Using WAZE... Is that texting?

I got a ticket for VC 23123.5. (a) today when I was looking at the map that WAZE was displaying to me. I was stop at the off ramp of the freeway waiting for the light to turn green.

It is not illegal to read a map!!!

A map is graphics, not text.

I'm I wrong?

This is what the California states...

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc23123_5.htm

V C Section 23123.5 Electronic Wireless Communications Device Prohibited Use
Electronic Wireless Communications Device: Prohibited Use

23123.5. (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication.

(b) As used in this section “write, send, or read a text-based communication” means using an electronic wireless communications device to manually communicate with any person using a text-based communication, including, but not limited to, communications referred to as a text message, instant message, or electronic mail.

(c) For purposes of this section, a person shall not be deemed to be writing, reading, or sending a text-based communication if the person reads, selects, or enters a telephone number or name in an electronic wireless communications device for the purpose of making or receiving a telephone call.

(d) A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a base fine of twenty dollars ($20) for a first offense and fifty dollars ($50) for each subsequent offense.

(e) This section does not apply to an emergency services professional using an electronic wireless communications device while operating an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in Section 165, in the course and scope of his or her duties.
Added Sec. 2, Ch. 270, Stats. 2008. Effective January 1, 2009.