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Post by Dogshrink
Unfortunately, it is not Google's problem; it's Waze's. Although it's true that Waze is using Google's pin location, when routing to the same address on Google, the end location (street pointer) is correct. Waze is misinterpreting closest street, not Google.

From the amounts of UR's continually being reported, this should be a very high priority problem, as this is a feature that most users want, where the destination location actually is.
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Post by Dogshrink
I did move the pin closer, else I wouldn't have commented. I tried to move it closer on Google, also but it wouldn't let me lock in on the address. It chose the entire block instead. I'm not theorizing the results. The results are clear. This is a problem not for me.. but an indication of a greater problem across Wazedom.
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Post by htahta
Waze trust on address locations from google maps. So they have to move the pin location. After google updates there map.. Then Waze will take you to the right spot. (It is also needed that you remove/update your home/favorite location. in the Waze app. To renew the gps coords. recorded)
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Post by htahta
AlanOfTheBerg wrote:
Dogshrink wrote:Then of what use is Waze's addressing function? I was under the impression that once we mofified an address it would override Google's and that we would be responsible for any new addressing. I certainly do not want to put time and effort into this area if it is not effecting any results.
It is always more advisable to get the back-end of a system filled with data and functional prior to release to the front-end. We are slowly getting the Waze addressing system updated with more accurate locations (yes, at the same time we are also fixing google's for them) so it will be ready when the production search engine is switched over.
What do you mean? If your address get displayed on the wrong place. Fix it at Google maps? So it is fixed before waze switched over and it stays fixed.
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Post by jondrush
As I said, for some addresses in the city near me, the correct stop location for the address is the alley behind. There is no stopping lane on the main street. You must go to the alley to visit that address.
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Post by jonnypin
another wazer with the same problem...PeoPle Please
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Post by kentsmith9
Alan, do you know if this is already in bugzilla (I did not search yet)? Maybe we could get a bunch of us champs to vote for it to move it up? I waste a lot of time editing Google maps to fix this lame Waze issue, and in some cases I actually make the Google map data wrong by moving the house address pin too far away from the house just to get it away from the back street.
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Post by kentsmith9
Well rather than wait another year for internal house numbers to be implemented I went ahead and created a bug report with a proposal for fix this in the mean time. https://bugs.waze.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6291

Those with voting rights are welcome to vote on it to get some higher visibility. I have been told that the dev team does actually pay attention to our votes, but they find very few vote on any entries. Also note that after creating a bug, you separately have to vote for it.
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Post by n8nagel
It can't happen soon enough IMHO... the Bing "report a problem" dialog seems to do nothing, as does fixing the pin position on their maps... have to be very careful using web searches to get nav info.

I realize that there are likely other priorities for Waze than making the Waze street addresses live, but it would be sooo nice to be able to fix routing problems in an expedient manner and know that they're fixed...
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Post by ninsianna
Jumping on the bandwagon here. I'm new to San Antonio, and new to Waze (since March for both). The first time I used Waze to map to my apartment, it took me to the neighborhood behind my complex. I had to use google maps to find my way back, because it took me pretty deep into the neighborhood. Yay! Exploring more areas, no major peeve, I was amuse more than anything. So I submitted a map error, and kept driving to my apt with waze up, along the route that would actually take me home. No change. So I did some researching through the forums and the wiki. I submitted an address change, created a point/area for my apt complex, with the entrance on the street where you have to enter from. A few weeks went by. Same routing issue. I read some more, and discovered the google maps issue. Well, google always routes me correctly, but waze doesn't. Nonetheless, I submitted a correction to google maps moving the location point of the address to the street you have to enter on. It's been 2 weeks since google has responded, and approved my change request. Last night, waze again routed me out of my way, to take me the wrong way to the neighborhood behind my complex. *sigh*

TL;DR : same problem, no changes despite correcting google maps too (and google routes correctly)
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