Does waze use google maps?

Google Maps is a much better all around app and its general usefulness far exceeds Waze. If you’re just looking for a phone number for a business, don’t own a car, or generally prefer a more paper map-esque experience, Google Maps should be your go-to. read more

The upside in thinking about Google Maps vs. Waze is that it’s a good dilemma to have. You have two really good mapping solutions that Google has clearly committed to strengthening. If you’re new to Waze, give it a go for your daily commute or next road trip. read more

The Waze use basemaps in some countries (like USA, UK, Spain, Italy, France, India, etc). These maps are came from different sources (The US map based on TIGER basemap), usually a very basic maps, just for helping their editors work(Waze paid for it). In the other countries the Waze users create their own map from scratch. read more