How to Navigate

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Navigation with Waze is very similar to many other Global Positioning System (GPS) applications. You either enter an address directly, pick a location from a list of point in a list, or point to a location on the visual map. The information below covers these methods of selecting your destination.

Search for a destination

To navigate click on the Menu button :

And choose Navigate:

You can slide the icon right to the right to open the search menu:

Here you can use the search bar to search your destination or use categories.

Search using the search bar

After searching your destination you will get a list of search results:

Search using Categories

To view the categories list click on categories from the navigation menu (Menu >> Navigate):

Here you'll see list of categories:

• Gas Station
• Parking
• Bank / ATM
• Pharmacy
• Convenience Store
• Coffee
• Restaurant
• Fast Food
• Nightlife
• Mall
• Mani-Pedi
• Attractions & Great Outdoors
• Hotel / Motel
• Car Wash
• Car Repair
• Hospital
• Police Station

After choosing a category you'll see a list of places sorted by distance:

To view the results on the map just click on map (at the top right of the screen):

Click on Go to navigate:

Search in Bing, Google, Foursquare, Yelp, Contact list

You can find more search results by sliding left or right the search bar below:

• Waze
• Yelp
• Google
• Yellow Pages
• Foursquare
• Bing
• Contact list

After choosing your destination you will see the option menu:

Maximum search distance

Currently Waze is limited to routing up to about 1000 miles (1600 kilometers). When driving further than that distance you need to select a target point under that distance as your temporary destination. After driving about half that distance or so you can reset the destination to something closer until you are less than the limit when you can plug in the final destination. This distance may be increased with future Waze routing and application updates.

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Add to Favorites, Navigate, Preview map, More

Here you have 3 options:

• Location (the current window).
• Info - info about the place (phone number, prices etc..).
• Specials - coupons and discounts.

Location

• View large preview map
• Add this destination to favorites (read more about favorites here).
• Go - navigate to destination
• More - view more options:

• Add a stop on the way - Lets you add a stop on your current route.
• Set as start point - Set this location as a start point.
• Show on map - Show the location on the map.
• Share location - Choose to send via text message or send via email.

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Info

Information about the place: Phone number, prices, photos, etc..

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Specials

Here you can view coupons and discounts.

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Alternative routes, Favourite route

To start the navigation click Go, now you will see this window:

Here you can see the events on the selected route, to choose a different route click on Routes:

To view the routes on the map, click on the map button:

After selecting a route you will start the navigation (your favorite route should appear here too):

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Stop the route, Add a stop, Alternative route, Mute sound

By clicking the menu button you can choose to:

• Stop the navigation.
• Add a stop point.
• Mute Unmute.
• Choose alternative route.
• Share location, destination, facebook, twitter, email to friends.

Add a stop point (Currently iPhone only)

1. Navigate to your destination:

2. Click on Menu and choose Add a stop:

3. Now you need to search for the stop point. You can either search using the search box or you can use the categories (in this example we're using the categories):

Choose Categories:

Choose a place:

Here you can see the ETA to your stop point and the ETA to the final destination.

The pink line indicates the route to your stop point, the purple line indicates the route to your final destination from the stop point

You can view the full ETA status (stop point + final destination) at any time by clicking on the ETA bar:

Cancel a stop point

Open the Menu and click on Cancel Stop:

You'll get a new ETA pop up window of your destination:

Navigation List and Share Destination

To view the navigation list just tap on the top of the screen:

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