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MapQuest Now with Aerial Imagery
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The import cartography blog tells us about MapQuest adding aerial photography on their web mapping site. From All Points Blog: "There is no "hybrid" just now and as noted on Import Cartography, the data is from i-cubed. [...] I do like that the button says "aerial imagery" not satellite."
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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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