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  1. Nov 17, 2011

    No Preset Limit on Free Map API Transactions

    · Posted in: Android, AS3 / Flex, Directions, Flash Builder / Flex, JavaScript, Mobile, Platform, SDK, Services, Static Map, Traffic

    Transaction limits among free map APIs have been a hot topic lately.  MapQuest is excited to announce a change to our limits, which includes no preset limit on maps within our free Community Edition license!  In addition, we are setting higher limits on our other service calls (the highest in the industry), with 5,000 geocodes, 5,000 routes and 5,000 search calls allowed per day.

    In addition to our new transactional limits (or lack thereof!) we wanted to clarify where and how you can use our APIs with a Community Edition license.  You CAN develop paid mobile applications for app stores using our Community Edition licenses.  You can also use SSL.

    For all the details, check out the following Map API Licensing and Terms Overview.  Also check out the Terms of Use for all the legal specifics.  I’ve included the handy chart available from the overview below.  Head over to the MapQuest Developer Network to sign up for a free map API key and start developing!

      ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY
      Licensed Data Licensed Data Open Data
    Maps (No preset limit)* (No preset limit)* (No preset limit)*
    Directions (No preset limit)* (5000 calls/day) (No preset limit)*
    Geocoding (No preset limit)* (5000 calls/day) (No preset limit)*
    Search (No preset limit)* (5000 calls/day) (No preset limit)*
    Route Matrix (No preset limit)* (5000 route pairs/day)  
    Traffic **  
    Non-Commercial or
    Public Web Apps
    Non-Commercial or
    Public Mobile Apps
    Private and/or Paid
    Commercial Web Apps    		  
    Paid Mobile Apps
    SSL  
    Forum Support
    Premium Support(24/7 Phone & Email Support)    
    System Performance Levels    
    Account Management    

    * MapQuest operates a shared service and reserves the right to limit access to prevent service degradation.  Please contact MapQuest to discuss applications with heavy traffic volume expectations.

    ** The Traffic API Web Service cannot be used for real-time navigation, in conjunction with in-car or stand alone portable navigation devices, or be used as the primary purpose of your website or application.

    About the Author

    Roman Hardgrave
    @MapQuestRoman I am the product manager for MapQuest Platform Services, including our APIs, web services and the Developer Network. I've worked at MapQuest for almost 10 years. I'm a full fledged geonerd who is excited to be working on the next generation of mapping APIs.
  2. Oct 5, 2011

    Adobe MAX Thoughts + WebMapSolutions Sample

    · Posted in: AS3 / Flex, Directions, Flash Builder / Flex, Mobile, SDK, Services, Traffic

    The SplitViewNavigator in Flash Builder 4.6

    Hello from cloudy and cool Los Angeles! Adobe MAX has been humming along so far and there’s a lot of excitement about the types of mobile applications possible with Adobe Flash Builder 4.5, as well as the improvements coming with Flash Builder 4.6.  Naturally with mobile apps come mapping, directions, traffic and more, and so far we’ve seen a warm welcome to our new Mobile Flash Maps API.

    I set out at MAX to determine sentiment around the overall Flash Builder foray into mobile applications. The folks I spoke with were generally pleased and excited by the possibilities of coding once and deploying everywhere, not the least of which, significant cost savings. I had forgotten how much people love Flash Builder as a tool to design, build and debug applications – when compared with developing in other web languages, Flash really spoils you.

    As far as actual mobile applications built with Flash Builder 4.5 in the market, the most notable is Politico. However, several folks I spoke with were in active development on some new apps, so the next 3-6 months should be interesting to watch.

    The pre-release of Flash Builder 4.6 has generated a stir, most notably with the performance enhancements, native extensions, new mobile components and an improved deployment for Android so that users don’t have to separately install AIR. These first two features should really close the gap between what a Flash-built native app can do versus a natively coded app.

    From my perspective, it’s exciting to be on the forefront of a technology that has such great potential. I’m pleased to see the features Adobe has in 4.6, as they match up well with MapQuest’s roadmap. (We’re trying to keep up with several great features of our own planned in the next several months.)

    On a related note, we have a cool demo to share from WebMapSolutions. While we’ve built our own demo application (which Android users can install directly from Android Market), the good folks at WebMapSolutions have been working on several of their own. Check out the following video they put together of one of their apps.

    Just a reminder, tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 5) at 10 a.m. we’ll do a deeper dive into the capabilities of the API and what’s next in our Unconference panel.

