It does give you some options, but then it starts to feel like you're doing the work instead of Waze (why can't they diff the results and just show you the POIs?). The predictive search is just awful, you'll see results from all over the country (and sometimes world!) when you're looking for something a few miles away. There are frequently duplicates in the list and adding to the issue is that the list view also contains so little information that it's hard to see if the result is the one you're looking for. Google Maps absolutely blows away Waze in terms of search UI.
Other gripes:
It suggests using HOV lanes despite not knowing if there is someone else in the car, that can dramatically effect routes (say route A is faster only if you can use the HOV lane).
For ferries (I live in Seattle) it doesn't count the time on the ferry which can give you wildly incorrect time estimates. There's also not a way to ask for a route that doesn't include a ferry (sometimes you can drive around). For example Google Maps suggests 1:04 to get to a spot on Bainbrdige for me right now where Waze says 25 minutes. Considering the ferry ride itself takes ~30 minutes...
I agree they need to revamp their HOV situation. In my case, I have a car with an HOV sticker and I don't know if it's measuring HOV lane traffic separately from non-HOV traffic (huge difference in the Bay Area on the 101)
@jonknee is your name jon kneeland? I'm a John Kneeland. Small world!
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I think you can do Google POI search from within Waze, no? IIRC you can select from sources like Yelp, Google, Waze's own db etc...
It does give you some options, but then it starts to feel like you're doing the work instead of Waze (why can't they diff the results and just show you the POIs?). The predictive search is just awful, you'll see results from all over the country (and sometimes world!) when you're looking for something a few miles away. There are frequently duplicates in the list and adding to the issue is that the list view also contains so little information that it's hard to see if the result is the one you're looking for. Google Maps absolutely blows away Waze in terms of search UI.
Other gripes:
It suggests using HOV lanes despite not knowing if there is someone else in the car, that can dramatically effect routes (say route A is faster only if you can use the HOV lane).
For ferries (I live in Seattle) it doesn't count the time on the ferry which can give you wildly incorrect time estimates. There's also not a way to ask for a route that doesn't include a ferry (sometimes you can drive around). For example Google Maps suggests 1:04 to get to a spot on Bainbrdige for me right now where Waze says 25 minutes. Considering the ferry ride itself takes ~30 minutes...
I agree they need to revamp their HOV situation. In my case, I have a car with an HOV sticker and I don't know if it's measuring HOV lane traffic separately from non-HOV traffic (huge difference in the Bay Area on the 101)
@jonknee is your name jon kneeland? I'm a John Kneeland. Small world!