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  • Amazon Deliveries Depend on MapQuest for Business

    Have you ever wondered how Amazon.com can quickly, accurately and reliably deliver millions of packages throughout North America? Well, it’s likely that your last Amazon purchase was delivered through Key Software Systems’ Xcelerator software, powered by MapQuest for Business. Objectives: Replace outdated geospatial services vendor with a future-proof provider. Quickly and seamlessly integrate geospatial APIs […]

    Steven Toole
  • Millions of Accurate Real Estate Appraisals Depend on MapQuest for Business

    What’s the best way to enable lenders and appraisers to perform millions of real estate appraisals using comparable properties in the area? The answer for Lansdale, Pa.-based Global DMS®, is MapQuest for Business. Automating the Entire Valuation Process To help Global DMS users perform appraisals accurately and efficiently, the company developed eTrac®, a valuation management […]

    Steven Toole
  • New Release: MapQuest.js, v1.2

    Today we are launching a point release, version v1.2, of our MapQuest.js product. This release focuses on bug fixes, adding additional options and events, as well as the introduction of a new directions control. A few small improvements to point out include an upgrade to our Leaflet.js library dependency from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0. You can […]

    Thomas Horacek
  • Autism Therapists Save Time and Money with MapQuest for Business

    Ever since the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) implemented MapQuest for Business APIs in 2013, the company has saved a quarter million dollars and streamlined their more than 2,500 therapists’ daily routines. In addition, time and mileage is now reported automatically for each of their therapists, eliminating the hassle and inaccuracy of manual […]

    Steven Toole
  • Xevo Picks MapQuest for Business for Millions of Passenger Vehicles

    When Seattle-based Xevo needed highly-accurate and reliable geospatial data for the company’s in-car software platform, MapQuest for Business fit the bill. The company’s Journeyware system is embedded into millions of passenger vehicles manufactured by several of the world’s largest carmakers, including Toyota and Lexus. Objectives: Receive consistent and accurate geocode data for Xevo’s Journeyware in-dash infotainment system. […]

    Steven Toole
  • QTC Uses MapQuest for Business for America’s Heroes

    Since 2000, QTC has performed more than four million physical and diagnostic tests for U.S. veterans across the company’s 60+ office locations nationwide. Owned by Leidos, the Los Angeles, California-based company, QTC is the largest provider of government-outsourced occupational health and disability examination services in the U.S. QTC uses MapQuest for Business to help examinees […]

    Steven Toole
  • MapQuest is Back … to the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon!

    ThingSpace and MapQuest, a Verizon platform and company, will be a returning key sponsor of the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco Hackathon on September 16-17, 2017, at Pier 48 in San Francisco. Developers and engineers descend from all over the world to take part in this 24-hour hacking event to build a new product and present […]

    Bri Gust
  • Mental Health Clinicians Reach Patients via MapQuest for Business

    Mapping out daily routes for clinicians to visit more than three million mental health patients nationwide involved complex APIs and an unsustainable pricing model for Norfolk, Va.-based Welligent. That was until the company’s Founder and CEO Charles Sutelan discovered MapQuest for Business’ geospatial toolset. Objectives: Locate over four million addresses nationwide. Display patient locations on […]

    Steven Toole

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