360 vs. 620? (Commute from NW to Hill Country Galleria)

[balor123]

Yeah Waze can give you real time updates but so can Google Maps (soon presumably it will be part of Google Maps given the acquisition). Waze has a much bigger advantage in foreign countries, where maps stink or are non-existent and where people use it. More importantly, along that route what good does it do you? There's no alternate routes. It just tells you what you already know when your car is parked: it's going to take a long time.

[scm53]

Originally Posted by balor123

More importantly, along that route what good does it do you? There's no alternate routes. It just tells you what you already know when your car is parked: it's going to take a long time.

You obviously have never used it in traffic. It is constantly calculating your route against alternates. I've had it reroute me in DC when traffic built up ahead on a route and made the alternate "shorter". Happened today in SA when 35 backed up between 1604 and the 410 split. Shot me over on 1604, down 281, back to 410.

You can also look at two alternates whenever you calculate a given route. And the Waze advantage comes from the real time nature of the crowd sourced social network - all users constantly reporting their position and traffic, as well as road hazards (including weather and police). Yes, Google Maps and Inrix use crowd sourcing, but neither have the hazard reporting - which makes Waze my go to solution, even though my car nav gets traffic info. Waze is always on, in a clamp that goes in a cup holder.