Mapquest

AOL's MapQuest Adds Yelp's User-Generated Reviews

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2008 - 12:06pm.

New York - AOL-owned Web mapping service MapQuest has signed a deal to add user-generated local business reviews from Yelp to its service, CNET News.com reported. MapQuest also plans to add sports information to its local site, the company told News.com.

Mapquest Nearly Killed Us: Part 2

Authored by Scott Goldberg on February 21, 2007 - 11:48am.

I feel compelled to write an update to my last Mapquest story because of an “anonymous” reader’s comment (someone from Mapquest?). He or she wrote, “MapQuest offers users options when planning routes. ‘Shortest Route’ is the default option. ‘Shortest Time’ is another. In this situation, or during any questionable winter travel, consider using the ‘Avoid seasonally closed roads’ option.” He or she then added, for good measure, “Before you degrade a free web service designed to help people, you should learn to use it properly.” So of course I tried the suggestions on the same route (Telluride, CO to Silverton, CO, a treacherous drive if misinformed), and I hate to break it to Mapquest yet again, but they failed.

Mapquest Nearly Killed Us

Authored by Scott Goldberg on February 12, 2007 - 1:49pm.

When you think about things that can kill you, what comes to mind? Shark attacks? Natural disasters? Mike Tyson? They’re all common. But are you ever afraid of Mapquest? I bet you aren’t, but you should be. Last weekend a friend entered “Telluride, CO” as our starting point, and “Silverton, CO” as our destination on Mapquest. The outcome listed the trip at 25.85 miles, for a driving time of 1 hour and 4 minutes, going primarily on Route 145 south (also known as Tomboy Pass). If it were not for the fortune of having a former Telluride local, Ben Bahney, at our side, Mapquest’s proposition would have, as he said, “either (a) gotten us all killed, or (b) gotten us stuck in the snow at 13,000ft (read: also killed).”