Waze app - California Group
 

In the main thread, one of the members came up with a great idea to create a Waze (app) group so other FRS/BRZ owners can join in and identify each other on the roads. In addition to the official "FT86" group that was created by member hawaiian, I think it's a great idea to create a regional group so we can blast any local meetups or announcements with fellow members via group chit-chats or location sharing.

I went ahead and created the SoCal group for Waze...
Search:

SoCal FT86club

NorCal FT86club



What is Waze?
For those who don't know what Waze is, it is an open-source (free!), community-driven navigation/GPS app for your iPhone/Android phone. I use this daily so it's an awesome piece of software.
Check it out here: http://www.waze.com/

What are Waze Groups?
When you use Waze, you can join or create online community groups within the app that relates to your area/interests that can help improve the functionality of the app for you and group members. You basically get to join in on a local digital community of drivers and contribute for a greater cause. (E.g. I am part of the Orange County Commuters group and users can submit traffic incidents as they occur.) Waze is smart enough to reroute in real-time if it believes it can find a workaround to cut down on your commute.

A Note when using Waze:
Not sure about Android users, but this app eats up battery for the iPhone like no other, so it's best that you're running with the USB cable plugged in. Don't forget to QUIT/SHUTDOWN the app when you're not using the app as the A-GPS sensor will continuously be running in the background and drain your battery.

@86_ZN6 and @MF_DEUCE

Probably can plug this into the SoCal/NorCal owners stickie in the first page too.

Sounds cool. Definitely going to look into it.

I'm afraid to ask, but is this app available for Windows 7 phones?

even more afraid... Blackberry ???

Looks like there's a beta version for BB to download
http://www.waze.com/download/bb/

Doesn't seem to be...yet.

But did some digging and looks like there's a programmer making an unofficial port of it over:
http://meirtsvi.wordpress.com/2011/0...wp7-downloads/

ill do this later and update the norcal group

Thanks!

Downloaded it to check it out and see what's up

I put it on my iphone, now how do I find everyone? will it just show up on the map?

The app has to be running and it'll only show people who are near and around you. It's not perfect, but I'm sure a future update will allow you to see everyone on a wider map.

For now, you can play with some of the settings under the "Settings --> Groups" and "Reports" sections of the app.

Norcal group created!

Had to change my username to ZN6_86

Joined! :D

joined but really dont know how to use it still lol