Best sat nav app has to be waze

Best sat nav app has to be waze

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Original Poster:

6,973 posts

136 months

Sunday 6th November 2016
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Just drove back from Bury st Edmonds to Inverness. Waze gave me a estimated arrival time upon start of the route. Arrived within 3 minutes of that time 500+ miles later.

Really impressed with how it accounts for traffic including the future traffic based on what normally happens. On my way down it was out slightly as it had to detour me due to a accident but can't really blame it, made a change about 30 minutes in advance and told me due to a accident.

Best I've used!

Cool story bro etc.

Mr Happy

5,694 posts

219 months

Sunday 6th November 2016
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It's quite handy for camera vans as well, not infallible (as really you still need the mk1 eyeball for that) but definitely decent.

numtumfutunch

4,705 posts

137 months

Sunday 6th November 2016
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Im a confirmed fan and dont know why it hasnt been adopted further

gweaver

906 posts

157 months

Sunday 6th November 2016
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Waze is good, but so are:

  • Here maps - you can download the map of the UK (and other countries) onto your phone, so you don't need a reliable data connection. Great for holidaying abroad too.
  • OSMAnd - Clunky and not yet good for car navigation, but lots of local detail from OpenStreetMap.

joebongo

1,516 posts

174 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Tomtom all the way for me. Best rerouting and best traffic information.

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Waze has gotten worse recently. Some of its diversions around traffic are mental.

Always seems to put me in traffic as well.

DaveH23

3,230 posts

169 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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I use google maps. Pretty sure they own Waze so the re routing, arrival times and traffic are all the same.

I circum navigate the country on a weekly basis and it's never once let me down.

Dan_1981

17,352 posts

198 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Pretty sure Google do now own Waze.

I think recently it's got worse.

Some of the re-routes i'm sent on are bizarre.

Although I still use it daily.

And overall I'm ranked 6246th with 541004 points.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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i use google maps, and waze is based on it. i usually pre=plan and choose my route myself.

The Mad Monk

10,474 posts

116 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Does Waze need/use a data connection?

Buff Mchugelarge

3,316 posts

149 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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I swear by Waze.
I've been using it since last February and in 60k+ miles it's not let me down yet.
A++ would use again

johnwilliams77

8,308 posts

102 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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The Mad Monk said:
Does Waze need/use a data connection?
Yes to load your route
Not required once route is loaded

devnull

3,745 posts

156 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Fully sold on Waze, and used to be a paid up Tomtom fan. If it's good enough for London uber drivers, its good enough for me. Used for the last 40k with minimal WTFs and a reliable ETA, even if it isn't in my favour smile

For some of the comments about Waze leading into the traffic: Sometimes the route is still the shortest despite the traffic, and sometimes Waze just cant keep up with the sheer change of micro jams which pop up during rush hour.

Markbarry1977

4,027 posts

102 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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I have been a waze user for a couple of years.

It's even saved me 6 points on my licence because some kind user marked a man with a camera just over a blind hill. Of course the more people using it and tagging things like plod, breakdowns etc the better it becomes.

spookly

4,011 posts

94 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Another vote for Waze here, just for the speed camera info biggrin

I've found here maps to be good in the UK, but really odd when abroad. When trying to take me to a beer warehouse in Ghent it sent me about 5 times round the town till I gave up and carried on with the journey. On the way back down through Belgium it diverted me off the main route through Antwerp through different tunnels than the main Kennedy tunnel, then down some country route to Bruges. Not due to traffic, this was Sunday evening on quiet roads.

Dave Hedgehog

14,541 posts

203 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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I am a waze Knight now biggrin

it has reduced my avg daily commute time in london by 45 mins a day!!

and allowed me to avoid several really bad delays, including an evening when blackheath was shut for 4 hours which a friend got stuck in, i only spent an extra 10 minutes getting home

its saved me from many mobile camera and hidden PoPo as well

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Monday 7th November 08:15

stinkspanner

701 posts

180 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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I like waze, but does anyone know how to stop it asking if I'm going home everytime i use it in the afternoon? (Other than deleting my home address)

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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I've always used Google maps, father in law has been swearing by waze for time, just about to download it!

ikarl

3,730 posts

198 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Only recently started using waze and, so far, I'm impressed.

I think the more people use it, the better it will become as it tracks more and more people

cptsideways

13,535 posts

251 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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The one annoying feature of Waze though is the lack of an overview map view like you get in Google Nav. So I often have both running.