8/10/2019 Waze Live Map
One such service is Waze, the community-based traffic and navigation app. Providing the functionality to embed a Waze Live Map into the SIS Notice Board.
The navigation apps like Waze or Googe Map work well with an internet connection. Waze is not built to work offline, and Waze Map solution may not perform without a live internet connection. There are some workarounds to resolve this issue, and you can use Google and Waze offline. This offline map is ideal if you have a limited data plan or when you use the map in a place where you can’t access the internet through your mobile data or WiFi.
Compare to Waze Map; Google (set Waze Default Map) is providing features to save the offline MAP for the cities or a particular area you like. Google lets you save up to 20 offline maps for 30 days period. However, for Waze users, we will show you a workaround to use Waze Offline for your next trip.
Editor’s Note: We have published a detailed article describing How to Get Waze Offline on Android and iPhone.
How to Save Google Map Offline?
This workaround is common for both Android and iOS devices. To save your data, (see how to save battery while using Google Map) you have to do this within your WiFi network if you are worried about your data plan. First, open the Google Map app from your Android or iOS device. Please make sure you are signed into your Google Account within your Google Map Applications. Search the zip code or city you want to save the offline map.
Now tap on the bottom bar of the Google map app where it shows the name of the place you searched. The Google map app will open a new window in this Google Map App itself. In this new window, top right corner, you see a touch menu as mentioned in the picture.
This touch menu will bring you a window to save the map offline, and you can pan and zoom the map before you save. The biggest size for an offline map is around 30miles x 30miles.
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You can name your offline map and save to your device for future use. Please keep in mind, after 30 days, this offline map will be automatically deleted from your Google account.
Related: As long as you have a smartphone with any of the map apps like Google Map, Waze or Apple Map app, you can easily share the accurate location just by a few taps on your phone. Please see the instruction to Share your Exact Location from Google Map/Waze/Apple Maps.
How to View Saved Google Offline Map?
Open your Google Map application within your Android or iOS device and make sure you log in to the app with the same account that you save the offline map before.
Now tap on the Google App menu and tap on Your places. Scroll down all the way down until you see Offline maps tap View all and manage. Now you can see all the saved offline maps over there.
You can tap any one of these maps to get an additional menu where you can Rename, Update or Delete the saved maps.
Related: Compare to the GPS device, Mobile-based GPS can immediately start to use with any MAP (offline or online) apps. If you have a built-in GPS tablet, you can replace your GPS with this tablet and Offline map. Even if you want to get a dedicated tablet for GPS, there are several low priced tablets available with built-in GPS.
How to Save Waze Map Offline?
Waze is a community-based, feature-rich, powerful app that featured with real-time traffic, road alert, accidents, etc. Unfortunately, Waze is not offering any built-in feature to save the Waze map offline. Theoretically, Waze needs an internet connection to work fully functional. But there is some workaround to get an offline copy of the Map on Waze app.
If you want to get a Waze map offline, you have to open Waze application on your smartphone ahead with your WiFi or data connection and enter the address you want to go. Once the routing is completed, Waze will keep this map details in the cache (offline). You can use this Offline Waze version to drive later. Let’s see how to save a Waze Offline map for your next trip.
That’s all. Waze will calculate the best possible route and cache the address details on your phone memory. Now you can turn off data plan on your mobile. Waze will be still in action and able to route you from the cache memory.
Editor’s Note: We have published a detailed article describing How to Get Waze Offline on Android and iPhone.
Get Waze Offline from History
We have noticed that Waze Offline feature will also work even you quit the app. Waze is saving the calculated route information in App cache and reuse if you don’t have internet. You can see the addressed you have traveled before.
You can use this cached map for your trip without an internet connection. Please be aware that while you offline with Waze, you won’t get any map updates or traffic updates on Waze until you connect your mobile device to an internet connection.
Related: How to Use Android & Waze as a Standalone GPS Device
How to Download Waze Traffic Info?
You can ask Waze to download the traffic information on the Android phone before you start your trip. Waze can download an offline copy of the current traffic information while you perform this. Before you start, make sure your device connected to the Internet.
Update: The above steps are obsolete. The Data Transfer options are removed from teh updated versions on the Waze App. No Android or iPhone apps are supporting the Data Transfer feature now.
This will save the current traffic information. Be aware, without the internet; you may not get the updated traffic alert in Waze. In addition to this traffic info, this window will show you how much data already cached by Waze app, and you can update your map information from this window.
Google MAP and WAZE Map (community-based) apps are the best online maps available for mobile devices with amazing features for free of cost. Recently Microsoft also implements the offline map feature in the latest Windows10 OS.
