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'''Add to favorites''' | '''Add to favorites''' | ||
You have the choice of entering a name for the favorite. If you select Done this location will be added to the end of your My favorites list. | You have the choice of entering a name for the favorite. If you select Done this location will be added to the end of your My favorites list. | ||
'''My Favorites'''- This is a list of saved locations that you chose to add to favorites. You can select any location here as your destination. This list is sorted based on how recently and frequently you selected the favorite as a destination. <br/> | '''My Favorites'''- This is a list of saved locations that you chose to add to favorites. You can select any location here as your destination. This list is sorted based on how recently and frequently you selected the favorite as a destination. <br/> | ||
'''Recent Searches'''- A list of recent locations you selected after using search address or place or selecting a destination using the location menu. The most recent search is at the top. | '''Recent Searches'''- A list of recent locations you selected after using search address or place or selecting a destination using the location menu. The most recent search is at the top. | ||
Note: Destinations chosen from my favorites or saved locations are not included in the Recent Searches list.<br/> | Note: Destinations chosen from my favorites or saved locations are not included in the Recent Searches list.<br/> | ||
'''Saved Locations'''- A list of locations saved using the location Menu. You can select any location here as your destination. The most recently saved location is at the top of the list of Saved locations.<br/> | '''Saved Locations'''- A list of locations saved using the location Menu. You can select any location here as your destination. The most recently saved location is at the top of the list of Saved locations.<br/> | ||
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Symbian Keypad
Downloading the application on the device
Install the application on the device
1.Press Yes
2. Press Continue.
3. Select on which memory (device/card) that you want to install the software and click Select.
Attention- It is recommended that you install WAZE on the phone's internal memory for smoother operation of the software.
4. Wait until the installation is complete.
5. Select the server you want.
6. Read and confirm the license agreement.
7. Create a new account:
1. After confirming the license agreement wait until the get started screen will pop
up and then press on get started.
2. Fill in the information.
3. Press Ok.
Installing the application using Nokia PC Suite
Interactive guide to Nokia PC Suite
1. Download the installation file to your computer from the following link: LINK save on the desktop (you can delete the file later).
2. Press Ok.
3. After this comment, the installation will continue on your phone.
Main screen
When you'll enter the program the following screen appears:
Icons
The Waze screen has the following main sections:
A top status bar
GPS Connectivity - (green means connected , orange means partial coverage, gray is disconnected).
Connection Status- (gray means disconnected, when connected no icon appears).
Mood icons- (happy, sad, etc...)
The smiley shows the mood you're in at the moment. If you've chosen to be visible to other wazers (green privacy icon), your mood is also displayed to them; and if you've chosen to tweet your reports to your Twitter followers, they'll see your current mood as part of the tweet.
Groups
This icon refers to the number of reports received by the groups you’re registered to.
Reports on the road
This icon refers to the number of traffic reports and events received by the community
The main screen where the map is displayed
On the center of the screen on the map the following icons appear:
2D
3D
Clicking on 5 will switch to 3D view. (if you'll press it again it will switch back to 2D)
This state will be added to the map in another dimension - a dimension depth which will allow wider angle of vision.
Zoom
If you want to zoom-in on the map then press the * button.
If you want to zoom-out on the map then press the # button.
Text buttons on the bottom of the main screen:
- Me on Map (displays where you are right now).
- Menu
- Report (you will get this option when pressing me on map)
- Note - report options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.
Report
Clicking on it will open the next menu:
Note - all options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.
You can choose one of the following events:
Police
Traffic jam
Accident
Hazard
Speed cam
Chit chat
Map update
Police
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Traffic jam
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Accident
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Hazard
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Speed cam
Clicking on the marker opens the following:
Press Ok.
Map update
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
Clicking on the icon you will have the possibility to record roads. Once clicking this icon the recording state of waze is on.
To cancel recording, press the same icon again.
Map error - Clicking this icon Will open the following window:
Map problem categories are:
Incorrect turn - the map shows that you can make a turn at that point which in fact isn't allowed.
Incorrect address – the name of the street is incorrect
Incorrect route – the navigation instructions here are incorrect
Missing Roundabout
General Map Error - here you'll key in the details before you press Send.
After you press Send you get a message that the report was sent correctly.
