Google Maps vs. Waze：哪个更好？

Google may own Waze, but that doesn’t mean its own Maps product and Waze are the same. In fact, the two still fight for dominance over your navigation needs. So which one is better? Turns out, it depends.

Google可能拥有Waze，但这并不意味着其自己的Maps产品和Waze是相同的。 实际上，两者仍在争夺您的导航需求的主导地位。 那么哪个更好呢？ 事实证明，这取决于。

To keep things simple, we’re going to break this down into three categories: navigation, finding stuff, and other features. Any navigation app should be simple and just work, because the last think you need to worry about when getting around in unfamiliar territory is fiddling with the app that’s supposed to be taking you to where you’re going.

为了简单起见，我们将其分为三类：导航，查找内容和其他功能。 任何导航应用程序都应该简单且可以正常工作，因为您最后想到的是，在陌生地区旅行时需要担心的是摆弄要带您去往目的地的应用程序。

导航：从A到B (Navigation: Getting From A to B)

Obviously, navigation is the most important part of any navigation app. They need to take you where you actually need to go.

显然，导航是任何导航应用程序中最重要的部分。 他们需要将您带到您实际需要去的地方。

When it comes down to it, both Google Maps and Waze do the job! And that’s not surprising, given that Waze and Google share a lot of maps and traffic data. That said, there are some big differences.

归根结底，Google Maps和Waze都能完成任务！ 考虑到Waze和Google共享许多地图和路况数据，这并不奇怪。 也就是说，有一些大的差异。

Waze allows people to create and submit maps. It also lets people easily report problems with existing maps. And those reports tend to get blended into the maps pretty quickly. In rural and remote areas, you’ll often find user-created maps in Waze where there are simply no decent maps available in Google Maps.

位智允许人们创建和提交地图。 它还使人们可以轻松地报告现有地图的问题。 这些报告往往会很快融入到地图中。 在农村和偏远地区，您经常会在Waze中找到用户创建的地图，而Google Maps中根本没有像样的地图。

That said, Google Maps also comes with one significant advantage over Waze. While Waze only offers driving navigation, Google Maps also offers navigation if you’re walking, biking, or using public transit. In those situations, Google Maps is the much better choice.

也就是说，与Waze相比，Google Maps还具有一项重要优势。 位智仅提供行车导航，而Google Maps还提供步行，骑自行车或使用公共交通的导航。 在这种情况下，谷歌地图是更好的选择。

For just driving directions, I’ve personally used both Waze and Maps pretty extensively, both in rural and urban, heavily-populated areas. For me, however, I’ve had Waze take me on more questionable routes than Google Maps has. I’ve found this especially true in congested areas.

对于只是行车路线，我个人广泛使用了Waze和Maps，无论是在人口稠密的农村还是城市地区。 但是，对我而言，Waze带我去的路线比Google Maps更具疑问。 我发现在拥挤的地区尤其如此。

Here’s an example. In Dallas, Waze took me pretty far out of the way, only to put me right back on easily the most congested interstate in the entire town (I-35). And that’s exactly what I was trying to avoid. Using both Maps and Waze to go to the same destination in downtown Dallas multiple times, Maps didn’t use this (or even a similar) route even one time. Yet Waze insisted on it.

这是一个例子。 在达拉斯，位智(Waze)带我走了很远，只是让我轻松回到整个城镇最拥挤的州际公路(I-35)。 而这正是我想要避免的。 多次使用地图和位智去达拉斯市区的同一目的地，地图甚至一次都没有使用此(或相似的)路线。 但是位智坚持。

I’m not sure if it’s because it was the most direct route or what, but it was increasingly annoying—to the point I had to stop using Waze when driving to that particular location. And it’s not the only time I’ve had those kinds of troubles with Waze.

我不确定是否是因为这是最直接的路线或什么路线，但是这越来越令人讨厌，以至于我开车到那个特定位置时不得不停止使用位智。 这并不是我唯一一次遇到Waze那样的麻烦。

Now, to be fair, most of the time Waze and Maps used very similar routes in all my other tests. But I have to give Google Maps the edge in the navigation category. This is because it reliably gives me better routes, but also because it offers additional navigation options if I’m biking, walking, or taking the bus or subway.

公平地说，现在，我的所有其他测试中，大多数时候Waze和Maps都使用非常相似的路线。 但是我必须让Google Maps在导航类别中占据优势。 这是因为它确实为我提供了更好的路线，而且还因为如果我骑自行车，步行或乘公共汽车或地铁，它还提供了其他导航选项。

Winner: Google Maps

优胜者：Google Maps

寻找事物：餐馆，加油站和其他所有事物 (Finding Things: Restaurants, Gas Stations, and Everything Else)

If getting you to where you’re going is the most important aspect of any good navigation app, then knowing the surroundings is easily second on that list—in fact, the two almost go hand in hand.

如果将您带到要去的地方是任何优秀的导航应用程序中最重要的方面，那么了解周围环境就很容易成为该清单上的第二名-实际上，两者几乎是齐头并进的。

When it comes to knowing what’s around you, both Waze and Maps do a good job. You can search for locations by name, and pretty much find what you’re after. You can also use voice to tell either one to find a place and they’ll both do it, though personally I find Maps to be slightly better at finding places—or perhaps it’s just the fact that it locates the place, then immediately starts navigation instead of asking for more input like Waze does.

当要了解您周围的事物时，位智和地图都做得很好。 您可以按名称搜索位置，几乎可以找到您想要的。 您也可以使用语音告诉任何一个人去寻找地点，他们都会做到这一点，尽管我个人认为Maps在寻找地点方面会稍胜一筹-也许只是事实是它找到了地点，然后立即开始导航而不是像Waze那样要求更多输入。

On Google Maps, you can pan around the map and easily spot lots of locations. Waze tends to show a lot fewer locations, and those are only of specific types—gas stations, for example—and bigger icons for businesses that advertise on Waze. Below, for example, are two shots of the same location in Google Maps (left) and Waze (right).

