I posted this on the Waze Facebook page earlier today, this forum is likely best for enhancement requests.
Briefly: allow me to record and name my preferred routes and have Waze choose between them for a commute.
Longer version:
I’d like the developers to consider allowing users to manually record (either by driving or using an online map interface) my preferred routes between common end points (i.e. my commute). Let me name the preferred routes myself. Then when evaluating routes for a commute, choose between the preferred routes if available.
Why? Because the dynamic thing isn’t working for me. I’ll drive a new route many times and it still won’t be considered for subsequent drives, even after asking for alternative routes. I’ve toiled in the map editor for too long making changes to receive no benefit–it consistently sends me on crazy routes instead of choosing the direct path.
And, even if all of that worked, the auto-generated names for the routes that Waze comes up with are hard to interpret and I’d want the ability to name them too, if they were consistent. Like let me tell Waze at the end of a route what to name the route we just drove.
If this change were done, then it would override all of the error prone reliance on pristine maps, intelligent detection of repeated driving patterns, etc and just let me use Waze for what I want: the fastest commute every day.
Just be aware that the dynamic thing really only learns your favorite destinations, NOT the actual routes. It’s commonly accepted here that the feature is miss-named as it does not learn any routes, just destinations.
To be sure, I was referring to the Waze claim that if I drive the routes I like, it will learn them and use them in the future. I just didn’t want any confusion with the feature that learns my destinations and attempts to predict which one I’m navigating to. That said, are we talking about the same thing or different things?
We are talking about the same thing. The system description says it learns your favorite routes, but all it really learns is your favorite destination.
Wow…thanks for letting me in on the secret. All this time I thought I was teaching Waze my different routes and hoping the student would show signs of intelligence at some point. Alas, it was all in vain.
Now I really want this feature added. The source code is open, right?
Although Waze did used to learn your favorite routes (not just destinations). The route leaning functionally is currently broken. Yes, it’s misleading. Especially with the disclaimer on the route summary screen ‘Waze learns quickly…’
With Waze 3 the source code is not longer open. In addition a lot of Waze functionality is handle via the back end and not the client application.
I’d very much like to see this too. I can’t convince Waze to ever give me my usual commuting route, all it offers are two routes on roll roads, and one on a non-toll road which is gridlocked every morning. My usual route is usually clear, and is toll free.