House number - Pressing on the icon it will enable you to update the
house number and the following window will appear:
Menu
Settings
The settings allow you to view and personalize your waze experience
To enter the settings menu click on menu (in the bottom left side of the screen)
you will get the following screen:
Then click on settings the following screen will appear:
You can choose one of the following events:
General
Profile
Map
Routing
Data Usage
Groups
Recommend
Help/Support
General
By clicking on General the following screen will appear:
Measurement system - you can choose to display distances in miles or in kilometers.
Volume Control - to choose the volume level for voice directions.
Auto zoom of maps (on/off) – by default it's "on", so the map will zoom in and out
while you're navigating, based on the distance to your next decision point(e.g. place where
you have to turn). You can disable this feature by selecting "off". Whether to display
the points ticker ("on" to display it, "off" to hide it)
Automatic night mode (on/off) – the default is "on": waze switches between day and
night mode automatically. To disable this automatic switching, choose "off". You
can still switch manually between day and night modes from the main Settings screen.
Backlighting (on/off): by default it's "on", and the backlight will remain on as long as
waze is on.
By clicking the Events Radius the following screen appears:
Profile
By clicking on profile in the settings menu the following screen appears:
It displays your account details: username, five stars representing your password
(no matter how long your password is) and nickname; and lets you change your nickname.
To change your username and password, first go to the waze.com site, log in, and make
the changes, and only then update it on your phone.
It displays a car icon which will represent your car on the map you see.
You can choose from a large number of cars of different types and colors
(more cars coming soon!!)
It displays the icon for your current mood – you can change it to one of the others.
Twitter – lets you choose whether to tweet your waze reports to your twitter followers;
if you choose to do so, enter your Twitter username and password. Your current mood will
be included in the tweet. You can disable and re-enable tweeting at any time without affecting
FourSquare - lets you set up your foursquare account to use with waze, and set tweets about
your foursquare activity.
Map
Here you can adjust which items will be shown on your map(speed cams, other wazers,
By clicking on (map) in the settings menu the following screen appears:
Color map scheme
Allows you to customize the appearance of your map
When pressing on Color map scheme option the following screen appears:
There you can choose your scheme.
Routing
Here you can tell waze how to calculate the optimal route for you. The options are:
In the Routing menu press on the option Route preference the following screen appears:
Android
Download waze
In order to download waze, make sure you have an Internet connection (3G or Wi-Fi) on your mobile.
Download waze to your Cellphone
- Go to m.waze.com via your phone's internal web browser or search for waze in the Android Market: (If you download from m.waze.com, you can skip to step 3)
- Search for Waze
- Select waze from the search results
- Tap Install to start the download
- After couple of seconds you'll see the next screen, tap waze: Community GPS to see downloading progress.
- Download progress:
- Note: If you want to cancel the downloading, just tap Cancel download
Installing Waze
The installation will start after downloading is finished.
- Installation Progress:
- After the installation ends, tap Open in order to start the installation use or Uninstall to remove waze from your device.
Getting started
Waze splash screen:
- Initialization and first time running
- Select your location
- Terms of use
- Select your language
- Sign up
Initialization and first time running
Select your location
- After the initialization you'll be required to select your location (If the GPS and AGPS are turned off):
- Language files will be downloaded according to the selection :
Terms of use
After that Terms of use will be presented:
In order to proceed you need to confirm that you understand and accept those terms of use.
Click the Accept button to continue to use waze, or the Decline button to exit the program.
If you have accepted the terms of use, you will next get a form to create your account.
Select your language
- After choosing the language the Login screen will be displayed:
Sign up
Create an account
1. If you're a new user at waze, tap New user.
- 1.1 Fill out the details below in order to create your account:
You'll be asked to provide a username and password, an email address, and optionally to choose a waze nickname, which is used to identify you on the map and in reports you send, should you choose to be identified.
- Select the username you'd like. The username is case dependent so Jenny is not the same as jenny.
- After you have proceeded to fill in all the form, waze will display the filled-in form (your password will be displayed as five stars no matter how long it actually is).
- If the information is the way you want it, select Create in order to create your account. If not, select the line you want to change.
- 1.2 Tap Next to confirm and to enter as a registered user or Skip if you don't want to register at this moment.
- Note that if you select “skip”, a temporary account will be created for you If you skip the registration.
- You will not be able to access waze's web site and points you get during driving will not be saved!
Existing user
- If you already have a waze account, tap Get Started.
- Enter your Username and Password and tap Log in.
You can also enter your twitter account details. Your routes and / or road reports will be tweeted automatically from your account according to your settings.
Way to go!
