http://devblog.mapquest.com MapQuest Developer Blog http://devblog.mapquest.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://devblog.mapquest.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/MapQuestDevbloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakeshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/CWQTuzR_RFE/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/29/new-mapquest-map-style-added-to-js-and-as3-sdks-in-beta/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/29/new-mapquest-map-style-added-to-js-and-as3-sdks-in-beta/#comments<p>You may have noticed that <a target="_blank" href="http://mapquest.com">MapQuest.com</a> has a new style to its maps today. We're celebrating this launch on the SDK team by pushing an extra special update to the JavaScript and ActionScript 6.0 SDKs in Beta to enable the new map style.<br /><br />While we're at it, we also added a few other things to the JavaScript SDK. Namely:</p> <ul> <li>A new Overview Map control you can add to the main map</li> <li>A documentation overhaul for presentation</li> <li>New Documentation sections, including how to do your own custom POIs</li> </ul> <p>Check the <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.mapquest.com/beta">Developer Network Beta section</a> for the latest AS3 Packages (AS3 Release 3) and for JavaScript include string and docs (JS Release 4).</p> <p>And now, because a picture can paint a thousand words - a totally gratuitous amount of screenshots!</p> <p>If you like these, you can see more, and read more, on the <a href="http://blog.mapquest.com/2009/10/29/mapquest-introduces-our-new-map-styles-and-more/" target="_blank">main MapQuest Blog</a><br /></p> <style type="text/css"> .picture { background-color: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; padding: 3px; font: 11px/1.4em Arial, sans-serif; } .picture img { border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; vertical-align:middle; margin-bottom: 3px; } .right { margin: 0.5em 0pt 0.5em 0.8em; float:right; } .left { margin: 0.5em 0.8em 0.5em 0; float:left; } </style> <div class="picture left" style="width: 557px;"> <img alt="The New North America (Zoom Level 2)" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/mainmap.png" /> <br />The New North America (Zoom Level 2). </div> <br /> <div class="picture left" style="width: 558px;"> <img alt="The new map style with Globe View turned on in the AS3 map toolkit" id="img3" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/globe.png" /> <br />The new map style with Globe View turned on in the AS3 SDK. </div> <br /> <div class="picture left" style="width: 556px;"> <img alt="New map Style with the Overview Map control in the JavaScript SDK" id="img1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/overviewmap_sm2.png" /> <br />New map Style with the Overview Map control in the JavaScript SDK.</div> <br /> <div class="picture left" style="width: 556px;"> <img alt="New Map Style with a Draggable Route added and in mid-drag" id="img2" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/dragmap_sm2.png" /> <br />New Map Style with a Draggable Route added and in mid-drag. </div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/29/new-mapquest-map-style-added-to-js-and-as3-sdks-in-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19214134/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/29/new-mapquest-map-style-added-to-js-and-as3-sdks-in-beta/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=CWQTuzR_RFE:9kOLsafbpeo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=CWQTuzR_RFE:9kOLsafbpeo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=CWQTuzR_RFE:9kOLsafbpeo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=CWQTuzR_RFE:9kOLsafbpeo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=CWQTuzR_RFE:9kOLsafbpeo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=CWQTuzR_RFE:9kOLsafbpeo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=CWQTuzR_RFE:9kOLsafbpeo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/CWQTuzR_RFE" height="1" width="1"/>Antony Pegg2009-10-29T15:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/29/new-mapquest-map-style-added-to-js-and-as3-sdks-in-beta/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/G3B_GI1caSw/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/27/draggable-routes-for-actionscript-now-in-beta/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/27/draggable-routes-for-actionscript-now-in-beta/#comments<p>Not to be outdone by the <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/19/batch-geocoding-and-static-map-custom-icons-in-beta/">latest beta releases from the Services Team</a> the SDK team have a brand new Directions module for the Actionscript/Flex SDK that uses the new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mapquestapi.com/directions/">Directions Service</a> already in production.</p> <h3>ActionScript SDK Updates</h3> <p>Available on the <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.mapquest.com/beta">Developer Network Beta page</a>.