Since 1994, MapQuest Platform Services has helped thousands of global brands, including AOL properties and MapQuest.com, build rich, engaging mapping applications to increase operational efficiencies and improve revenue. Our industry-leading geospatial web services platform and comprehensive toolset allows developers to build advanced mapping capabilities for a wide spectrum of web, wireless and desktop applications. The MapQuest® Platform supports a variety of programming languages and through an array of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces,) opens the door to greater interactivity, lower development cost, and quicker rollout of your mapping solutions.

MapQuest combines data from industry-leading providers to deliver the most currently available geographic information. But we don’t just rely on 3rd parties. Our proprietary data and mapping technology contribute to the depth, quality, and accuracy of the geographic information we provide.

Our customers include some of the world’s most recognized names in key industries such as financial services, healthcare, real estate, retail, travel and hospitality, asset tracking, local search, and insurance. MapQuest Platform Services delivers a unique combination of flexible technology and development tools, comprehensive mapping data, and industry expertise that can help you realize more value from your online mapping solutions.

MapQuest.com is powered by the MapQuest Platform

AOL Properties, like AIM®, use the MapQuest
Platform to Integrate Mapping

Domain Expertise and a Culture of Innovation

MapQuest’s longstanding history in print, digital cartography and web services gives us the experience and expertise to help our customers stay on top of emerging mapping technology and trends. By maintaining close relationships with our customers and working to understand their needs, we can add new enhancements to the MapQuest® Platform that add practical value.

MapQuest Platform Services draws on this history of innovation to deliver a flexible and comprehensive mapping toolset that can help you uncover new opportunities and connect with customers. Our goal for future enhancements to the MapQuest Platform is to increase developer productivity by improving ease of use and to continually enhance our tools for building rich interactive mapping applications.

“… for the future, [MapQuest has] the technology and the partners in place to deliver the things that you probably don’t even know you want.” – Peter Tyrell, Director, CRM Technology, Hilton Hotels

Quality Support

While the status quo for many services is an online bulletin board discussion, you can get individual support from actual living, breathing experts with MapQuest Platform: Enterprise Edition. Our technical support team will work with you to understand your questions and challenges, and our account management staff will consult with you to meet your unique needs.

Reliability, Scalability, and Brand Strength

MapQuest Platform Services manages one of the industry’s largest transaction levels and maintains high standards for up-time. In 2007, we served more than 12 billion total maps, routes, searches, and geocodes to support our customers’ online mapping solutions. The scalability and reliability of the MapQuest Platform gives you a strong foundation for your online mapping needs.

MapQuest’s reliability and reputation as an industry leader can complement your own efforts to build a brand image. Independent studies have shown that the MapQuest brand stands out as the most reliable, most trusted, most visited, and easiest to use online mapping service.* The MapQuest Platform allows you to incorporate the MapQuest® brand into your mapping application so you can benefit from this partnership.

*Keynote Systems Survey, September 2006; Landor & Associates, Brand Asset Valuator Study, June 2007 and comScore media metrics, US Mapping, 2004-2007 rates MapQuest as having the most Unique Visitors.