MapQuest still exists

Re:MapQuest still exists by mintplant on Sunday May 24, 2015 @10:00PM (#9598293)

Google is the "always online" company. So MapQuest should be the anti-Google: make a good, free offline maps app. All of the ones I've tried (on Android, at least) either had too little detail or a cumbersome user interface. But all of them were promoted to me directly by word-of-mouth. Make a great one, and people will spread it around. Become the fanatic's map app. The MapQuest brand could have the perfect retro-niche appeal for this.

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Re:MapQuest still exists by jedmeyers on Sunday May 24, 2015 @11:34PM (#9598523)

Have you tried HERE maps?

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Re:MapQuest still exists by mladen5 on Monday May 25, 2015 @06:04AM (#9599343)

HERE maps are very nice, they are Nokia/Microsoft and app is very polished on Android. Only thing is Google Maps have slightly better routing options.

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Re:MapQuest still exists by nine_k on Sunday May 24, 2015 @10:49PM (#9598421)

Have you tried OsmAnd? Rather nice, free / open data, offline.

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Re:MapQuest still exists by eli on Sunday May 24, 2015 @11:10PM (#9598463)

OsmAnd is pretty good, but it's freemium. You only get 10 dowbloads.

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Re:MapQuest still exists by karussell on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @09:35AM (#9604700)

It is not freemium! It is open source and uses open data!

BTW: The deployment in google play is freemium but there are other storages without that restriction

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Re:MapQuest still exists by eli on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @11:51AM (#9605581)

It's open source and open data, but at least on Android it ain't free. (And I'm OK with that)

I guess I could build it myself from source and side load it? I'd rather just pay them the $6. It's a nice app.

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