</p> <dl><dt>Completely new Directions module</dt> <dd>There is a new Directions.swc which replaces all the routing functionality previously found in the AdvantageApi.swc - this is a complete overhaul and upgrade to the object model and how you use it - it is now MUCH MUCH simpler and saner - and smaller!</dd> <dt>Simplified Routing Function</dt> <dd>Create a route object, pass in your locations, provide your map object, and watch the route ribbon and stop-icons appear on the map automagically. Provide an event handler to receive the directions narrative. Done!. <br />If you are a power-user type, you can dive under the covers to provide all the different options available from the underlying <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mapquestapi.com/directions/">Directions Service</a> or customize the look and feel of the route ribbon and stop-icons that are added to the map.</dd> <p>The code would look something like this:</p> <code> </code> </dl><blockquote><dl> <pre>this.myMap = new TileMap("YOUR_KEY_HERE");<br />//create an array of locations<br />var arrLocations:Array = new Array();<br />arrLocations = ['Lancaster, PA', 'York, PA'];<br /><br />//create the Directions object, hand in map object and locations array<br />this.dir = new Directions(myMap, arrLocations);<br />//Success Listener - handle the narrative here<br />dir.addEventListener(DirectionsEvent.DIRECTIONS_SUCCESS, doSuccess);<br /><br />//get the route<br />dir.route(); </pre> </dl></blockquote><dl> <dt>Draggable Routes!</dt> <dd>If you want your users to be able to drag the route, then on the directions object, just add <code>dir.ribbonIsDraggable = true;</code> before asking for the route - at the end of each drag, your directions success event handler is called again so you can handle the updated narrative - that's it. done!</dd><dt></dt> <dd style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="static map screenshot" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/dragas3.png" /> </dd> <br /> <dt>Optimized Routing</dt> <dd>With Optimized Routing, all of the stops between the first and last are reordered for the shortest overall distance or drive time, giving the most efficient path for visiting several locations on a single journey. Instead of calling the <code>dir.route();</code> function, use the <code>dir.optimizedRoute();</code> to get an optimized route. </dd> <dt>Route Matrix</dt> <dd>A Route Matrix request in the Directions Web Service will return a quick and easy calculation of the distances and drive times between a bunch of points. Nothing gets added to the map, the results are returned to your success listener, but you set up the directions object in the same way as a regular route and then call, for example, <code>dir.routeMatrix();</code> instead. </dd> </dl> <h3>Stay Tuned!</h3> <p>Work continues as we revitalize, enhance, upgrade, streamline, and simplify our web services and SDKs. It remains our goal to roll out each project to beta at the end of every sprint if possible (some things take more than one sprint). I hope to be back here soon with a nother blog post announcing more cool things</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/27/draggable-routes-for-actionscript-now-in-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19210001/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/27/draggable-routes-for-actionscript-now-in-beta/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G3B_GI1caSw:tVr5I-xcOP8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G3B_GI1caSw:tVr5I-xcOP8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=G3B_GI1caSw:tVr5I-xcOP8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G3B_GI1caSw:tVr5I-xcOP8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=G3B_GI1caSw:tVr5I-xcOP8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G3B_GI1caSw:tVr5I-xcOP8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=G3B_GI1caSw:tVr5I-xcOP8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/G3B_GI1caSw" height="1" width="1"/>Antony Pegg2009-10-27T06:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/27/draggable-routes-for-actionscript-now-in-beta/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/MsG4fD-jHAI/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/19/batch-geocoding-and-static-map-custom-icons-in-beta/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/19/batch-geocoding-and-static-map-custom-icons-in-beta/#comments<p>Hot on the heels of <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-directions-web-service-and-long-url-web-service-release/">last week's releases</a> we have another two Beta updates.</p> <h3>Geocoding Web Service Updates</h3> <p>Available at <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/geocoding" target="_blank">http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/geocoding</a>.</p> <br /> <dl> <dt>Overhauled Documentation</dt> <dd>First thing you'll notice is overhauled documentation and better examples for the previously available functions of geocode and reverse geocode. It should now match the style of the other services.</dd> <dt>Batch Geocoding</dt> <dd>We've added a new function that lets you geocode up to 100 addresses at once. Each address has its own ambiguity list returned in the results.