1. Way to go! Congratulation you have a new WAZE account.
2. Read or skip the information about waze:
3. Welcome to waze's main screen:
4. 2D (2D and 3D should appear in the settings part)
5. 3D- Depth dimension will be added to the map in this mode.
Menues
Detailed Operating
Top Screen icons
GPS reception and Internet connection
Tapping or icons will show the next screen:
Means you have good connectivity and your location is known.
Means a low-power connection, until it improves only your rough location is known.
Means your GPS connection is bad or non-existent, and your location is unknown. To improve it, try to give your phone a clear line of sight to the sky and wait a few minutes.
Select your mood
Tapping allows to change your mood:
- you’re happy – other wazers will see your avatar on the map as
- you’re sad – and your avatar
- you’re tired – and your avatar
- you’re mad – and your avatar
- you’re bored – and your avatar
- you’re starving – and your avatar
Groups
Tapping will allow to view your groups:
Tap Around me to view groups' report in your area:
Tap On route to view groups' reports on current route:
Tap My Groups to return to Groups screen and tap OK to view your grroups:
Live info
Tapping will show all Live info.
This is an exclamation point together with a small number representing the number of events that have been reported in your area. As long as you have Internet connectivity this number is constantly updated. To view details of these reports, tap the Events button at the bottom of the screen.
If you've stopped, the reports will also be displayed in rotation on the main screen, on your map.
Simply by driving around with waze running on their smartphones, drivers share real-time information that waze translates into road and traffic conditions. You can also actively report to the community on traffic, accidents and incidents, speed cameras, police traps, blocked roads and more. These are called "events". This information about events is collected and analyzed in real time to provide all wazers with the optimal route to their destination at any given moment.
The Events button displays a menu, organized by type of event, of the real-time live reports by wazers about problems in your area:
- All - gives you a list of all events reported in your area, listed by distance
- Police - displays only reports of police cars/traps , listed by distance
- Traffic - displays only reports of traffic loads in your area (light / moderate / heavy / standstill) listed by distance
- Accidents - displays only reports of accidents in your area.
- Chit Chats - displays the chat and allow to add a comment:
- Other - any reports of events that aren't in one of the above 3 categories.
From the list of displayed events, you can:
- Tap on the event to display its location on the map together with the full text of the report. To add your own comment to the report of this event (where allowed): tap on the Comment button that appears under the text of the report. You'll get a virtual keyboard: type in your comment and press Done. Your comment will also be sent directly to the wazer who reported the event originally. If he or she replies, you'll get a message on your screen: "responding to you" with his or her reply.
- Tap the arrow beside an event to bring up a menu of possible actions:
- Show on map (the same option as touching the report of the event rather than the arrow beside it)
- Report irrelevant – if you're in that location and the event reported no longer exists there
- Add comment – brings up the virtual keyboard; type in your comment and then press Done.
- Sort by recency - if you would rather see results by chronological order (latest first).
About
Tapping the icon will show you a little details about your current waze version:
Bottom Screen Icons
Drive to
Drive to- Search or choose an address to drive to.
- Search address or place- You may enter the name of a road, an address, a place name or keywords. Waze is smart and will show you a list of matches in order based on the closest and importance of the place. If there are few matches, a Google Local Search will be used. So you can search for "toy shop" or "gas station" and Waze will let you select from the closest matches. You don’t have to enter a city but if your destination is not in your current city, you might want to enter a city as well. If Waze does not know the house numbers on your destination road, or you don't enter a house number, Waze will choose the middle of the road.
Search results:
After getting the results you can select one of the folowing:
Drive
Select as your destination. After selecting this option, Waze will suggest you an optimal route to your destination, considering different factors like Traffic jams and hazards.
Show on map
Centers the map display on the location
Add to favorites
You have the choice of entering a name for the favorite. If you select Done this location will be added to the end of your My favorites list.
My Favorites- This is a list of saved locations that you chose to add to favorites. You can select any location here as your destination. This list is sorted based on how recently and frequently you selected the favorite as a destination.
Recent Searches- A list of recent locations you selected after using search address or place or selecting a destination using the location menu. The most recent search is at the top.
Note: Destinations chosen from my favorites or saved locations are not included in the Recent Searches list.
Saved Locations- A list of locations saved using the location Menu. You can select any location here as your destination. The most recently saved location is at the top of the list of Saved locations.
Settings
Settings: allow you to view and personalize your waze experience.
Navigation guidance (on/off)- whether you want voice instruction in addition to the map display when following a route. Display – to display the map in either 2D (default) or 3D. Light – whether the screen lighting should be adjusted for day or night viewing. By default, the display will automatically switch to night mode when it gets dark. You can choose to keep this option manual by setting "automatic night mode" to Off from the General settings menu.
