MapQuest still exists
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MapQuest still exists
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Re: MapQuest still exists
#2I've been using their API just last week.
As far as I know, this is the only free service for driving distances that can be used with maps other than Google's.
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#3I've been using their API just last week. As far as I know, this is the only free service for driving distances that can be used with maps other than Google's.
open street map?
Re: MapQuest still exists
#4I've been using their API just last week. As far as I know, this is the only free service for driving distances that can be used with maps other than Google's.
open street map?
Yeah, mentioning MapQuest without regards to their OSM efforts seems like a bit of an omission. Intentional or no?
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#5Reviving MapQuest seems about as likely to me as AOL reviving it's dialup business. The simple fact is that the quality bar has risen to the point where maps have become a pay to play space with serious table stakes. You can't just buy a bundle of 3rd party data, slap a nice UI on it and call it a day anymore. Maybe MapQuest could do something unique with merging it's brand name with OSM but even that seems like a pretty faint possibility.
I have no doubt they could manage to remain profitable for some ungodly amount of time by relying on pure inertia from their legacy customers. But trying to find meaningful ways to grow the brand seems like throwing good money after bad.
Re: MapQuest still exists
#6Reviving MapQuest seems about as likely to me as AOL reviving it's dialup business. The simple fact is that the quality bar has risen to the point where maps have become a pay to play space with serious table stakes. You can't just buy a bundle of 3rd party data, slap a nice UI on it and call it a day anymore. Maybe MapQuest could do something unique with merging it's brand name with OSM but even that seems like a pr…
If google keeps loading their interface down with widgets and geegaws that I can't get rid of, and keeps screwing up their route line that now sometimes can and sometimes can't be sensibly dragged around, then at some point one of my frustration visits to mapquest will see me not returning.
Re: MapQuest still exists
#7Reviving MapQuest seems about as likely to me as AOL reviving it's dialup business. The simple fact is that the quality bar has risen to the point where maps have become a pay to play space with serious table stakes. You can't just buy a bundle of 3rd party data, slap a nice UI on it and call it a day anymore. Maybe MapQuest could do something unique with merging it's brand name with OSM but even that seems like a pr…
After spending 10 minutes trying to find where Google moved their menu so I could print directions, (I completely missed the hamburger menu blended into the text box) I gave up used MapQuest instead.
Instead of focusing on the quality of their map data, MapQuest can just compete by not ruining their UX.
Re: MapQuest still exists
#8Reviving MapQuest seems about as likely to me as AOL reviving it's dialup business. The simple fact is that the quality bar has risen to the point where maps have become a pay to play space with serious table stakes. You can't just buy a bundle of 3rd party data, slap a nice UI on it and call it a day anymore. Maybe MapQuest could do something unique with merging it's brand name with OSM but even that seems like a pr…
After spending 10 minutes trying to find where Google moved their menu so I could print directions, (I completely missed the hamburger menu blended into the text box) I gave up used MapQuest instead. Instead of focusing on the quality of their map data, MapQuest can just compete by not ruining their UX.
Agreed. Google keeps ruining maps with needless UI changes. I still occasionally drop down to Classic because some feature I use is hard to find or hasn't been ported yet.
Re: MapQuest still exists
#9I've been using their API just last week. As far as I know, this is the only free service for driving distances that can be used with maps other than Google's.
open street map?
Openstreetmap doesn't provide driving distances or routing itself. Project OSRM uses Openstreetmap data to provide this service: http://project-osrm.org/
Re: MapQuest still exists
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
After spending 10 minutes trying to find where Google moved their menu so I could print directions, (I completely missed the hamburger menu blended into the text box) I gave up used MapQuest instead. Instead of focusing on the quality of their map data, MapQuest can just compete by not ruining their UX.
Agreed. Google keeps ruining maps with needless UI changes. I still occasionally drop down to Classic because some feature I use is hard to find or hasn't been ported yet.
example?