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  • 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
  • CompanyMileage Saves Mobile Health Providers Millions with MapQuest for Business

    Geocoding millions of patient addresses each month was once a challenge for Dallas, Texas-based CompanyMileage, due to inaccuracies with the company’s previous geospatial service provider. This was of utmost concern for the company, whose mobile health provider client base relies upon CompanyMileage to precisely pinpoint patient locations and accurately track mileage. Since switching from a […]

    Steven Toole
  • MapQuest for Business Enables Safe, Reliable Furniture Deliveries

    With 20 million furniture deliveries per year, accurate and reliable geocoding and directions was imperative. Enter MapQuest for Business. Retail Architects is a Ft. Mill, N.C.-based developer of Loft, a retail management software product used by top 100 furniture retailers. Since partnering with MapQuest for Business in 2013, retailers enjoy reliable and accurate mapping and […]

    Steven Toole
  • FlyCleaners Cleans New York City with MapQuest

    Cleaning over 5 million pounds of New York City’s laundry is one dirty job. But in an industry that hasn’t seen much innovation over the years, the New York-based startup, FlyCleaners, saw an opportunity to turn the industry inside out with the latest in mobile and geospatial technology. From its inception, FlyCleaners integrated MapQuest for […]

    Steven Toole
  • Retirement Announcement: JavaScript Maps API, June 5, 2018

    MapQuest will be retiring our JavaScript Maps API (Licensed & Open) on June 5, 2018, a little less than one year away. Don’t worry, we aren’t leaving you in the dark. We’re thrilled to suggest a migration plan to our newly released JavaScript SDK library, MapQuest.js. What is MapQuest.js? MapQuest.js, the successor to our Leaflet […]

    Bri Gust
  • MapQuest.js Directions Now in Beta

    We’re at it again! We’ve added to our new JavaScript library and you can now interface with our Directions API using MapQuest.js. Our team has worked hard to simplify the API to help minimize the number of routing functions and help you get ramped up faster than before. Interface with our Directions API through MapQuest.js […]

    Bri Gust
  • Baron Services Powers Weather App with MapQuest for Business

    Do you remember that last weather alert you received on your mobile phone? There’s a good chance it came from Baron Services’ weather app, powered by MapQuest for Business. If you’re one of the millions of users of local television stations’ private-labeled weather apps powered by Baron, MapQuest for Business helps to determine if you’re […]

    Steven Toole

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