MapQuest Developer Blog

We’ve been working on a number of infrastructure upgrades over the past few months and recently released one of the most visible updates: the new MapQuest Developer Network! The new Developer Network -- along with a quite a few other important upgrades -- sets the foundation for a much-improved...

Within the next few weeks, MapQuest will unveil a completely revamped Developer experience. While we prepare for these exciting upgrades, we will be making critical infrastructure updates and will be pausing the creation of new Free & Open AppKeys on the Developer Network as of today, May 1, 2015...

Attention, users of Community Edition on Licensed Data! We are in the process of simplifying our licensing structure and have a few upcoming changes that we want you to know about. Currently, MapQuest offers three types of licenses for use of our APIs, SDKs, and associated Developer Tools:...

Attention, users of the MapQuest-hosted Nominatim Search Service! During the next few weeks, we will be making upgrades to the back-end systems that power our instance of Nominatim and this involves a complete data refresh. During this time, OSM data updates will be temporarily suspended. It is...

Today we are excited to announce quite a few JavaScript Maps API updates! The JavaScript Maps API v7.1.0 and Open JavaScript Maps API v7.1.0 have been officially released to production and include a great mix of new functionality as well as enhancements to existing functionality. We’ve also...

Did you know that MapQuest offers the ability to use our maps, geocoding, and routing with the open-source Leaflet mapping library? The interest and feedback provided during our public beta was truly overwhelming and today we are excited to announce the first production release of the MapQuest...

We are in the process of retiring some of our legacy back-end systems and want to let you know what that means to you as a user of MapQuest APIs and developer tools that utilize licensed data. Effective January 31, 2014, the servers that power legacy products -- mostly those that operate in the...

If you follow us on Twitter, you might have noticed a reference to a beta version of a MapQuest routing plugin for Leaflet. The interest and response has already been overwhelming and today we’re excited to announce not one, but three plugins that enable developers to easily bring our most...

We are excited to announce quite a few Flash updates that have been released to production within the past week! The latest versions of the Flash Maps API, Mobile Flash Maps API, Open Flash Maps API and Open Mobile Flash Maps API are available for download from the Developer Network. Release...

Did you know that you can store your data in a MapQuest-hosted database and use the Search API Web Service to query your data table? If so, you are probably familiar with the legacy Data Manager tool that is available through the MapQuest Developer Network. Today I'm pleased to officially...

[caption id="attachment_2214" align="alignright" width="250"] Dual road shields, improved city labeling and coastline trimming[/caption] If you are using MapQuest-OSM tiles in your application — either by accessing the map tiles directly or using the Open JavaScript Maps API, Open Flash Maps API,...

I’m sure you have heard the buzz about iOS 6, Apple Maps, and alternatives to Apple Maps; in fact, at this point, I would be surprised if you haven’t! While this topic was dominating the headlines, the MapQuest mobile development team was busy putting the finishing touches on the next release of...

[caption id="attachment_2081" align="alignright" width="320"] The exhibit floor at the GIS in the Rockies conference. Photo courtesy of Annette Ginocchetti.[/caption] Last week I had the pleasure of speaking about the MapQuest Directions API as a part of the Emerging Technologies track at the GIS...

If you have been following the activity on the MapQuest iOS Maps API Forum, you have probably seen references made to version 1.0.1 of the iOS Maps API. Yes, it's true; the iOS Maps API is officially out of beta and today we are happy to announce our first production release! The iOS Maps API 1.0...

Developers who are using the MapQuest Flash Maps API may have noticed recent changes to the MapQuest Flash Samples Explorer application. The Samples Explorer application is intended to highlight the functionality of the Flash Maps API by providing interactive samples and easily-downloadable...