MapQuest
| MapQuest | |
|---|---|
| Тип | картографический сервис |
| Владелец | AOL |
| Регистрация | опциональная |
| Посещаемость | ▼35 млн в месяц (02.2012, только США)Facing Fees, Some Sites Are Bypassing Google Maps, QUENTIN HARDY, The New-York Times, 19 March 2012. «MapQuest had 35 million, a 13 percent drop.» |
| Сайт | http://www.mapquest.com/ |
MapQuest — американский картографический сервис. Принадлежит компании AOL. Один из первых картографических сервисов в интернете, наиболее популярный в конце 90-х — начале 2000-х. В 2010-х является вторым по популярности картографическим порталом в США, уступая только Google Maps.
История
Сайт был открыт в феврале 1996.
Разработчик сервиса был основан в виде подразделения RR Donnelley (NASDAQ: RRD) в 1967 в Чикаго, США. В 1994 стал независимой компанией «GeoSystems Global Corporation», с 1999 переименован в MapQuest из-за высокой популярности одноименного онлайн-сервиса. В 2000 году приобретен America Online, Inc за 1,1 млрд долларов. Штаб-квартира расположена в Денвере, Колорадо.
В 2001 году произошло активное продвижение на европейских рынках, были открыты сайты mapquest.co.uk, mapquest.de, mapquest.fr.
До 2002 года использовался активно на портале Yahoo!. Был заменен на Yahoo Maps.
С 2013 года доступны мобильные приложения для iOS и Android.
В 2015 году MapQuest как часть AOL был куплен компанией Verizon.
С октября 2015 года карты MapQuest реализованы при участии провайдера.
Взаимодействует и спонсирует проект OpenStreetMap, с 2010 запускались варианты сервиса на базе данных OSM для отдельных стран, в частности, первым был запущен open.mapquest.co.uk для Великобритании. Позднее была открыта глобальная карта open.mapquest.com, планируемая к закрытию в 2016 году.
См. также
Яндекс Карты Рамблер-Карты Карты Google Карты@Mail.Ru Bing Maps
Примечания
- https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/technology/many-sites-chart-a-new-course-as-google-expands-fees.html?pagewanted=all
- Facing Fees, Some Sites Are Bypassing Google Maps — https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/technology/many-sites-chart-a-new-course-as-google-expands-fees.html?pagewanted=all, QUENTIN HARDY, The New-York Times, 19 March 2012. «MapQuest had 35 million, a 13 percent drop.»
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- MapQuest возвращается? — http://www.gps-club.ru/gps_news/detail.php?ID=15715 // Gps-club.ru, 2008
- ‘Does MapQuest still exist?’ Yes, it does, and it’s a profitable business. — https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/does-mapquest-still-exist-as-a-matter-of-fact-it-does/2015/05/22/995d2532-fa5d-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html
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- MapQuest’s contact page — http://company.mapquest.com/contact-mapquest/
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- http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2002/03/11/128522
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- Yahoo! сменит сервис MapQuest от AOL на свой собственный — http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2002/03/11/128522, CNews, 11.03.02
- YES, MAPQUEST STILL EXISTS — AND IT HAS AN AWESOME NEW MOBILE APP — https://www.wired.com/2013/11/mapquest-new-apps/
- https://www.wired.com/2013/11/mapquest-new-apps/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160901040326/http://www.wired.com/2013/11/mapquest-new-apps
- MapQuest gets a new look after Verizon takes over — http://www.denverpost.com/2015/10/19/mapquest-gets-a-new-look-after-verizon-takes-over/
- http://www.denverpost.com/2015/10/19/mapquest-gets-a-new-look-after-verizon-takes-over/
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- https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapquest/
- Behind the MapQuest map — https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapquest/, Andreas Viglakis (MapBox), October 20 2015
- https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/09/mapquest-confirms-mapbox-partnership/
- MapQuest Confirms It’s Using Mapbox To Overhaul Its Product — https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/09/mapquest-confirms-mapbox-partnership/ / techcrunch, 2015
- MapQuest - OpenStreetMap Wiki — http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest
- http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210507034351/http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest
- State Of The Map 2010 » Mapquest announced major investment in OSM — https://2010.stateofthemap.org/mapquest-announced-major-investment-in-osm/
- https://2010.stateofthemap.org/mapquest-announced-major-investment-in-osm/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160911221846/https://2010.stateofthemap.org/mapquest-announced-major-investment-in-osm/
- MAPQUEST U.K TEAMS UP WITH OPENSTREETMAP — https://www.wired.com/2010/07/mapquest-u-k-teams-up-with-openstreetmap/
- https://www.wired.com/2010/07/mapquest-u-k-teams-up-with-openstreetmap/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160915193412/https://www.wired.com/2010/07/mapquest-u-k-teams-up-with-openstreetmap/
- Modernization of MapQuest results in changes to direct tile access MapQuest Dev Blog — http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest-results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/
- http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest-results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160819232942/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest-results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/