MapQuest Blog

It has been a week since we launched MapQuest 4 Mobile in the iPhone App Store, and the application has already racked-up over 180 thousand downloads and a top 20 birth in the "Free" app category (the app currently sits at #12). Users and the press alike are ecstatic about the application-providing a host of accolades and reviews that bear mentioning once again.

"MapQuest's new free iPhone app - pretty much a head-on direct competitor to the Google Maps client that ships with the iPhone OS. Definitely worth checking out." – John Gruber, Daring Fireball

"MapQuest 4 Mobile is the latest mapping app for the iPhone and iPod touch from MapQuest from AOL. This free iPhone app works as great substitute for the built in Google Maps iPhone app." -- AppSafari.com

"I like that MapQuest has a few tricks up its sleeve that are not in the built-in Maps app. I'll definitely be keeping it, using it, and finding out whether I prefer it to Maps." – Patrick Jordan, Just Another iPhone Blog



So, if you haven't downloaded the free application, what have you been waiting for? Your iPhone is begging for an alternative to the standard Maps app from Google!

Click here to get it now.

Maybe you're like me and fondly recall those classic Sid & Marty Krofft shows like H.R. Pufnstuf, Sigmund & the Sea Monsters and, of course, Land of the Lost. Remember the rubber-suited Sleestak and the early stop-motion animated dinosaurs? It was so cool! Well, Universal Pictures is bringing Land of the Lost to the big screen this summer, starring Will Ferrell in an adventure full of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy – and this time, the Sleestak are even scarier and the dinosaurs will eat your face off! Starting today, MapQuest has launched a fun new experience inspired by the film – the MapQuest Land of the Lost Adventure Sweepstakes.


During the 3 weeks of the adventure you can try out MapQuest features on the special Land of the Lost sweepstakes site and enter for a chance to win great prizes. While you're there, you can also see movie trailers and exclusive photos. The more you play, the more content is unlocked to view.

I hope you take a look at our MapQuest Land of the Lost site and enjoy playing the adventures – there's a new one every other day. So come back often and have fun going back in time and space. Land of the Lost is in theaters June 5th.

Try out an Adventure!

Last August, we launched a new MapQuest.com Beta that upgraded our classic home page. We added a map with traffic, gas prices and weather data as well as upgraded our forms to include a copy and paste option that let you paste an entire address into one field for maps and directions.

This morning, that Beta home page became the new home page at MapQuest.com.

We took several suggestions from you, our users, to make further improvements. For example, we added tabs to the form area that allows you to quickly switch between the map and directions forms. We also went "fullscreen" and made the map bigger-making it easier to view and utilize.



Keep your eye on our new scrolling "ticker" at the top of the page and the "What's New" tab on the home page for announcements of more new and improved features from MapQuest in 2009!

If you would like to learn more, read our feature page discussing the latest round of updates. As always, we welcome your feedback!

As I'm out and about, I try and notice what devices people are using. One of the devices I've noticed, in literally every airport I've visited, is the BlackBerry 8700. This ubiquitous work horse of business deserves a hard-working, free mapping application. MapQuest 4 Mobile Beta fits that bill! Point your mobile browser to m.mq4m.com and download MapQuest 4 Mobile for FREE.

MapQuest 4 Mobile Beta is available for these BlackBerry's.

MapQuest 4 Mobile Beta is FREE, easy to use, and offers valuable features such as maps, directions, local business search and more. See more information.