4. What is Waze???
Waze is the world's largest community-based traffic and
navigation app. Join other drivers in your area who share real-
time traffic and road info, saving everyone time and fuel on
their daily commute.
The app was first developed and popularized by Waze Mobile,
an Israeli company founded by Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar and
Uri Levine.
5. Why would Anyone Need Another
Map App?
Waze’s strongest feature is its community user-base. Because
the app is constantly collecting information, it can adapt
quickly to ensure the fastest route possible. Users are able to
“level up” and get different characters based on their
interaction with game-like app.
For years, Google Maps has been the go-to for mobile users
looking for directions or ETAs. While Google Maps is still the
king of maps, for many of the 50 million Waze users, it’s Waze
or nothing.
6. Advantages of Waze
Social network integration that includes live traffic reporting
from other users
Ability to send live, updating information with your ETA to
friends
Additional celebrity voice navigation options
Learns frequent destinations, commuting hours, and preferred
routes
Easily search for the cheapest gas on a route
Traffic jam indicator counts down the time you’ll be in a jam
7. Google Maps vs Waze
Google Maps
Navigation options for driving, biking,
walking, and using public
transportation
Voice navigation options for driving,
biking, and walking
Live traffic conditions, incident
reports, and optional rerouting
Business information for millions of
places
Integration with Google Street View
Waze
Social network integration that
includes live traffic reporting from
other users
Ability to send live, updating
information with your ETA to friends
Additional celebrity voice navigation
options
Learns frequent destinations,
commuting hours, and preferred
routes
Easily search for the cheapest gas on a
route
11. Competitive Environment (CE)
GPS Devices / Apps – ie.
Papago, Garmin, TomTom
OSMaps (Apple)
BlackBerry Maps (RIM)
Here Maps (Nokia)
Trapster
Google Maps… and more
12. Competitive Advantage (CA)
Uses Crowdsourcing to Bring Real-Time
users can obtain and send updates instantly about traffic,
speed traps, road construction, right-light cameras and
similar obstacles
Using Own Map
Users can edit the Map for further improvement
Large community with over 50 million users world wide
World’s largest community-based traffic and
app with over 50 million users world wide
13. Disadvantages
Routing distance is limited to about 1,000 miles
When you request a route, the client device app assumes you are
continuing in the same direction you last travelled
Issues and limitations on your supported model smartphone
Some Security Issues
Live Trafficking(Like Accident on Roads) wont work unless anyone send
information's about that particular place on the server
There is some possibilities of Leaking information about the rider
Problems, bugs and limitations