Google Maps vs Waze (which is also Google)
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The comments:
The difference between Google Maps and Waze (as described to me by a Google employee) is Waze will always get you there faster but you will have to drive through someone’s living room.
I once asked @noam what Google was planning when they acquired Waze, and why are they not integrated into Google Maps - to which he replied, “oh, you assume they had a plan.”
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I use Waze rather than Apple Maps for my drive to work as it's much better at recommending a quicker route if things start to go south. What I really dislike about it is it gives way too much information - the guy recites exactly what is on the sign in excruciating detail, quite often twice.
And oddly enough on Sunday, there was a 50 minute discrepancy between what Apple said and what Waze said. In the end Waze underestimated by about 10 minutes due to an accident, but still....
I was only joking
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Weird comment since the screenshot shows Waze as the ~38 minute slower route.
I never use Apple Maps, always use Google Maps. I usually spend a minute to review the route since I like to know where I'm going if maps is unavailable... Used to use Waze when I commuted in Virginia, mainly to learn about speed traps.
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Weird comment since the screenshot shows Waze as the ~38 minute slower route.
I never use Apple Maps, always use Google Maps. I usually spend a minute to review the route since I like to know where I'm going if maps is unavailable... Used to use Waze when I commuted in Virginia, mainly to learn about speed traps.
@89th said in Google Maps vs Waze (which is also Google):
mainly to learn about speed traps
My favourite is "Warning - object on road" as you're driving down the I95 at 80 mph
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I use Waze rather than Apple Maps for my drive to work as it's much better at recommending a quicker route if things start to go south. What I really dislike about it is it gives way too much information - the guy recites exactly what is on the sign in excruciating detail, quite often twice.
And oddly enough on Sunday, there was a 50 minute discrepancy between what Apple said and what Waze said. In the end Waze underestimated by about 10 minutes due to an accident, but still....
@Doctor-Phibes said in Google Maps vs Waze (which is also Google):
the guy recites exactly what is on the sign
The guy?
Nobody uses the guy.
The girl is much better.
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Wait, you guys actually run your various direction apps for your regular commute?
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Wait, you guys actually run your various direction apps for your regular commute?
@LuFins-Dad said in Google Maps vs Waze (which is also Google):
direction apps for your regular commute?
For accidents and police speed traps
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And I’ve seen Waze give better warnings about delays. Once I was stuck on a bridge in Northeast MD coming back from NY. A tractor trailer had flipped and was sideways up ahead. I knew it was bad. Turned on Google Maps and they showed a 7 minute slowdown. Waze said a 90 minute slowdown. They were both wrong, it was 2+ hours, but Waze was closest.
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Not worth it to have SIRI keep interrupting my podcast or audible books…
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I’ve noticed Luke runs his all the time. Last time I was driving him back from CNU I made him drive and turned off the app. As we were getting closer to home I started hearing “Oh, that’s where that is?” And the like.
