Things I would Like to See (as a commuter)
1. I need to see more than 0.5 miles. Perhaps I'm too dumb to figure it out, but I can't seem to zoom out and make that view center on my location. When I hit the center button, I'm back to 0.5 miles, which is worthless to me as I can usually see farther than that myself. I suggest a new method of zooming in/out that doesn't leave the centered-on-location view. We need to be able to see 20-30 miles ahead if we are going to have to make intelligent decisions about traffic.
We need easy zoom out in both 2d and 3d modes.
2. Buttons are still too small, as it the text. My Omnia screen is abaout 75% the area of an iPhone, and I can't read most of the messages. This should be configurable.
3. Once the route is choosen we should be able to get a view of the entire route. Perhaps a fly-by, stopping to show events on the way (cops, accidents, traffic). I personally have an 80+ mi commute to work, and being able to see traffic way down the road is mandatory. Currently I am forced to use Google Maps for this.
4. Idea: trusted Waze commuters should be able to drive alternate routes and save them as such. Waze should then track people trying those routes to see if they are really faster. For example, on one freeway I take has at least 2 non-mountain road alternates that one can drive if the freeway is backed up. Each is about 5-10 min longer without traffic. If I could easily mark a route as an "alternate" then Waze could perhaps route others that way when there is traffic on the main route.
5. Waze doesn't take Carpool lanes into account. This is important for some commuters (sadly, not me).
6. While I understand the advantages of user-submitted data, it seems Waze is over-reliant on it. In LA we a have very heavily monitored monitored freeway system, and if Waze is going to be useful it should take advantage of that. Must I go to Google Maps to see this data? I'd rather stay in Waze.
We need easy zoom out in both 2d and 3d modes.
2. Buttons are still too small, as it the text. My Omnia screen is abaout 75% the area of an iPhone, and I can't read most of the messages. This should be configurable.
3. Once the route is choosen we should be able to get a view of the entire route. Perhaps a fly-by, stopping to show events on the way (cops, accidents, traffic). I personally have an 80+ mi commute to work, and being able to see traffic way down the road is mandatory. Currently I am forced to use Google Maps for this.
4. Idea: trusted Waze commuters should be able to drive alternate routes and save them as such. Waze should then track people trying those routes to see if they are really faster. For example, on one freeway I take has at least 2 non-mountain road alternates that one can drive if the freeway is backed up. Each is about 5-10 min longer without traffic. If I could easily mark a route as an "alternate" then Waze could perhaps route others that way when there is traffic on the main route.
5. Waze doesn't take Carpool lanes into account. This is important for some commuters (sadly, not me).
6. While I understand the advantages of user-submitted data, it seems Waze is over-reliant on it. In LA we a have very heavily monitored monitored freeway system, and if Waze is going to be useful it should take advantage of that. Must I go to Google Maps to see this data? I'd rather stay in Waze.
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