Questions tagged [mapquest]
American free online web mapping service owned by AOL. MapQuest provides some extent of street-level detail and/or driving directions for a variety of countries.
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Connecting multiple cities on a map using MapQuest route API
I am working on any optimal vehicle routing problem.
I want to start map routing on the road starting from
one city A
to city B to City C
to city D
back to city A
Based on lat/lng of these cities
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Mapquest returning 2 records, one of them is bogus. What can I do?
I am searching for Easton, PA using the api. The URL sent to mapquest looks like this:
http://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/address?key=your_key_here&location=Easton,PA&outFormat=xml&...
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Seeking Metadata for MapQuest Light (OSM) Basemap?
Can anyone direct me to a link that has metadata for a basemap called MapQuest Light (OSM)?
To view the basemap, it can be found at this website:
https://mc.bbbike.org/mc/
Select the drop down and ...
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Aerial Image basemap: Problem with QGIS QuickMapServices Plugin MapQuest Layer
I need a areal image or satellite Image as a basemap for some maps. Since I have read that the OpenLayers plugin is no longer supported here, here and here (just to name a few), I changed to the ...
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ol.source.MapQuest is not a constructor
While adding OSM Mapquest satellite map to the openlayers3 i'm getting an error as follow "ol.source.MapQuest is not a constructor".
The sample code is as follows
<html>
<head>
<...
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Adding Stamen global terrain maps to geonode
Until recently Mapquest provided the de-facto standard for open tile access for OpenStreetMap data. In June they announced they are renewing their services. As a consequence current Mapquest basemaps ...
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Change default layout in GeoExplorer from MapQuest to something else
By default if you open a view or a table in geoxplorer from geoserver it loads your layer on top of the mapQuest layout. But mapQuest is not available anymore.
I tried looking in every config options ...
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Mapquest API & OpenLayers markers
Not unlike others, I've found myself forced to edit some code due to MapQuest changing how they offer the openstreetmap data, and using an API Key.
Getting the key, aswell as getting up a simple ...
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Mapquest - Distance Matrix presist Data
I am in need for a Distance matrix(driving directions) for multiple locations ~1000 for a web application i am building.
The allToall attribute is what i am looking at in the Mapquest API http://www....
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qml (or other) style for QGIS
I have to create a map which is near at the MapQuest style, but for some reason I can't use a Lyer plugin, so I'd like to build the "Background" with files from geofabrik.
Are there qml styles (or ...
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Set scale level of background map (QGIS)
Is there a way to set the scale of the background map in QGIS?
I'm importing a background map from MapQuest via the OpenLayers plugin. I'm creating an overview Map of a whole city, so it is not ...
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Leaflet _onDrag throws TypeError: this._positions is undefined
I am creating a map using the MapQuest API with Leaflet.
Up until today the map worked fine in development and no errors were being shown in FF dev console.
This morning when I was giving a ...
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Getting nearest Hospital information by using MapQuest API
How to get a list of hospital details (with address) near by customer address using MapQuest?
For example my address is : 1015 museum circle jacksonville FL
Using 5-box address format KVP Request, I ...
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Render low zoom level with mapnik
I am trying to render the MapQuest Open style at zoom level 3 for the whole world using Mapnik, at a higher resolution than available online.
I have downloaded mapnik, and the MapQuest Open style. ...
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What is the correct format for APA referencing maps produced in QGIS, including data layers?
I need to cite maps produced in QGIS. In addition to my own data, I have used the opensource MapQuest OSM basemap, and a 25m land type data layer obtained from Digimap.
I would also like to include ...
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How can I get list of counties in a route from OpenStreetMap?
I have a route created by MapQuest Open Directions Service. I would like to get a list of all counties that route runs through. Does anyone know if this is possible?
I have tried figuring out if I ...
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Mapquest routing using multiple stops(via) in OL3
I am trying to find the route between two stops in Mapquest by passing the lat long details in the URL,
http://open.mapquestapi.com/directions/v2/route?key=YOUR_KEY_HERE&outFormat=json&...
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Using a proxy for unsecure Mapquest layers in Leaflet L.tileLayer call
I have a web mapping client that needs to be secure and use only HTTPS requests for layers. I would like to include some basemaps such as Mapquest OSM and OpenSeaMap which do not (as far as I can see) ...
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Creating my own map server - with Road speed and Reverse geo coding - using OSM data [closed]
Currently I'm using a few services for mapping/reverse Geo coding/road speeds
1 open.mapquestapi.com/geocoding - reverse geo coding (usually street name)
2 api.geonames.org - get POI name (e.g. ...
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Geocoding with contact information
I'm looking for some free geocoding service with possibility to retrieve contact information to specific place like phone number, email etc.
Currently I'm using MapQuest:
http://www.mapquestapi.com/...
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How do i query data like POI locations from OSM?
I posted a question on Reading terrain data from Google? and got an answer that opened up a whole new world to me; that google wasn't the only service that was logging/tracking GIS information.
My ...