- Navigation guidance (on/off)- whether you want voice instruction in addition to the map display when following a route.
- Display – to display the map in either 2D (default) or 3D.
- Light – whether the screen lighting should be adjusted for day or night viewing. By default, the display will automatically switch to night mode when it gets dark. You can choose to keep this option manual by setting "automatic night mode" to Off from the General settings menu.
- General
- Profile
- Privacy
- Twitter (settings)
- Foursquare
- Car
- Map
- Map color scheme
- Groups
- Routing
- Data Usage
- Recommend
- Help/Support
General
- Language - allow you to change the language of the system.
- Prompts - allows you to change the language of the navigation instructions.
- Measurement system – you can choose to display distances in miles or in kilometers.
- Back light on – by selecting "on", the backlight will remain on as long as waze is running.
- Auto zoom - by default it's "on", so the map will zoom in and out while you're navigating, based on the distance to your next decision point (e.g. place where you have to turn). You can disable this feature by selecting "off".
- Show points ticker - Whether to display the points ticker
- 24 hour clock – allows you to choose between 24/12 hour clock.
Auto learn routes to your frequent destination -
Profile
Profile: Displays your account details
- User name
- Password- five stars representing your password (no matter how long your password is).
- Nickname
Note: To change your username and password, first go to the waze.com site, log in, and make the changes, and only then update it on your phone.
Privacy
This menu displays a screen headed "Display my location on mobile and web" . Waze always respects your privacy, and your location will never be shared against your will. This is where you define the degree of privacy you'd like:
- Anonymous: your location is shown but not your identity (neither username nor nickname): you appear as an "anonymous user". This is the default. The top Status bar shows this by displaying your avatar in blue with a question mark on it.
- Nickname: other wazers will see your location on the map, and your avatar will display your current mood (as described regarding the Status bar avatar, above). If you've chosen this option, your status bar displays a green avatar.
Twitter (settings)
Twitter lets you choose whether to tweet your waze reports to your twitter followers; if you choose to do so, enter your Twitter username and password. Your current mood will be included in the tweet. You can disable and re-enable tweeting at any time without affecting your Twitter credentials.
Additionally, you can configure which reports to publish on your Twitter account:
- My road reports.
- My destination and ETA.
- City & state only.
- House #, Street, City, State.
Additionally, you can configure which reports to publish on your Facebook account:
- My road reports.
- My destination and ETA.
- City & state only.
- House #, Street, City, State.
- My road Munching.
Foursquare
FourSquare lets you set up your foursquare account to use with waze, and set tweets about your foursquare activity.
What is Foursquare? It's a cool way to discover and promote cool places in your city and be rewarded for doing so. You can check foursquare and check in to locations around you using waze. First thing you'll need is to create an account on foursquare - this can be done on http://www.foursquare.com Then, make sure you are logged in to waze (with your waze user name) and go to settings >> profile. Under 'Foursquare' enter your foursquare user name and password. Hit back or enter (depending on phone) and wait for the message confirming that you were able to connect to your foursquare account. Note that sometimes it takes a few times before it is able to connect. Once connected, you can use waze and at any given point - when you position is known (GPS icon is green) - you can check in to locations on foursquare. Go to "report" - where you would usually report traffic jams, accidents, etc. - the last option is to check in with foursquare. Choosing this option will bring up a list of all the foursquare locations around you. Click on one to check in to it. Then visit http://www.foursquare.com to see the full details of this check in.
Car
Car: represents your car on the map you see
You can choose from a large number of cars of different types and colors.
Map
Map color scheme
Groups
Tapping Pop-up reports will show the next screen:
Tapping wazers group icons:
Routing
Tapping Route preference will show the next screen:
Tapping Dirt roads will show the next screen:
Data Usage
Tapping Refresh map of my area will delete tiles (sections of the map) in the area, and download it again from the server.
Recommend
Help/Support
Send logs
About
More
Scoreboard
Groups
Create Group
Add icon
Add Group name and Description
Close the message:
Me on map
Me on map – simply centers your car on the screen.
Exit
Exit- Exits the application.
Report
Note: All the option will be displayed only if there are GPS reception and Internet Connection.
Police
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction.
(You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Traffic jam
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Accident
Select whether location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Hazard
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Speed cam
Note: The speed cam will be added on the position when you tapped Report.
