AOL’s MapQuest has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to launch a new widget on MapQuest Local that includes missing child alerts and information from NCMEC.
Google Maps To Catch MapQuest By End Of The Year
Even with the strong growth of portable navigation devices, online mapping sites remain popular for trip planning, local search and written direction.
The current global number of 300 million unique visitors is expected to grow at annual rate of 15 percent in the coming years, according to ABI research.
In the U.S. MapQuest and Google are competing for market leadership, leaving Yahoo Maps and Microsoft Live Search Maps trailing.
MapQuest, Google Maps Now Get Along With Garmin
Whether you use Google Maps or are sticking to traditional favorite MapQuest, Garmin’s got you covered. The maker of navigation devices has struck deals that allow for "Send to Garmin" options from both websites.
Google Maps Gaining On MapQuest
Like Google, MapQuest entered the vernacular as a verb. As in: I mapquested it. The AOL-owned online map service is still the top site of its kind, but that position is threatened by Google Maps, which is, um, en route to surpass it.Caution: More bad puns likely.
MapQuest Launches ActionScript API
MapQuest has launched a new, Adobe ActionScript API that will allow developers to use a robust toolset with the benefits of ActionScript 3.0.
MapQuest Upgrades Mobile Service
Don’t like to get lost? MapQuest has announced upgrades to its "Send to Cell’ service that will allows users to create driving directions and maps at their PC and send them to any Web-enabled cell phone.
MapQuest Has Gas. Prices, That Is
Online driving direction and map finder MapQuest has added tools to help people find per-gallon prices that do the least damage to one’s bank account.
MapQuest Upgrades; Google, Yahoo Sigh
In a market where Yahoo’s stake trails Google’s by just one percentage point, a third company is beating them both by a solid 30%. Even worse (from the search engine companies’ perspectives), that margin could soon increase. On Thursday, MapQuest announced plans to enhance its wireless offerings.
MapQuest Offers Road Trip Tool
MapQuest is hoping to make your summer plans a little simpler with its new feature, dubbed Route Builder. According to the company, “this new tool lets travelers save time and money by mapping out their entire journey – and multiple destination stops in between – in one convenient step.”
MapQuest Opens Up To Developers
AOL’s MapQuest announced this week the beta release of mapping and routing technology available for free to Web developers. Called MapQuest OpenAPI, interested developers can win $1000 for their creative mapping efforts and a trip to the Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose.