Annying speed camera popups

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:54 pm

It's not a popup specifically to gather data on whether the camera is there or not. It's not about camera verification. The primary purpose is to alert you to the fact that the camera is there at all. Waze gives you the option, as a secondary function, to report that the camera doesn't actually exist.

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:55 pm

ascent wrote:The thing is, its a sort of map editing feature, and the only one built into the waze app.

I think you're correct. It is the only app function which can have an immediate effect on the state map tile data. I think that there needs to be some more thought put around this functionality, both in terms of what's presented to the user, and what happens on the back-end. Personally I'd like to see the "Not There" simply open a Map Issue report rather than potentially disable the camera right away. There also need to be more granular settings on the app to control popups/alerts/sounds for different types of events/reports, etc.

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:29 pm

Use the verbal nav guidance and you shouldn't have to look at the screen. Plenty of motorcyclists use Waze zipped up in a pocket.

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:20 pm

Speed cams always popup. Verbal alert when exceeding the limit. These cannot be changed in the app settings.

by **AlanOfTheBerg** » Sun May 12, 2013 11:42 pm

The next version of the app will be more reliable with these alerts.

by **ascent** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:47 pm

Hi guys,

I find the speed camera verification popup frequency quite annoying. Every day I get the same old confirmation "camera not there" whilst travelling to/from work.

Would it be possible to limit each camera verification to once a week. If the "status quo" has changed then ask more people for verification to confirm the truth.

With that in mind, we should have a "yes its there" button (now shut up for another week).

Cheers guys.

by **ascent** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:50 pm

Oh I see. Thanks for the reply.

The thing is, its a sort of map editing feature, and the only one built into the waze app.

Maybe it should just do bong sound & do a radar flash of the camera in question. Then leave reporting or editing via normal methods like anything else in waze.

Then again perhaps I'm the only one that it annoys. :roll:

by **danrspen** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:22 pm

These popups drive me nuts; the blue radar flash on the map is enough.

I've missed turnings several times because of these popups hiding the road. Leaning over my dash to try and hit the close button while keeping my eyes on the road and figure out where my turning is often verging on dangerous.

It's bad enough to make me consider moving to a different GPS. If Google Maps (iOS) had a decent implementation of favorite places I'd of switched just to avoid the speed camera popups!

by **danrspen** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:39 pm

Not really the ideal solution.

There's plenty of places in my city (Leeds, UK) with complex junctions where "stay right", "turn left" could be easily misinterpreted. I generally run Waze with the sound off and use the on screen map.

I've discovered an option to turn off speed cameras in the settings, hopefully that will disable the popups; I'll find out on my way home tonight. Again not ideal as it means I won't see any speed camera information, but better than having the map obscured by the popups constantly.

For reference, this is the number of speed cameras on one of the roads I drive. You can see why the popups rapidly become a problem.

by **danrspen** » Wed May 01, 2013 2:46 pm

sketch wrote:Make it an option if anything though. I like the reminders. And I certainly don't want them to time out until I am good and clear of them.

Agreed it should be an option, I can see why some people would like it. Especially in areas where speed cameras aren't as pervasive as they are around here.

I'm tempted to take a clone of the git repo and do myself a build without the speed camera popups!