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MapQuest Drops Paper Maps
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The Cartography blog links to a Mercury News article where we learn MapQuest will stop printing paper maps and concentrated on digital presence. From the article: "MapQuest's core business is its online mapping Web site, which gives users driving directions.
Though MapQuest is still the leader in the online mapping industry, it has faced growing competition recently from Yahoo and Google.
MapQuest attracted more than 52 million unique visitors in August, more than double the number of visitors to No. 2 Google Maps, according to comScore Media Metrix."
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All Points Blog has an article detailing how Google is slowly gaining ground in the web mapping arena. From their summary : "This [Google Maps up 7%] throttled down MapQuest's lead over Google Maps significantly, falling from 429 percent more visits a year ago to just 126 percent more visits.
Still, MapQuest has more than 50% of mapping hits to Google's 22% and Yahoo's 13% (and dropping)."
For more information, as well as links to the actual article, head on over to All Points Blog.
Still, MapQuest has more than 50% of mapping hits to Google's 22% and Yahoo's 13% (and dropping)."
For more information, as well as links to the actual article, head on over to All Points Blog.
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