    About the Author

    Roman Hardgrave
    @MapQuestRoman I am the product manager for MapQuest Platform Services, including our APIs, web services and the Developer Network. I've worked at MapQuest for almost 10 years. I'm a full fledged geonerd who is excited to be working on the next generation of mapping APIs.
  3. Oct 3, 2011

    MapQuest Launches Mobile Flash Maps API

    · Posted in: AS3 / Flex, Directions, Mobile, Platform, SDK, Services, Traffic

    MapQuest is at Adobe MAX in sunny Los Angeles and we are thrilled to announce the official release of our Mobile Flash Maps API on both licensed data and open data.

    I’ve been involved with many a mobile project over the years, and, frankly, they are a huge pain.  To build an app available to most users means building the same code several times over, once for each major platform.  Today, we’re excited to announce a new API combined with an Adobe technology that should alleviate that pain.

    For those who have been following Adobe lately, you’ve seen some very exciting developments within their Flash Builder (Flex SDK) development tools.  With the release of Flash Builder 4.5, you can deploy native mobile applications to Apple iOS, Google Android and Blackberry Tablet from a single code base.  Yes, code ONE time and deploy native applications everywhere.  For those used to Adobe Flex, Flash Builder is the new name of the development tool to deploy applications using Adobe Flex SDK or ActionScript.

    Our Mobile Flash Maps API provides interactive mapping features to use within Flash Builder 4.5 native mobile applications.  This includes support for touch gestures, as well as making our controls and POIs mobile friendly. So now you can easily combine the great features of our web services, such as searching for traffic or optimizing your route, with an easy way to deploy to a mobile device.  Check out the video below to see just a small sample of what you can do.

    To me, there’s nothing better than finding the perfect piece of sample code when I’m looking to develop an application.  The mobile application featured in that video is available to jumpstart your next mobile project.  If you’re on an Android device, you can run this app directly on your phone by checking out the MapQuest Mobile Flash Maps API Showcase in the Android Market.  You can also download the source code for our mobile mapping app here.

    We couldn’t squeeze all the features of our web services in a single app – here are some other features you might be interested in.

    Along with those features, you have your choice of using either our licensed data (what we use on MapQuest.com) or our open data (such as OpenStreetMap).  While the Mobile Flash Maps API is different from our web/desktop Flash Maps API, you’ll still find many of the samples we provide on our desktop/web API will be useful to see the possibilities of what can be built.  Here is a full list of differences between the mobile and web/desktop versions of our Flash Maps API.

    This is just the beginning – we’re excited to meet Flash Builder and Flex developers here at Adobe MAX and hear what features they’re looking for from us going forward.  We have an Unconference discussion at 10 am on Wednesday if you would like to see the Mobile Flash Maps API in action.

    If you’re not at the show, head over to our Flash Maps API Forums at let us know what you think.  We already have some additional improvements on the way.

    Catch up with us at MAX (@MapQuestRoman)!

    About the Author

    Roman Hardgrave
    @MapQuestRoman I am the product manager for MapQuest Platform Services, including our APIs, web services and the Developer Network. I've worked at MapQuest for almost 10 years. I'm a full fledged geonerd who is excited to be working on the next generation of mapping APIs.
  4. Mar 4, 2010

    MapQuest Traffic Service Goes Live!

    · Posted in: Services, Traffic

    Another week, and another production launch to the MapQuest Web Services. This time around it is the new Traffic Service.

    Since I have already blogged about its features and functions when we pushed it to beta, I’ll just provide a brief summary and encourage you, dear reader, to click through to my original post.

    Get Markets List
    Determine the markets where we have traffic coverage with a simple call. There are no parameters (except your appkey). It simply returns a list of market names, their center-points, an icon to use, and suggested bounding boxes for zooming in. This function is handy for showing the traffic markets on zoomed-out maps, and creating the “zoom to market” links in the market infoWindows.
    Get Incidents in an Area
    Request all incidents within a given bounding box and filter based on which incident types you want returned (“Construction” for example). Each incident provides type and location details, an appropriate icon to use, a short and full description, and timing/duration info.
    Get Traffic Flow Overlay
    Retrieve a transparent raster image of color-coded traffic flow that overlays on top of the road network, providing colour-coded visualization of current traffic speed conditions

    Incidents in a market
    Showing both incidents and flow on a map.

    The service is all part of the new platform services, so it allows you to GET with Key-value pairs, GET or POST with JSON or XML, and receive your response in a different format to your request (eg: send in XML, get it returned as JSON).

    The Developer Network also contains more information about the MapQuest Traffic Service or take advantage of our Traffic Service Forum.

    If you haven’t tried any of our new services and SDKs yet, you can sign up for a free appKey here.

    Stay tuned…more to follow soon.

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