MapQuest

MapQuest

MapQuest is an American free online web mapping service owned by AOL. The company was founded in 1967 as Cartographic Services, a division of R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1969. When it became an independent company in 1994, it was renamed GeoSystems Global Corporation. MapQuest was acquired in 2000 by America Online, Inc. Company headquarters are in Lancaster and Denver, Colorado. Donnelley began making maps with computers in the mid-1980s to generate maps for customers. Much of that code was adapted for use on the...
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Founded:1967
Headquarters:Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Headquarters of MapQuest

Lancaster
Lancaster
Population:54,626

Lancaster is a city located in South Central Pennsylvania and serves as the seat of Pennsylvania's Lancaster County and one of the older non-coastal towns in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities. The Lancaster metropolitan area...
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Divisions of MapQuest

Division Name
MapQuest PA, Inc
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Parent company of MapQuest

AOL
AOL
Headquarters:Dulles, New York City, Dulles, Dulles
Founded:1985
Founders:Steve Case, Jim Kimsey

AOL LLC. is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner. AOL is based in Dulles, Virginia.AOL is a leading global Web services company with a substantial and growing worldwide audience, a suite of powerful Web brands, industry-leading products and one of the largest and fastest-growing advertising networks in the United States. In 2006, AOL shifted its strategy to build on these strengths, making its popular...
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    When was MapQuest founded?
  • A:
    The company was founded in 1967.

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