I kind of hope they went out for a beer afterwards...
A view from Google Street view And near the same moment, from a Bing car.
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Waze needs to learn my ways
When I first tried to use Waze , the Israeli developed navigation app Google later purchased, I was not impressed and stayed with Google Maps. On our visit in March to Israel I saw how every tour operator and taxi driver user loved their home grown app, so when I started my new job and new commute I began using it. I run the app for the entire commute even though I know the way well. It warns me of issues that arise since I hit the road and routes me around them. Every morning though, it asks me to take a route through a small, congested, hilly little town instead of staying on the main route around it. It makes no sense to me and I expected it would figure out in a few days my preferred route. No. It nags me every morning even weeks later. According to Waze's FAQ : Waze should always pick what it believes is, mathematically, the fastest or shortest route, depending on your settings. If, in your estimation, it doesn't, that means that there could be an...