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MapQuest is a free Web Map Server, owned by AOL. The map creation software was originally developed by GeoSystems to generate maps for customers. That code was adapted for use on the internet to create the web service. Later the company was renamed to MapQuest to leverage the brand popularity. For a while, MapQuest had satellite images, but later removed them.
In 2005, MapQuest, Research in Motion and Sprint launched MapQuest Find ME, a buddy-finder service that works on GPS-enabled mobile phones. MapQuest Find Me lets users automatically find their location, access maps and directions and locate nearby points of interest including airports, hotels, restaurants, banks and ATMs. Users also have the ability to set up alerts to be notified when network members arrive or depart from a designated area.
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