Editing MapQuest (section)

{{Short description|American free online mapping service}}
{{update|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox website
| name = MapQuest
| logo = Mapquest logo (since 2010).svg
| collapsible = yes
| screenshot = MapQuest screenshot.png
| caption = Screenshot of MapQuest in use on a web browser.
| url = {{official URL}}
| type = [[Web mapping]]
| registration = Optional
| language = Multilingual
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1996|2|6}}
| current_status = Active
| parent = [[AOL]] (2000–2015)<br />[[Verizon Media]] (2016–2019)<br />[[System1]] (2019–present)
}}
'''MapQuest''' (stylized as '''mapquest''') is an American free online [[web mapping]] service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service.<ref name="auto">{{cite web| url=http://digital-archaeology.org/plotting-the-past/| title=Plotting the past| website=Digital Archaeology| first=Jim| last=Boulton| date=28 June 2016| access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> MapQuest's competitors include [[Apple Maps]], [[Here Technologies|Here]], and [[Google Maps]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Harlan| first=Chico| title='Does MapQuest still exist?' Yes, it does, and it's a profitable business.| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| language=en| date=5 May 2015| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/does-mapquest-still-exist-as-a-matter-of-fact-it-does/2015/05/22/995d2532-fa5d-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html| access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imarcgroup.com/top-digital-map-companies| title=Top 12 Digital Map Companies in the World | website=IMARC| date=7 June 2024}}</ref>