BB10 Maps

My biggest issues with maps are the following items:
- Blackberry traffic gave you different options to travel based on times and usually gave you a more direct route than current Maps app. Why can't this be solved in BB10?
- Why isn't there a spedometer on my app?
- There is a notification shown if there is an issue coming up, why can't I click on it to see what the issue is?
- Why can't I report an issue if I see one? That way I can help my fellow BB10 users with their drive.
BB10 Maps is a very basic shell of an app. My wife's 5 year old GPS system has more information on it than my new and amazing OS10 dvice. I currently use a Z10 and Classic and both show me that I should just add Waze, Google Maps, of even BeMaps which doesn't have turn by turn verbal navigation. I understand that it takes time to upgrade apps but it has been over 2 years with BB10 and this app is severely lacking in ability. 
What is the timeline to upgrade this app?

@Xandrex Maps in BB10 combines the functions of Maps + Traffic in the legacy BBOS devices.
@kpbutton I have since forgotten details of Traffic so it is hard for me to compare. But there are options in BB10 to set default selections for shortest route, simplest route, fastest route, and avoid toll roads or not, avoid highways or not, etc. And Maps chooses the route based on traffic, apparently in real time. I use it all the time and have had times where it changed the route in mid trip to route me around a bad accident or similar backing up traffic.
Don't know about speedometer. Not something important to me.
I do remember Traffic would tell you, or show you information on an incident ahead. Again, not important to me. If Maps knows there is congestion and warns me, or routes me around it, I don't need to know what it's about.
Reporting? From what I can tell the underlying service is receiving information from emergency reporting networks. And I can think of issues with users making reports, from practical jokers to distracted drivers trying to drive and enter information into the app. I don't see an issue with it as it is.
Is use Maps all the time and haven't had the need for a standalone GPS in a long time. I would hardly describe BB10 Maps as a basic shell of an app. But if there is something you need that another app provides, I won't argue with you about what works for you.
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