Chit chat
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Update map
- Record new roads
- Stopping the recording will show the next screen:
- Update house number
- Report map problem
check-in with Foursquare
Middle Screen Icons
- Zoom In/Out
- Align North
- Update map
Windows Mobile
Installation Guide
First, you need to be sure that your cell phone is connected to the Internet (WI-FI or 3G). In Order to download waze, go to the web site http://m.waze.com, using your phone's browser.
A download screen will appear. Select yes/save as and install the program.
During this process you will need to select the location you want waze to be saved on. For better performances, we recommended to install the application on your device memory and not on the memory card.
First Time in Waze?
The first time you run the application, you'll get a message that indicates that your WM is looking for a GPS signal.
Select Server:
If Waze doesn't recognise your current location, it will ask you to select a sever.
After selecting a server, you'll be asked to select your language:
Next, read and accept the waze terms & conditions
After accepting the using terms, the welcome screen will be displayed:
Choose Sign up to log in, or Sign in to use an existing user name / password (if you already created a waze user in the past). Note: you can also choose to use waze anonymously. Choose sign in at this screen to proceed anonymously.
If you forgot your password, you can visit this page and ask for a password reset: http://www.waze.com/forgot_password/
Creating a new user
After selecting “Sign up”, the following screen will appear.
You'll be asked to provide a username and password, an email address, and optionally to choose a waze nickname, which is used to identify you on the map and in reports you send. Select Next to confirm and to enter as a registered user or Skip if you don't want to register at this moment. Note that if you select “skip”, a temporary account will be created for you If you skip the registration.
NOTE I: If you choose to skip this step and use a temporal user name, you will not be able to access waze's web site and points you get during driving will not be saved!
NOTE II: The “send me updates” box indicates the option to get or not to get update and news mails in your personal mailbox.
In case you select to skip the registration, the following screen will be displayed:
Main Screen
After running the application, you will see following screen:
The top of the screen
The top bar contains six different icons:
GPS Reception icons:
connected | |
Partial connected | |
No GPS reception. |
Internet connection:
Connected to Waze | |
Not connected to Waze |
Mood icon
Here you can decide in which mood do you want to appear in Waze. |
Groups icon
Here you can see all the groups that you are following. |
Events
Here you can see all the events that have been reported by your groups, that have been reported on your route or that have been reported near to you. |
Turn off icon
The center of the screen
The bottom of the screen
In the bottom of the screen you will find four different buttons:
More
Clicking on button, you will be able to see the following menu:
Go back to The bottom of the screen
Settings
The Settings menu screen is divided in two main groups, Quick actions and Settings.
Quick actions |
Navigation guidance |
Display |
Light |
Settings |
General |
Profile |
Map |
Routing |
Groups |
Data Usage |
Detect GPS |
Help\support |
Quick Actions
Here you will be able to turn on/off the Navigation guidance.
Display
Here, you will be able to change between 2D view or 3D view.
Light
Here you will be able to change between Day/ Night light mode Manually.
General
Clicking on “general” will give you access to the general settings menu:
Language
Selecting the language label, will open the following screen:
Here you will be able to change between the interface languages.
Prompts
Here you will be able to change between the voice navigation commands.
Measurement System
Here you will be able to change between Meters/ Miles.
Clock
Here you will be able to change between 24 hours clock and 12 hours clock.
Auto Zoom
Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto zoom.
Show Points Ticker
Here you will able to turn on\off the points ticker.
Auto-Learns Routes
Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto-learn routes mode.
Events Radius
Selecting in the event radius button, will open the following screen.
Here you can select the event radius notifications that you will receive during your trip.
Profile
Clicking on “general” will give you access to the general settings menu:
Here you can login to your account or change to a different account. Also you can choose your privacy settings and to sync waze with different social networks.
Car
Clicking on Car will give you access to the next window:
Here, you can select your car icon. This icon will show your current position in the map.
Privacy
Clicking on will give you access to the next window:
Here you can decide, if you want that waze show your nickname on the map or not.
I agree to be pinged
Here you will able to turn on\off the ping permission.
Clicking on Twitter will give you access to the next window:
In this screen you can logged in to twitter and to set up different settings.
Clicking on Facebook will give you access to the next window:
In this screen you can logged in to Facebook and to set up different settings. If you are not logged in to Facebook, please press “connect” button to log in. Pressing the connect button, an external screen will appear.
Foursquare
Clicking on Foursquare will give you access to the next window
In this screen you can logged in to Foursquare and to set up different settings.
