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www.bloglines.com (44)
www.spatialsciences.org.au (32)
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Thursday, November 5. 2009
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AOL's Patch - Now with OSM (not MapQuest) Maps
AOL acquired hyperlocal news site Patch in the spring. This week it swapped out the previous mapping tool, Google Maps, for an OpenStreetMap-based solution. Business Insider suggests is further evidence that AOL management is not that interested in the older properties like MapQuest.
- Business Insider
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Monday, November 2. 2009
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MapQuest to get Intermap Terrain
A press release notes that Intermap "has licensed shaded terrain products which leverage the nationwide NEXTMap 3D mapping database to MapQuest, Inc. Additionally, Intermap will deliver shaded terrain products for Europe and the remainder of the world
for subsequent releases on the MapQuest.com consumer Web site and Platform products."
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Thursday, October 29. 2009
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MapQuest Updates Look and Feel
After all the myriad announcements from Google about its changes to maps and mapping apps, it's nice to see MapQuest update its look and feel. Sources tell me the company behind the new look is Cartifact, who did a similar update for Yahoo! in 2007.
- MapQuest Blog
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Friday, October 9. 2009
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MapQuest iPhone App
It's noted on the blog; it seems Mapquest is no longer issuing press releases on such things. That's interesting - and very Google-like! I wonder how it will impact coverage of their announcements? One data point: This blog post was from 10/6 and I just saw it (though I've been traveling).
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Friday, August 7. 2009
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Mapquest Adds Premium Datasets
Yesterday MapQuest announced new premium data available for use with its MapQuest Platform Enterprise Edition.
The Premium Data Sets include:
US boundaries:
-Address Parcels, Cities, Counties, States, ZIP codes, Neighborhoods, School districts, Congressional Districts, and Core Based Statistical Areas (including MSA's).
US Census Data (2000):
-Broken down by Block, Group, Tract, ZCTA, City, County and State
-Over 400 Categories to choose
Premium Business Listings:
-13+ mil US and 2+ mil Canada Business Listings
US Public School Locations:
-Includes over 102,000 public schools.
* US Traffic:
Incident and Flow data
I asked the source of these datasets, particularly the neighborhood data. Mapquest's reply: "MapQuest utilizes a variety of 3rd party sources to provide data as part of the Premium Data Sets Package." The company notes these data partners.
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Friday, July 24. 2009
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Quote of the Week
"We probably missed a generation of technology which we are working on right now."
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong on MapQuest speaking at a Fortune event, covered by C|net.
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