WAZE free sat nav

[MarkRSi]

Tried this out a few times recently, seems quite good so far and would have been useful for avoiding an accident today had I been taking it more seriously. Although the maps sound like a community effort rather than pulled from OpenStreetMap or similar?

Joined the PH group (I think), 29 members so far?

Edited by MarkRSi on Thursday 26th July 21:31

[S6PNJ]

What's the name of the PH group? I've searched for it under Pistonheads and PH but can't find it.

[thetapeworm]

MarkRSi said:

Tried this out a few times recently, seems quite good so far and would have been useful for avoiding an accident today had I been taking it more seriously. Although the maps sound like a community effort rather than pulled from OpenStreetMap or similar?

Joined the PH group (I think), 29 members so far?

Edited by MarkRSi on Thursday 26th July 21:31

There was always talk of them buying some decent map data in to use as a guide for people to make better but it never came about while I was involved - all the roads I added were done from scratch using the app and then edited afterwards using a plugin that allowed you to overlay maps from Google in a browser.

[MarkRSi]

S6PNJ said:

What's the name of the PH group? I've searched for it under Pistonheads and PH but can't find it.

It's Pistonheads. Thing is I did a search last night and couldn't find it. I only got to it since I already joined the group. Hmmmmmm...

[S6PNJ]

MarkRSi said:

S6PNJ said:

What's the name of the PH group? I've searched for it under Pistonheads and PH but can't find it.

It's Pistonheads. Thing is I did a search last night and couldn't find it. I only got to it since I already joined the group. Hmmmmmm...

Thanks, I've tried searching for:

Pistonheads
pistonheads
Piston Heads
PH
Piston
piston
Heads
heads

There also doesn't seem to be a way to invite or search for people. Anyone else a member of the PH group that can shed light? Mark, can you go to the group and find out who the group owner is?

[MarkRSi]

ETA - bks! I managed to leave the group (I thought the '-' icon next to the description was to remove group, but wanted to confirm, and no confirmation prompt was given). Now I can't find it

Edited by MarkRSi on Wednesday 1st August 08:34

[va1o]

didn't work so great this morning for me, tried to tell me there was phantom traffic and picked a weird route. arrived at my destination 20 minutes earlier than the original eta and I wasn't even driving quickly

[problemchild1976]

loving this app.............. fantastic!!!!!

additional benefit is that it works on appradio (double din iphone extension)

although the group search function is arse and i can only join local groups (via phone or desk top dashboard)

i was using navfree but found that dull and boring!!

the more people join it, the better it will get....

i flagged up* a police camera van and 2 x average speed cameras this morning and got rid of some other bits so was having fun

JJ

• all done on the appradio screen

[va1o]

Didn't realise it worked on App Radio, that is quite impressive. Looked at it last year but didn't think many Apps supported.

[Dean4545]

can i up date my tom tom 1 free for maps and speed cams

[S6PNJ]

If maybe you were to look in an underground place that specialised in GPS, you might be able to

[Dean4545]

i got fed up looking,, would you be able to direct me to a underground gps site please, my tom tom needs up dating asap as i drive for a living and not paying to get it up dated, thanks for getting back to me

[S6PNJ]

gpsunderground.com perhaps?

[MarkRSi]

Dean4545 said:

i got fed up looking,, would you be able to direct me to a underground gps site please, my tom tom needs up dating asap as i drive for a living and not paying to get it up dated, thanks for getting back to me

Buy Android phone for £100.

Download WAZE app for FREE

Attempt to join PH group...

... and fail

It's not bad at giving directions though, and there's Google Navigate.

[Dean4545]

i think i should buy one, nice one again just looking on that site now,, ill let you no how i get on

[Accumul8]

Seeing how the 'completely re-imagined' Apple maps has turned out to be not very good, have many people resorted to Waze?

Reading Tim Cook's apology, I was surprised to see that he recommended using a different app while Apple try to fix theirs!

So, Waze. Any good? A genuine replacement for Google Maps?

[andy-xr]

I've not used it for walking directions, I think it's pre-set to driving rather than walking to be honest but I havent looked to be sure

[Shuvi McTupya]

Just thought i would take a look at this and programmed in my home and work addresses which are 12km apart.

When i asked it to plan the route it wants to take me on a route that is 27km...

Not a great start

[MarkRSi]

Problem is since maps are user contributed I suspect there can be huge variation in quality, used it a few times around Aberdeenshire and Northumberland without issue though.


Can't understand why they don't import data from OpenStreetMap, since the ability to report traffic, accidents plod etc. could be a major selling point for the app, which needs lots of users and in turn a reliable map.

[y2blade]

Thread revival. (did a search and this came along, to save starting a new thread)
I'm using WAZE too now, after NavFree sent me on a few wild goose chases recently.

so far it has been faultless, very neat bit of software actually.