I believe having some sort of route mapping option akin to services like mapmyrun and Strava would be a great way to introduce a more social aspect for those of us who like driving for the sake of the drive or an adventure.

Myself and many of my friends enjoy just going on random drives where we just go where the wind takes us and see sights with no particular destinations in mind. However mapping those routes and destinations for future reference is challenging and honestly time consuming.

A feature like this as I could currently see it would allow the user to select a tracking option, which would then start recording. This would then track their current location and plot it along the route they drive, allowing the user to see a recap of sorts at the end of the drive, possibly with some analytics such as time driven, distance driven, time spent stopped, or others for people who enjoy more specific analytics.

Another feature that could tie into this tracking option would be the ability for users to mark points of interest along the route using the same kind of marking tools used to mark hazards currently. Users could then when stopped or post-drive add information to those points of interest such as name, basic descriptions, photos, tags, etc.

Tying into those would be the option of a social network of sorts, where users could share routes, points of interest, photos, posts, etc. with the community. At the moment, it feels as if Waze has a strong passionate community, but very few options outside of off-platform forums to really interact in a social way.

A feature like this would not only give Wazers the chance to build more of a community locally and at large, but also the chance to integrate other future features to really reinforce the connection drivers can have with those around them. Thus, Waze could become more of a platform, rather than just a tool. While this may seem like a lot, most of the technical groundwork could build on existing systems like marking hazards and location tracking.