Waze

E72080

GPS navigation software mobile application traffic and navigation app

Waze is a community-driven GPS navigation app that provides real-time traffic updates, route guidance, and incident reports from its users.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Waze canonical	11
Waze Mobile	2
Waze Carpool	1
Waze navigation app	1
co-founding Waze	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575372 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Waze
Context triple: [Android Auto, supportsNavigationApp, Waze]

A. MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
B. Transport Focus
Transport Focus is an independent watchdog organization in Great Britain that represents the interests of transport users, particularly rail, bus, and road passengers, by monitoring services and advocating for improvements.
C. Bing Maps
Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
D. Google Maps
Google Maps is a web-based mapping and navigation service by Google that provides detailed maps, real-time GPS navigation, traffic conditions, and location search worldwide.
E. Apple Maps
Apple Maps is Apple's proprietary mapping and navigation service that provides turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic data, and location search across Apple devices.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Waze
Target entity description: Waze is a community-driven GPS navigation app that provides real-time traffic updates, route guidance, and incident reports from its users.

A. MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
B. Transport Focus
Transport Focus is an independent watchdog organization in Great Britain that represents the interests of transport users, particularly rail, bus, and road passengers, by monitoring services and advocating for improvements.
C. Bing Maps
Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
D. Google Maps
Google Maps is a web-based mapping and navigation service by Google that provides detailed maps, real-time GPS navigation, traffic conditions, and location search worldwide.
E. Apple Maps
Apple Maps is Apple's proprietary mapping and navigation service that provides turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic data, and location search across Apple devices.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GPS navigation software ⓘ mobile application ⓘ traffic and navigation app ⓘ
acquiredBy	Google ⓘ surface form: Google LLC
acquisitionDate	2013 ⓘ
availableIn	multiple languages ⓘ
businessModel	ad-supported ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Israel ⓘ
dataSource	GPS data from users ⓘ crowdsourced user data ⓘ third-party traffic data ⓘ
developer	Google ⓘ surface form: Google LLC Waze self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waze Mobile
feature	ETA calculation ⓘ automatic rerouting ⓘ carpooling service ⓘ crowdsourced incident reports ⓘ integration with music streaming apps ⓘ map editing by community ⓘ real-time traffic information ⓘ speed camera alerts ⓘ turn-by-turn navigation ⓘ user-reported accidents ⓘ user-reported police presence ⓘ user-reported road hazards ⓘ user-reported traffic jams ⓘ voice-guided navigation ⓘ
foundedBy	Amir Shinar ⓘ Ehud Shabtai ⓘ Uri Levine ⓘ
genre	navigation software ⓘ social mapping service ⓘ
hasCommunity	localization volunteers ⓘ map editors ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tel Aviv ⓘ
initialReleaseDate	2009 ⓘ
license	proprietary software ⓘ
notableProduct	Waze self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Waze Carpool
ownedBy	Google ⓘ surface form: Google LLC
parentCompany	Google ⓘ surface form: Google LLC
platform	Android ⓘ iOS ⓘ web ⓘ
supports	car navigation ⓘ motorcycle navigation ⓘ ride-sharing coordination ⓘ
targetUserGroup	commuters ⓘ drivers ⓘ
uses	GPS ⓘ mobile data connection ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Android Auto → supportsNavigationApp → Waze ⓘ

Waze → developer → Waze self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waze Mobile

Waze → notableProduct → Waze self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waze Carpool

Ehud Shabtai → notableWork → Waze ⓘ

Ehud Shabtai → employer → Waze ⓘ

Ehud Shabtai → coFounded → Waze ⓘ

Amir Shinar → coFounded → Waze ⓘ

Amir Shinar → notableWork → Waze ⓘ

Amir Shinar → associatedWith → Waze ⓘ

Uri Levine → knownFor → Waze ⓘ

this entity surface form: co-founding Waze

Uri Levine → knownFor → Waze ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waze navigation app

Uri Levine → coFounded → Waze ⓘ

Uri Levine → notableWork → Waze ⓘ

Uri Levine → employer → Waze ⓘ

Uri Levine → developer → Waze ⓘ

subject surface form: Waze

this entity surface form: Waze Mobile

Uri Levine → acquired → Waze ⓘ

subject surface form: Google

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (50)

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Referenced by (16)

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