Do you know why they favor Waze over something like openstreetmaps.org? Is it related to the tooling? Did it just become popular first?
Voice turn by turn nav and traffic updates and reporting cops, roadwork etc. I use it even on my commute just to get those alerts.
Yeah, I think it is, in fact, because Waze is very easy to use for everyone, especially for people with non-technical backgrounds. The support for Spanish locale must be another reason.
Note however, that I haven't used OSM myself, so I can't truly compare them fairly.
Does openstreetmaps have a proper cross-platform phone app with turn by turn instructions while you are driving that works well - and does it have a good majority of costa rican roads?