In an Alpha release, which occurs prior to Beta, Waze, a company that makes GPS navigation, mapping, and traffic solutions, will be allowing users of Windows Mobile and Windows Phones to register to test out the software. The software has since been on the iPhone and Android platforms.

Crowdsourcing will be the next wave of GPS evolution, however, Waze will have to up its game if it intends to do well in this space as it must compete with Google’s solution in Google Maps for Mobile. According to Waze, there is a passive and active way to report traffic incident. On the passive side, all you need to do is drive, leave the program on and it will detect your speed and report that data to traffic servers.

If you want to be more active about the data reporting–and we recommend you have a co-pilot or navigator in the passenger seat to do this–you can tap on the screen and report if the traffic congestion is due to emergency vehicles on the road, accidents, road construction, etc.

Like mapping solutions without voice guidance, like Live Search and Google Maps for your Windows Phone, Waze will also provide you with turn-by-turn directions.

An added crowdsourcing component to Waze, which was demoed at the IntoMobile Drive Up event at Tesla in Northern California, is that users also have the capability to draw and create maps as they go along. This is beneficial in new neighborhoods and communities where current mapping information has not yet been recorded by big map companies like Navteq or TeleAtlas. Of course, when you participate and help to map out new areas where maps previously did not exist, Waze will be able to monetize that information and fellow Waze drivers and users will be able to use that information to navigate in the future.

To sign up for the Alpha, please go to Waze to register.