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  • New Product Alert: Mobile Navigation SDK | MapQuest Developer Blog

    We’re extremely excited to announce the launch of our new Mobile Navigation SDK for Android and iOS applications. Backed by our decades-long geospatial experience, our Mobile Navigation SDK provides you turn-by-turn navigation and real-time traffic updates. Not only control your brand experience by keeping users within your native host application, but also customize the experience […]

    Mike Wille
  • Now Available: The MapQuest Place Search API

    Replacing the legacy Search API, we are excited to announce a new and improved version, titled Place Search API! The newly available Place Search API, like our Search Ahead API, offers access to our next generation backend spatial search engines and boasts many of the features that users of our Search Ahead API have come to […]

    Bri Gust
  • Required Action: Whitelist New MapQuest IP Addresses

    It’s 2018, and we’re getting up to speed! We are currently in the process of migrating our infrastructure away from AOL and into AWS. Because of this change, you will need to whitelist the following MapQuest IP addresses and remove the old ones: Add- • 34.227.250.99 • 34.239.87.216 • 54.84.207.87 • 34.214.138.249 • 35.160.154.162 • 52.39.4.3 Remove- • 64.12.106.130 […]

    Bri Gust
  • 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 Objectives: Replace outdated geospatial services vendor with a future-proof provider.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

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