在Google地图上，您可以在地图上平移并轻松发现很多位置。 Waze往往显示的位置要少得多，而这些位置仅属于特定类型(例如加油站)，对于在Waze上做广告的企业，图标更大。 例如，下面是Google地图(左)和位智(右)中相同位置的两张照片。

Both Google Maps and Waze can show you not only the location of businesses you search for, but their hours of operation, phone number, departments, and more. Google Maps tends to have details on more businesses than Waze—especially local ones. But Waze also lets its users create their own pages for businesses or attractions, and then share them.

Google Maps和Waze不仅可以向您显示您搜索的企业的位置，还可以向您显示其营业时间，电话号码，部门等。 与Waze相比，Google Maps往往具有更多的企业详细信息，尤其是本地企业。 但是Waze还允许其用户为企业或景点创建自己的页面，然后共享它们。

In the end, this is another very close category. Personally, I give Google Maps the edge because it’s easier to pan around the map and spot interesting close-by places, and because they tend to have better information about locations than Waze does.

最后，这是另一个非常接近的类别。 就我个人而言，我之所以能为Google Maps提供优势，是因为它更容易在地图上平移和发现附近有趣的地方，并且因为与Waze相比，它们通常具有更好的位置信息。

Winner: Google Maps

优胜者：Google Maps

额外功能：警察检测，其他导航选项 (Bonus Features: Police Detection, Other Navigation Options)

Then there’s all the other stuff. Waze’s claim to fame, of course, is crowdsourcing aspect. It’s really pretty cool and, let’s be honest, is the real reason people even consider Waze over Maps in the first place.

然后还有其他所有东西。 位智的名声当然是在众包方面。 这真的很酷，说实话，这是人们甚至一开始就在地图上考虑位智的真正原因。

As Waze users drive, they can submit all kinds of real-time information to Waze very easily. This includes things like the location of police speed traps, stalled cars, wrecks, debris on the road, and all kinds of other stuff. As other Waze drivers pass the same location and get a notification about the obstacle, they can upvote or downvote it to let Waze know if it’s still present.

当Waze用户开车时，他们可以非常轻松地将各种实时信息提交给Waze。 这包括诸如警察快速陷阱的位置，停滞的汽车，残骸，道路上的碎屑以及其他各种东西。 当其他Waze驾驶员经过同一位置并获得有关障碍的通知时，他们可以向上或向下投票以告知Waze是否仍然存在。

It’s a brilliant feature.

这是一个了不起的功能。

The way each app handles offline data is also interesting. Google Maps lets you download a specific area for offline navigation, so you can start navigation without a data connection. You could even navigate an entire route without needing data. By comparison, Waze only downloads the route data after navigation has started, and only for that particular navigation session, which is much less useful. Sure, if you lose data while driving then you should still be good, but that’s the extent of its usefulness.

每个应用程序处理脱机数据的方式也很有趣。 Google Maps可让您下载特定区域以进行离线导航，因此无需数据连接即可开始导航。 您甚至可以导航整个路线而无需数据。 相比之下，Waze仅在导航开始后下载路线数据，并且仅用于该特定的导航会话，这用处不大。 当然，如果您在开车时丢失数据，那么您应该仍然会很好，但这就是它的用处。

And then there’s the fun stuff that doesn’t really matter—like voice customization. Waze offers it, Maps doesn’t. Pretty simple, and I’m not convinced that should really even matter in this argument, but hey, maybe it’s important to you.

然后是有趣的东西，实际上并不重要，例如语音自定义。 位智提供它，而地图不提供。 很简单，我不认为这在此争论中甚至应该很重要，但是，嘿，也许对您很重要。

It’s really hard to call a winner here. On one hand, Waze offers the crowd-sourced ability to know what driving obstacles lie along your path, and some fun voice options. Google Maps lets you download offline maps, so you can be more prepared in the event you lose your connection.

在这里很难称得上是赢家。 一方面，位智(Waze)提供了众包能力，让您知道沿途存在哪些驾驶障碍，以及一些有趣的语音选项。 Google地图可让您下载离线地图，以便在失去连接的情况下做好更多准备。

It’s up to you which suits your needs better, but personally I think Waze has the advantage on extra features.

您可以根据自己的需要更好地适应您的需求，但就个人而言，我认为Waze在附加功能方面具有优势。

Winner: Waze

优胜者：位智

那么，哪个更好？(So, Which Is Better?)

You can call this a TL;DR if you want, but here’s the nuts and bolts:

您可以根据需要将其称为TL; DR，但这是基本要点：

• Use Maps if you want arguably better routes, offline navigation, more places of interest, and navigation options for walking, biking, and public transit.
  如果您想要更好的路线，离线导航，更多的景点以及步行，骑自行车和公共交通的导航选项，请使用地图。
• Use Waze if having access to real-time crowd-sourced data—like police activity, wrecks, and debris—is important to you.
  如果可以访问实时的人群数据(例如警察活动，残骸和碎片)对您很重要，请使用位智。

It’s really that simple. Both apps will get you where you’re going, and both have great sets of features. I actually switch between the two pretty often, using Maps when I want the best navigation features, and Waze when I know where I’m going and just want the crowdsourced traffic data. Best of both worlds there.

真的就是这么简单。 这两个应用程序都能带您前往目的地，并且都具有出色的功能。 实际上，我经常在这两者之间切换，当我想要最好的导航功能时，使用地图；当我知道我要去的方向，只想要众包交通数据时，使用位智。 两全其美。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/349022/google-maps-vs.-waze-which-one-is-really-better/