On: MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood

[talon8635]

I had no idea MapQuest still existed. How have they survived the past 15 years?

[tarellel → talon8635]

I’d say the majority of their users are probably older. People who started using it based on familiarity from when they first used it a decade ago (or more). I do know my in-laws refuse to use Google/Apple Maps, because it’s “what they know”.

[cucumber3732842 → tarellel]

One time someone gave me an old name for a road and Mapquest was the only place that had it. Cool story, I know.

[jmathai → talon8635]

I used their API for several years for a project to get reverse geocoding to turn city names into lat/lon pairs and vice versa.

Like Mapbox, I assume they have a profitable business selling their mapping services to other companies.