutter it up more so.
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Cancel traffic report due to bad GPS signal
Occasionally the client automatically creates a traffic load report (due to bad GPS signal?), even though the traffic is flowing freely. It would be nice to be able to cancel such a report.
5 votesYou can cancel a report that you have sent. You need to view this event from the list view (after pressing the ! with the events number next to it).
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Show username if nickname is empty.
If you choose to display your name and the 'Nickname' field is empty, you are still Anonymous. The username should be shown by default in this case.
27 votesFrom version 2.1 and on, nickname cannot be empty, and it is defaulted to the user name.
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Show current scale on screen (cm long line with how many meters it is).
Sometimes it is hard to know if a juction is a km away or just 50 meters, specially if you're only showing map without any guidance. Autoscale makes this even more difficult.
24 votesThank you for your suggestion! As you may already know, this option is now available.
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Limit search to smaller area
When I search I don't really want streets from other countries.
32 votesSearch is now limited by radius from current location. When the current location is unknown, it is based on last known location.
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Make the top choice on the main 'Drive To' screen be your last chosen location.
Whether it's because I cancelled navigation or, much more likely, the server erred out when routing, I constantly need to choose the same location as the last one I chose. If it was three or four pages down on my 'Saved Locations' page this can be quite a hassle—and a bit dangerous—to do while driving.
I'd propose that when you press the 'Drive To' button the top choice on the list is whatever the last location chosen was until that destination is reached.
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