How MapQuest Works
" MapQuest created the world's first online mapping and turn-by-turn directions service. HowStuffWorks MapQuest created the world's first online mapping and turn-by-turn directions service. It launched back in 1996, almost a decade before Google Maps, and was once so popular and ubiquitous that its brand name was used as a verb. As in, "I don't know how to get to Phil's house. Can you MapQuest the directions and print them out?" A lot has changed in the online mapping world since the mid-1990s, including the rise of fierce competitors like Google Maps, Waze, Apple Maps and more. But Map...
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