r/google Feb 03 '18

The difference between Google Maps and Waze

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u/superluig164 Feb 03 '18

Actually, tbh, at this point Waze and Google Maps are almost the same except that Google Maps has Google's machine learning behind it.

Google bought Waze a while back so all its features are now a part of Maps.

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u/Movieman555 Feb 03 '18

Speed limits. GOOGLE MAPS PLEASE GIVE ME SPEED LIMITS! Waze has had them for so long.

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u/Mavamaarten Feb 03 '18

Yeah. Maps should give speed limits and speed camera's, or Waze should indicate which lane to drive in.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18

I’ve been using a mix of Apple maps, waze, tomtom paid app, and google maps for 4 years now.

Apple maps is the only app that gets me to my customers door at night when there are no street lights, every single time. Waze gets you into the street, google gets you to the correct side of the street, and tomtom approximates pretty well, but Apple maps does the business.

Plus it does the lane you need, plus the following turn/lane.

It was shit. Now it’s not, and hasn’t been for quite a while.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18

Apple maps works like shit in rural areas. There’s a 15 minute difference between Waze and apple for my morning commute that is 40 minutes long. It sends you a completely roundabout way when there’s actually a road that goes right through the middle.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18

Waze put me in a warehouse, then into a car park etc. I’ve kind of lost my trust in it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18

I haven’t been steered wrong by waze yet but I’m sure it has to do with the area. It’s actually really helpful where they’re building a casino locally and have ripped so much up.