During our Scandinavian meeting, we talked again about support for getting a list of choices for multiple navigation points for a location that has them entered in WME. It was very unclear whether this was implemented for iOS, but it has now been confirmed via a bug report that this is the case.
I took the opportunity to ask Waze in that bug report about upcoming support for Android and received a response. It is highly desired by the community, but there is currently no plan to implement it.
It would be nice, however, if someone here could confirm the support on iOS and post some pictures of what it looks like. It would motivate us to use that feature in WME more than we do today.
In both cases, I only get one choice and itâs to the entrance. If I select a route, I get the main route to the entrance and the alternative route to the other navigation point.
Tested this on the work iPhone but just like on the droid I only get a route to the nearest entry point , tested against Matarket in StrÀngnÀs, the main point is towards TrÀdgÄrdsgatan, but as you can see I get it on Nygatan
Yeah, exactly. It doesnât seem to be working as it should on iOS, but on Droid it seems to work as it should (WAD) where it picks the closest one. Iâll see if I can test Ulleâs example on the Droid, and then Iâll add to what I put in the bug report you linked for iOS with reproduction steps.
What do you mean? Itâs not implemented on Android!
In the video for iOS, itâs clearly shown that all entry points are listed for the hospital as expected; you should see that on your iPhones too, but for the examples I mentioned above.
As I mentioned earlier, this isnât implemented on Android, so itâs expected that only one entrance is shown. In this example, the Main Entrance as itâs marked in WME.
If I choose a route to KFC Bromma Blocks, it takes me to the Main Entrance as pnylin showed, see image 1. If I click on the âMain Entranceâ icon, I get two choices, âMain Entranceâ and âDrive-inâ, see image 2. If I choose âDrive-inâ, Iâm still routed to the main entrance.
The choice of navigation point should reasonably appear either as an option during the search or once Iâve selected a place that has multiple navigation points. As it is now, you donât get any information that there are multiple navigation points; you have to actively look for them yourself, which is a poor solution!
Yeah, in beta theyâve implemented it so it should choose the nearest entry point on Android, and thatâs how it works too, unless theyâve changed how itâs supposed to work again; however, my iPhone seems to do the same and doesnât ask.
If the main entrance is still supposed to be selected, then itâs not working as intended; Iâll have to double-check the feature status.
Edit: here is the beta thread https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/multiple-entry-points-now-open/19792. If you read down a bit, at the time it was temporary (which then seems to have become permanent) on Android that it picks the closest one but doesnât ask, but Iâll ask them to clarify what applies now because itâs quite an old thread, as it seems unclear and also seems to work differently,
I do know though that if Iâm at VĂ€stervikstorget and request a route, I get entry points on TrĂ€dgĂ„rdsgatan for the grocery store there, and that matches how itâs described.
Edit 2: the feature is marked as production so there shouldnât be anything that differs.