Map
Clicking on Map will give you access to the General Map Settings Menu:
In this screen you can set up all your map settings, icons and events that you want to see inside your navigation map.
Map color scheme
Clicking on the button, it will show the following screen:
In this screen you can choose the presentation color that you prefer for your map.
Routing
Clicking on will give you access to the general routing settings menu:
In this screen you can set up all your routing settings, such as route preference (fastest\shortest), dirt roads (allow\ do not allow) and more.
Data Usage
Clicking on will give you access to the general data usage settings Menu:
In this screen you can set up your data usage settings.
Groups
Clicking on will give you access to the groups settings menu. There, you can set up your preferences for pop-up reports and groups icons.
Pop-up reports
Clicking on the Pop-up reports label will show you the following screen.
Here you can decide what type of reports are you interest to receive.
Waze group icons
Clicking on the waze group icons label will show you the following screen.
Here you can decide which groups icons are you interest to see on your map.
Detect GPS
If your cell phone do not receive any GPS signal, please press on the label to research for a new GPS reception.
However, if your GPS is already connected. The next message will appear on your screen.
Help\support
Clicking on will give you access to Help\Support settings menu. There, you can send logs and get basic information about the current waze version installed in your cell-phone.
Send Logs
In order to send logs, you need to press the button. However sending logs requires a large amount of data. Before sending the logs, your cell phone will ask for your permission to do it.
About
Here you can get basic information about the current waze version installed in your cell-phone. This information will appear in the following message.
Scoreboard
Selecting on button, you will able to see on an external screen your scoreboard and rank position on Waze.
Groups
Selecting on button, you will able to see the following external screen:
The Windows Mobile devices do not support the groups interface yet. The groups interface can be accessed via the Dashboard on the Waze website.
Report
Clicking on button, you will be able to see the following menu:
Note: This screen and all the options inside of it appear only, if there is GPS reception and an Internet connection.
Here, you can choose report one of the following events:
Police
In order to report a Police event, you need to press the “Police” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Traffic
In order to report a Traffic jam event, you need to press the “Traffic” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Accident
In order to report a Accident event, you need to press the “Accident” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Hazard
In order to report a Hazard event, you need to press the “Hazard” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Speed cam
In order to report a Speed cam, you need to press the “Speed cam” button. Then, the following message will appear.
There you need to decide in which direction the speed cam is positioned.
Chit Chats
In order to create a Chit Chat conversation, you need to press the “Chit Chat” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Update Map
In order to report a Map updated event, you need to press the “Map updated” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
In this menu you will be able to decide to record new roads, update house numbers or report map problems.
Record new roads
If you choose to record new roads, The new road recorder will start to work automatically.
To stop recording just click on the tractor icon or go again to Report>>Map updated>>Record new roads.
Updated house numbers
Here you can updated house numbers in your current position.
Report map problem
Here you will be able to report the map problem and give a first description of it.
Check in with Foursquare
Clicking on you will get access to the next window:
In this screen you can logged in to Foursquare and to set up different settings.
Search
Clicking on button, you will be able to see the following menu:
On the top of the screen you need to write the address or the place that you are searching for. Also in this screen you can go to your favorite places, recent searches, saved locations or your contacts list.
My Favorites
Here you can keep a destination point as one of your Favorite destinations. Also, here you can set this favorites as a destination point, show them on the map and more.
Recent searches
Here you can check your more recent searches. Also here, you can set your recent searches as a destination points, show them on the map, add to favorites and more.
Saved Locations
Here you can save your current location or any other location in the map. Also here, you can set your saved locations as a destination points, show them on the map add favorites and more.
In order to save a location, you need to press for a few moments on one point on the map. Then, it will appear the following message. In order to save the location please press the save location button.
After pressing the save location button, it will appear the following screen:
Press , in order to save the location.
Contacts
In this screen you can check up your cell phone contacts.
Current Position
In order to know your current position on the map you need to press the position button .
NOTE: If your cell phone do not receive any GPS signal, Waze will not be able to determinate your current position on the map.
Blackberry
Getting Started
Accept Waze's Terms of Use
– ADD SCREENSHOT
Waze's terms of use will appear on the screen. In order to proceed you need to confirm that you understand and accept those terms of use.Click the Accept button to continue to use waze, or the Decline button to exit the program.If you have accepted the terms of use, you will next get a form to create your account.
Select the preferred language.
- ADD SCREENSHOT
Registration screen
New user
Select the Sign up option.