Technology is gradually replacing traditional GPS device from the market with Smartphone GPS and online map. You don’t need to carry a separate GPS device when you use your Smartphone as a GPS device, and you can enjoy almost real-time traffic updates on your phone.
Mobile GPS App also provides some other useful information in addition to traffic updates. This Smartphone Map app includes road hazard warning, accident reports, red light camera notifications, etc. Real-time gas price, store reviews are few of the other features you can get with your Smartphone map apps.
Don’t have time to convert your required maps to offline? You can buy the dedicated offline maps that can purchase for your Android phone or tablet. These free Offline Android Maps can convert your phone or tablet into a dedicated GPS device without spending money on the data plan.
When you deal with the mobile online app, and if you don’t want to invest in any paid offline map, go with Google Offline Map feature. If you have a data connection all the time with your mobile device, Waze will be the best bet with its real-time data update like traffic, road hazard, speed cams, accidents and all other necessary updates and social sharing feature.
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
Description
Always know what’s happening on the road with Waze. Even if you know the way, Waze tells you instantly about traffic, construction, police, crashes, & more. If traffic is bad on your route, Waze will change it to save you time.
Why Waze? ◦ See what’s happening - Alerts about traffic, police, hazards and more on your drive ◦ Get there faster - Instant routing changes to avoid traffic and save you time ◦ Easily listen to music - play your favorite apps for music, podcasts & more right from Waze ◦ Know when you’ll arrive - your Arrival Time is based on live traffic data ◦ Pay less for gas - find the cheapest gas along your route ◦ Drive with Apple CarPlay - use Waze on your car’s display ◦ Always find the way - choose from a variety of voices to guide you while you drive Be prepared, drive with Waze. You have full control over your privacy settings. Learn more about the Waze privacy policy, including what information is accessed and how it is used: www.waze.com/legal/privacy What’s New
Saving time & avoiding traffic is even easier with this update:
◦ Fixed a bug that prevented some users from reporting gas prices
1.7M Ratings
People power meets the open road in this amazing navigation app. Waze’s crowd-sourced alerts come from real drivers, not algorithms, delivering info you won’t see anywhere else to keep your commute flowing. The friendly interface and convenient detour routing really help the app shine, and its social-network integration make road trips with buddies a blast.
Get in the loop
Waze is great for more than getting me where I want to go. It keeps me informed about emergent hazards and cops hiding in wait for the unaware. It does have a couple problems that should be fixed. It tells you that your turn is several miles ahead, and it tells you when you are at your exit, but woe to the person who isn’t already in the right lane and slowing down when they get there. I don’t know how many times I’ve shot past my exit while I was in the left lane listening to Waze as it told me to exit right. It needs a decent “approaching exit” warning.
I found another bug recently when I was in a traffic jam waiting for an accident to get cleaned up. Waze advised me to turn around and take a detour, which wasn’t bad advice at one time, but I could see that the emergency vehicles were leaving. I waited a bit, and soon traffic moved again and I passed the scene of the accident. But Waze never figured out that I didn’t need a detour anymore. It never gave up telling me to go an hour out of my way on a detour, even after I was miles past the accident. It finally changed it’s mind after I shut it off and restarted it. Waze is very handy, and I usually have it on when I drive, even when I know the way by heart. It exchanges useful information with other users just by being on. I recommend it. Not the same Waze it Once was
Even a month or so ago, I would have rated this app 5 stars, but something has happened to what was my best driving app companion. The issues begin with incorrect mileage estimates when you type in a place your are going that, as soon as you click on the place to get directions, change and sometimes in drastic ways and always for the worse. Examples - a place that it said was 136 miles away changed when getting directions to over 200 miles away...a place that it said was 9 miles away, when you click on it to press go turns into 14 miles away. It also is suggesting routes with lots of turns that are leading me in circles and when I choose to ignore their suggestion because I can see ahead there does not seem to be traffic, I go the normal straight way I always do and get there 5 minutes sooner than the estimated time from Waze’s indirect way. The app has become so broken it is upsetting because it used to be amazing! It also isn’t remembering routes and crashing, which is what prompted me to finally write this review because that ended up costing me about an extra hour of time yesterday since I was trying to avoid the turnpike (and it’s tolls) and unbeknownst to me, it re-routed me to take it! It’s also caused my daughter to end up on a toll road with no warning! Waze and I are going to have to part ways if they don’t fix the newly introduced issues soon - it’s just become completely unreliable:
People power meets the open road in this amazing navigation app. Waze’s crowd-sourced alerts come from real drivers, not algorithms, delivering info you won’t see anywhere else to keep your commute flowing. The friendly interface and convenient detour routing really help the app shine, and its social-network integration make road trips with buddies a blast.
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