Waze – Social GPS navigation, traffic & road reports + geo-gaming

Waze is a social mobile application that enables drivers to build and use real-time road intelligence. The service includes constantly-updated road maps, alerts on traffic and accidents, and data providing users with the fastest route to get to wherever they need to go.

Map and traffic updates are automatically collected and generated as users drive with waze activated, but drivers can also actively report and update other users with what’s happening on the road including accident alerts, police traps, weather hazards, cheap gas offers and more. And the best part? Because the map and all of its content is driver-generated, waze is completely free for users.

The idea for waze originated years ago, when Ehud Shabtai, a software engineer with a degree in Philosophy and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, was given a PDA with an external GPS device pre-installed with navigation software. Ehud’s initial excitement quickly gave way to disappointment – the product didn’t reflect the dynamic changes that characterize real conditions on the road.

FEATURES

• Constantly-updated road map
• Real-time traffic updates
• Automatic rerouting
• Live reports from users on the road
• Turn-by turn directions
• Road tweets – Twitter integration
• Foursquare integration
• Picture sharing from the road

Here’s what users are saying:

“I’m in love already! I don’t usually get this excited about things, but I am about waze.”
“Coolest navigation app I’ve seen in a while, hope more people sign up in my area…”
“Waze is an amazing collaborative GPS mapping application!”

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Navigation
Released: February 16, 2010
Publisher: Waze
Price: Free (get app)

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