mapquest

Like Google, MapQuest entered the vernacular as a verb. As in: I mapquested it. The AOL-owned online map service is still the top site of its kind, but that position is threatened by Google Maps, which is, um, en route to surpass it.Caution: More bad puns likely.

MapQuest has launched a new, Adobe ActionScript API that will allow developers to use a robust toolset with the benefits of ActionScript 3.0.

Don't like to get lost? MapQuest has announced upgrades to its "Send to Cell' service that will allows users to create driving directions and maps at their PC and send them to any Web-enabled cell phone.

Online driving direction and map finder MapQuest has added tools to help people find per-gallon prices that do the least damage to one's bank account.

In a market where Yahoo's stake trails Google's by just one percentage point, a third company is beating them both by a solid 30%. Even worse (from the search engine companies' perspectives), that margin could soon increase. On Thursday, MapQuest announced plans to enhance its wireless offerings.

MapQuest is hoping to make your summer plans a little simpler with its new feature, dubbed Route Builder. According to the company, "this new tool lets travelers save time and money by mapping out their entire journey - and multiple destination stops in between - in one convenient step."

AOL's MapQuest announced this week the beta release of mapping and routing technology available for free to Web developers. Called MapQuest OpenAPI, interested developers can win $1000 for their creative mapping efforts and a trip to the Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose.

I believe you've met your match. More on this later--unless 50,000 other folks have written about it when I wake up. Then I won't bother.