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I worked at two companies in the last 3 years that both used MapQuest a lot. Both companies had fleets of drivers (one had about 200 trucks and the other had ab
by dopamean 11y ago
I worked at two companies in the last 3 years that both used MapQuest a lot. Both companies had fleets of drivers (one had about 200 trucks and the other had about 500). The first was pretty low tech and just distributed MapQuest printouts to drivers that had to go somewhere. The other was quite a bit more technically sound and had a pretty cool dispatching and routing system. All the maps were rendered using MapQuest. I was pretty surprised but in both cases it seems that these companies started doing things that way before Google Maps took off and they just stuck with what worked for them.
I know its anecdotal but I think it could point to something. The first company was in central Florida and the second was in NYC. They were also in completely different industries.
- ghshephard 11y agoFair enough - perhaps the "Legacy" domestic market is bigger than I would imagine/believe. But, I can say this - MapQuest doesn't have much of an international presence. I just typed, "10 Anson Road, Singapore" (and then "10 Anson Road, Singapore, Singapore" just for safe measure) - It showed me a map of Norwalk, CT. So, even if I wanted to try it - pretty much out of luck.
- dopamean 11y agoThat makes me wonder if the stat about 25% was referring to a specific market. Like the US or something.
- Doctor_Fegg 11y agoYes, the US - "domestic"