Fill out the details below in order to create your account:
You are asked to provide a username and password, an email address, and optionally to choose a waze nickname, which is used to identify you on the map and in reports you send, should you choose to be identified.
- Enter the username you'd like. The username is case dependent so Jenny is not the same as jenny.
- After you have proceeded to fill in all the form, waze will display the filled-in form (your password will be displayed as five stars no matter how long it actually is).
- If the information is the way you want it, select Create in order to create your account. If not, select the line you want to change.
After filling all the fields click on the next button.
Twitter connect
You can also enter your twitter account details. Your routes and / or road reports will be tweeted automatically from your account according to your settings. (Add internal wiki link to the Settings -> Profile -> Twitter)
Congratulation you have a new WAZE account.
Once you have an account that you've previously logged in to, starting waze will bring you directly to the main screen. To save battery consumption, it's a good idea to close waze when you leave your car and to minimize it or shut off the display whenever you don't need it.
Existing User
If you already have a waze account select the Sing in option.
Enter your User name and password and click on Log In.
BlackBerry Menu button
First Box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
Me on map:
Displays your current location on the map, with an icon representing your car.
(you can change the icon for your car via the BlackBerry Menu Button > Profile > Car) (Add internal link). This is the default state of waze's main screen provided if you have GPS connectivity in your current location (green or orange GPS icon on the status bar)(Add status bar chapter)(Add internal link).
Whenever the car icon isn't displayed, just press "Me on Map" to update the map to your current location. If you don't have a good enough GPS connection (grey GPS icon with an X on it), the "me on map" option won't be available, because if you don't have a GPS connection, waze can't determine your approximate location.
Report:
This is where you report an event. One click on the Report button displays a menu of several different types of events: reporting can be as simple as choosing the type of event and pressing Send. The event will be marked at the location you were in when you clicked on “report”.
Other users will see it pinned on the map with its icon The types are:
- Police - Appears on the map and also announced in the navigation guidance if reported on your driving direction of the road.
- Traffic – Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Accident - Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Hazard - Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Chit Chat - Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Speed cam – Can't be reported through BlackBerry for the moment. Appears on the map and also announced in the navigation guidance if reported on your driving direction of the road.
- Check in with Foursquare – Allows to check in to a foursquare location nearby. See the profile section (Add link to profile section) for more details.
ADD SCREENSHOT
After choosing a type of event you get a screen where you need to indicate whether it's on your side of the road (default) or the other side. Click once to select :
A text description of the event - optional (disabled while car is moving).
View Real time alerts
Simply by driving around with waze running on their smartphones, drivers share real-time information that waze translates into road and traffic conditions. These are called "events". This information about events is collected and analyzed in real time to provide all wazers with the optimal route to their destination at any given moment.
This menu organized by type of event, of the real-time live reports by wazers about problems in your area:
- All - gives you a list of all events reported in your area, listed by distance
- Police - displays only reports of police cars/traps , listed by distance
- Traffic - displays only reports of traffic loads in your area (light / moderate / heavy / standstill) listed by distance
- Accidents - displays only reports of accidents in your area.
- Chit Chats – display the conversations of wazers around you.
- Other - any reports of events that aren't in one of the above 3 categories.
Second Box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
New address
You may enter the name of a road, an address, a place name or keywords. Waze is smart and will show you a list of matches in order based on the closest and importance of the place. If there are few matches, a Google Local Search will be used. So you can search for "toy shop" or "gas station" and Waze will let you select from the closest matches. You don’t have to enter a city but if your destination is not in your current city, you might want to enter a city as well. If Waze does not know the house numbers on your destination road, or you don't enter a house number, Waze will choose the middle of the road.
While viewing the list of matching addresses, tap the BlackBerry Menu Button. A small menu will open:
ADD SCREENSHOT
Select one of the folowing:
Drive Select as your destination. The same as selecting the name of the saved location Show on map Centers the map display on the location Add to favorites You have the choice of entering a name for the favorite. If you select Done this location will be added to the end of your My favorites list.
After selecting the Drive option, Waze will suggest you an optimal route to your destination, considering different factors like Traffic jams and hazards.
If you want, you can choose an alternative route by taping the Alternatives option.
You will get all the alternative routes to your destination and you can select your desirable one.
Local Search
If you choose the destination from the result of a Google Local Search, Waze will use the exact location of the destination, as provided by Google.
My Favorites
This is a list of saved locations that you chose to add to favorites. You can select any location here as your destination. This list is sorted based on how recently and frequently you selected the favorite as a destination.
