Google’s recent enforcement of Google Maps API usage, resulting in charges for those exceeding the stated free usage quotas, has led some web sites to jump ship in search of less expensive online mapping options including Open MapQuest. Ed Freyfogle of Nestoria, a property search engine, recently posted on Nestoria’s […]
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State of Mapping APIs
Adam duVander, executive editor of ProgrammableWeb, looks at changes coming from the “old guard” of Yahoo!, MapQuest, and Google, and reviews the advances of some of the newcomers to the web mapping field. (via The Map Room) Though the map itself continues to be important, other geographic data is having […]
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Web Mapping News
Google has decided to resume gathering street level imagery in four countries. Google announced on its European Public Policy blog that it will resume Street Viewing driving in Ireland, Norway, South Africa and Sweden. Google had halted the collection of imagery in May: In May we announced that we had […]
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MapQuest Tries to Keep Up
MapQuest, lagging behing both Google and Bing, released 360. That’s right, you can now view MapQuest Maps in a whole new way. We have developed a simple, easy-to-use interface that fits seamlessly into the MapQuest mapping experience you have come to know and understand. 360 View provides fantastic panoramic views […]
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Totem Map Maker Shutting Down
Most have never heard of Totem Publications which produces maps for the Western Washington state area. The small map maker shut their storefront location and is selling off all of their stock. What makes the closure of such a small enterprise and others like them notable, is the loss of […]
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MapQuest Plays Catchup
ReadWriteWeb has a quick write up on some of the cartographic changes with MapQuest, similar to what Google rolled out last week. Also in the post is an update on traffic data for MapQuest versus Google Maps. Google Maps now corners 45% of the market while MapQuest has dropped to […]