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Can MapQuest tiles be used in an Openlayers 3 map with a non-standard projection?
I have a map in OpenLayers 3 with raster and GeoJSON layers that are in an UTM projection and I would like to use MapQuest tiles as a base map while keeping the map and layers projected as UTM. Is ...
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delete the markers in routing mode of MapQuest
I am using MapQuest plugin for LeafletJS.
After it draw the map, it sets a marker on each stop point on the route, e.g: A, B, C, D, etc.
Is there a way to remove those markers, I just need blue ...
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Mapquest 'community license' service discontinuation terms? [closed]
I want to use MapQuest's geocoding services under their Community License: http://developer.mapquest.com/web/info/terms-of-use
I can't find the clause that explains under what terms I can discontinue ...
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Cost of usage for various providers [closed]
I want to use maping services in my website and I am confused about the options that are provided. I try to do a comparision between features, accuracy and most important cost.
I am total newbie and ...
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Nominatim versus Google's geocoder address aproximation
I have been trying to display the details of the route that my program is retrieving, precisely the street names.
I get the route results in gps coordinates and i decided to use MapQuest's Nominatim ...
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mapquest batch geocoding truncate response
when I use the batch geocoding service I get sometimes a right answer an sometimes an error using the same arguments. I inspect the headers using curl...
when the answer is right the headers are:
&...
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Mapquest directions API in ArcGIS javascript webmap application
I'm trying to build a webmap application using the ArcGIS JavaScript API. A functionality I would like to include is driving directions from a current GPS location to a feature in my feature service.
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Having one base layer hide when the other one is shown and visa versa
I have an OpenLayers map that is using MapQuest as a base layer as well as my own base layer. I've seem to be having an issue with getting the one base layer to show while the other one hides. The one ...
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Optimum set up for large data sets such as mobile service coverage maps [closed]
When serving up large data sets such as mobile coverage maps (custom tile) mashed up with MapQuest maps and MapQuest POIs, is there any performance benefit to using shapefile vs WMS image PNGs?
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How to start creating a map and exporting it as a raster MBTiles file
I am new to this whole GIS thing (my background is software-development, but not GIS) but I am super interested in making maps.
So I started playing around with TileMill and was making my first steps ...
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Get local names with reverse geocoding?
I am using the reverse geocoding service provided by MapQuest.
For a sample coordinate of N 53.27, E 8.13, I receive the state of "Lower Saxony". According to Wikipedia, and a user of my service, the ...
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How can I download maps from mapquest?
I need to get a detailed map for my own purposes. I need it detailed as much as I can see the buildings (like google map hybrid mode). I went to http://open.mapquest.com/ but I couldn't find the way ...
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Problem with public key, when i use mapquest directions service?
I recently registered in mapquest service and get api key, then i tried to use make request to directions service, but get following response:
Ext.data.JsonP.callback12({
"route": {
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Plotting multiple addresses with distance to specific POI
I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this question but here goes.
I am getting ready to move to a different city. Right now I have about 80 houses to choose from. One of my parameters for ...
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Handling MapQuest different zoom levels for lower 48 USA and rest of the world
The MapQuest open data site states:
Please also note that global coverage is provided at zoom levels
0-11. Zoom Levels 12+ are provided only in the United States (lower
48)
I want to be able ...
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Mapquest in Qgis, why the blur?
I'm trying to do a simple map in Qgis using mapquest has background.
I have read that and followed the scale values but even while using those, I get some bad blur on my map.
I can't figure out to do ...
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What alternatives do I have for Directions API other than Google Maps and MapQuest?
I need an API, other than the two below that, given the starting point and possibly the ending point, will re-order a list of waypoints by the shortest, fastest or optimized route:
Google Directions ...
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mapquest geocoding - i can not get the (lon,lat) returned from the API
I just started using the mapQuest Geocoding API and I created a code for searching addresses.
The following code alerts "OK" but I can not alert the (lat, lon) coords, even I tried with so many ...
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Geocoding API Comparison
Is there a good updated source for comparing existing Geocoding APIs (i.e. Google, Mapquest) and their features?
I'm really interested in their language support as well. For example, Google has ...
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How often are MapQuest tiles updated with new OSM data?
When users make edits to OpenStreetMap, how long does it generally take for those edits to show up in the MapQuest tiles? Is this on the order of hours, days, or months?
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Map tiles and max/min latitude and longitude
I'm trying to build a map based on a center point lat/long, the map will always be a fixed size say 1024 by 1024. The user can chance the center point and zoom.
If I populate the map with map tiles ...
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Differences between OSM data and MapQuest OSM data?
I currently have an OSM "stack" server (Postgres/PostGIS, Mapnik, OpensLayers) working in a development environment, with almost all the South America countries loaded on the database. Since the ...
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how to avoid the bbox limitations on a Mapquest XAPI request
I am doing the following: I send a request to the API-Server - over http as a response I get the following result - in XML
example: the following link gives back all the Nodes of the Type amenity=...
