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Category: News & Updates

  • 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
  • Street Fight Summit: Debunking Location Inaccuracies

    Recently, we had the opportunity to attend Street Fight’s annual Street Fight Summit in New York City as gold sponsors. The conference, which occurred from June 12-14, focuses on all things hyper local marketing. MapQuest was on hand to promote our newly acquired SocialRadar point of interest (POI) dataset, as well as hand out awesome […]

    Bri Gust
  • MapQuest.js Geocoding & Search Ahead Now in Beta

    Did you hear? A few weeks ago we announced the successful beta launch of MapQuest.js. As we build out our new JavaScript library, you’ll be able to interface with additional MapQuest APIs. Geocoding and Search Ahead are now in beta and accessible through MapQuest.js. Geocoding Interface with our Geocoding API to complete forward, reverse or […]

    Bri Gust

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