Recent Searches
A list of recent locations you selected after using search address or place or selecting a destination using the location menu. The most recent search is at the top. Note: Destinations chosen from my favorites or saved locations are not included in the Recent Searches list.
Third Box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
General
The settings allow you to view and personalize your waze experience. Tap it to enter the General Settings menu.
- Language - allow you to change the language of the system.
- Prompts - allows you to change the language of the navigation instructions.
- Measurement system – you can choose to display distances in miles or in kilometers.
- Auto zoom - by default it's "on", so the map will zoom in and out while you're navigating, based on the distance to your next decision point (e.g. place where you have to turn). You can disable this feature by selecting "off".
- Navigation Guidance - whether you want voice instructions in addition to the map display when following a route .
- Show points ticker - Whether to display the points ticker
- 24 hour clock – allows you to choose between 24/12 hour clock.
Auto learn routs to your frequent destination -
Map Settings
This menu allows you to set the display of the map.
Map color scheme – allows you to change the colors of the map.
Speedometer – shows your driving speed.
Wazers – shows other wazers on the map.
Traffic layer (color coded) – show traffic condition on the roads near your location (Yellow – light traffic, Orange – intermediate traffic, Red – heavy traffic, Black – bumper to bumper traffic).
Speed cams – show the speed cams on the map.
Road goodies – show road goodies on the map.
Chit chats – show all the chit chats.
Police traps – show police traps on the map.
Accidents – show accidents on the map.
Traffic jams – show traffic jams on the map.
Hazards – show road hazards on the map.
Profile
Displays your account details: username, five stars representing your password (no matter how long your password is) and nickname; and lets you change your nickname. To change your username and password, first go to the waze.com site, log in, and make the changes, and only then update it on your phone.
Car - Displays a car icon which will represent your car on the map you see. You can choose from a large number of cars of different types and colors (more cars coming soon!!)
Privacy - This menu displays a screen headed "Display my location on mobile and web" with the options "when driving" and "when reporting". Waze always respects your privacy, and your location will never be shared against your will. This is where you define the degree of privacy you'd like:
When driving :
Nickname and avatar: other wazers will see your location on the map, and your avatar will display your current mood (as described regarding the Status bar avatar, above). If you've chosen this option, your status bar displays a green avatar. Anonymous: your location is shown but not your identity (neither username nor nickname): you appear as an "anonymous user". This is the default. The top Status bar shows this by displaying your avatar in blue with a question mark on it. Don't show me: your location won't be shown at all – you're there but invisible, like a ghost! The top Status bar shows this displaying a ghost avatar.
When reporting:
Using my nickname: your reports are identified by your nickname Anonymous: your reports are sent anonymously, no information identifying their sender is displayed
Mood - Displays the icon for your current mood – you can change it to one of the others. Twitter - lets you choose whether to tweet your waze reports to your twitter followers; if you choose to do so, enter your Twitter username and password. Your current mood will be included in the tweet. You can disable and re-enable tweeting at any time without affecting your Twitter credentials.
Foursquare - lets you set up your foursquare account to use with waze, and set tweets about your foursquare activity.
Routing
Here you tell waze how to calculate the optimal route for you.
Route preference – you prefer the calculation to choose either the shortest route, or the fastest taking into account current event reports along that route. The default is "fastest".
Dirt roads – you can choose to allow their inclusion in your route, to forbid it, or to allow short ones but avoid long ones where possible.
Minimize turns - if this is "on", waze calculates a route that will require you to turn from one street into another as few times as possible.
Avoid highways – the default is "off". If you prefer to spend as little time on highways as possible, choose "on". (It isn't always possible, of course, to avoid highways altogether, but waze will do its best, taking into account your other routing preferences).
Avoid toll roads - the default is “off”. If you prefer not to enter toll roads choose “on”.
Data usage
This menu allow you to control the amount of data that you receive.
Download traffic info - the default is “on”. Allows you to reduce the amount of data that you receive.
Stop the downloading of the traffic info.
Fourth box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
Scoreboard
Groups
View my points
Allows you to see your points, rank and new points that you accumulated.
Send error logs
Allows you to send log files – you can send log files to Waze every time you encounter a problem with the app. The files are sent to the development dep are analyzed and all the changes are applied in the next version of Waze. You basically help us to improve the app.
Shortcuts
Allows you to see all the shortcuts of the app.
About
Shows you the Waze version and the license.
Exit
Turn off the application completely.