MapQuest has just made it easier to pin maps onto Pinterest. The social media site has been picking up tremendous steam over the past few months, and this new addition is sure to add a lot more pins. People has…
MapQuest Vibe Gaming, Search Features Launch At SXSW
AOL’s MapQuest announced the launch of some new features for its MapQuest Vibe product (web and iPhone), bringing a gaming element to it. That includes check-ins, “neighborhood influence,” which lets users share votes, comments and check-ins across Facebook, Foursquare and…
MapQuest For Android Can Fix What Google Maps Sometimes Gets Wrong
Face it, Google: sometimes, you get it wrong when it comes to mapping out directions. In my experience with mapping directions generated by Google, I have taken many an erroneous exist and been directed to intersections that didn’t exist. Once,…
MapQuest Vibe Launched to Rank Local Businesses
AOL announced the launch of MapQuest Vibe, which it says generates “real-time rankings of neighborhoods, local hotspots and points-of interests using sophisticated algorithms.” “MapQuest Vibe helps people cut through the ratings clutter by providing actual rankings based on key criteria…
MapQuest Android App Launched
MapQuest has unveiled a new Android app that comes with voice-guided/turn-by-turn Navigation, voice search, a map toolbar (making it easily find restaurants, gas stations, etc. with one click), walking/driving directions, recommendations for the best routes, rotating maps, and live traffic flow/incidents.
Walking Directions Now on MapQuest (Transit Too)
MapQuest announced the availability of both walking directions and transit directions on its service.
It’s interesting that it has taken this long for MapQuest to get such features, though to be fair, MapQuest did have walking directions available on its MQ4Mobile and Mobile Web apps for a while. But now they’re available on MapQuest.com.
MapQuest Open Roll-out Rolls On
MapQuest’s embrace of user-generated content from a topographical perspective continues with the release of additional editions of MapQuest Open.
By aggregating its data from the OpenStreetMap service, MapQuest Open allows users to interact with their applicable map, which would, according to MapQuest’s blog entry, “indicate rapid change in geographic locations, points of interest and routing.”
AOL Brings Back Local Food And Entertainment Guide
AOL said today it is relaunching its City’s Best online guide to provide local food and entertainment reviews in 25 metro areas.
City’s Best local editors and writers in each market have visited and selected the best food, and entertainment destinations in each city creating directory listings for each. AOL will invite local users to chose the most popular spots.
Google Maps Photo Layer Gets Improvements, MapQuest Launches Atlas
There are a couple interesting things happening with online maps today. Google has updated its Photos layer and MapQuest has introduced Atlas.