</dd> <dt>Map Biasing</dt> <dd>If you provide a Map Bounds with your geocode request, then we will move the ambiguity results that are within the map area to the top of the list. For example, if you geocode the city of Lancaster, and prove a map bounds which contains south central <abbr title="Pennsylvania">PA</abbr>, then Lancaster, <abbr title="Pennsylvania">PA</abbr> will be at the top of the return list instead of Lancaster, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr>.</dd> <dt>ccTLD Biasing</dt> <dd>We now default the first country used for geocoding to the country code found in your top level domain, instead of always to the <abbr title="United States">U.S.</abbr> For example, if your website is "myAwesomeSite.co.fr" we'll try geocoding in France first, instead of in the <abbr title="United States">U.S.</abbr> You can of course always override this merely by providing us the country as part of the address.</dd> <dt>Ambiguity Static Maps</dt> <dd>We've hooked the geocoding service up to the Static map service. Now, each ambiguity in the results also has a URL that provides a simple static map of the ambiguous location</dd> <dd style="text-align:center"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/geo_sm.png" alt="static map screenshot" /> </dd> </dl> <br /> <h3>Static Map Web Service Updates</h3> <p>Available at <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/staticmap" target="_blank">http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/staticmap</a>.</p> <br /> <dl> <dt>Custom Icons</dt> <dd>You can now provide us with the URLs of your own custom icons for use on the static Maps. Because we cache the icons for performance, there is a new function to flush an icon from our cache, in case you update the icon.</dd> <dd style="text-align:center"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/customicon.png" alt="custom icon screenshot" /> </dd> <dt>New Image Formats</dt> <dd>You can now get static maps as <code>.jpeg</code>, <code>.png</code>, or <code>.gif</code> formats. the new parameter is <code>imagetype=</code>.</dd> <dt>All Icons Available from <code>pois=</code> Parameter</dt> <dd>All the icons used by the <code>mcenter</code>, <code>pcenter</code>, <code>scenter</code>, <code>ecenter</code>, and <code>stop</code> parameters are also now available as icon names for the <code>pois=</code> parameter.</dd> </dl> <br /> <h3>More to Follow Coming Soon!</h3> <p>As we continue to iterate on our projects, we are striving to maintain a schedule of releasing new versions to beta every two weeks, with new features, bug fixes, and upgraded documentation, until the projects are complete and roll out to production. Stay tuned for more beta versions coming over the next weeks.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/19/batch-geocoding-and-static-map-custom-icons-in-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19200721/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/19/batch-geocoding-and-static-map-custom-icons-in-beta/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MsG4fD-jHAI:n2Bq_J8IOcQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MsG4fD-jHAI:n2Bq_J8IOcQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=MsG4fD-jHAI:n2Bq_J8IOcQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MsG4fD-jHAI:n2Bq_J8IOcQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=MsG4fD-jHAI:n2Bq_J8IOcQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MsG4fD-jHAI:n2Bq_J8IOcQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=MsG4fD-jHAI:n2Bq_J8IOcQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/MsG4fD-jHAI" height="1" width="1"/>Antony Pegg2009-10-19T12:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/19/batch-geocoding-and-static-map-custom-icons-in-beta/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/6ry4kTeC5Kk/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-directions-web-service-and-long-url-web-service-release/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-directions-web-service-and-long-url-web-service-release/#comments<p>Along with today's relaunch of the <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-developer-network-relaunched/">MapQuest Developer Network</a>, we're also launching two new products to go with it.</p> <h3>Directions Web Service</h3> <p>First is our new <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/directions-ws">Directions Web Service</a>, which frees you of having to use a language-specific <abbr title="Software Development Kit">SDK</abbr> for directions data and provides maximum flexibility in how you integrate those directions into your application.</p> <p>Features include:</p> <ul> <li> Basic and Advanced Routing </li> <li> Route Matrix </li> <li> Draggable Routes </li> </ul> <h3>Long <abbr>URL</abbr> Web Service</h3> <p>One of the issues with Internet Explorer is that it has a 2048 character limit for <abbr>URL</abbr>s. This is problematic for long GET requests, since the <abbr>URL</abbr> could be truncated and cause an invalid request.</p> <p>The <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/long-url-ws">Long <abbr>URL</abbr> Web Service</a> provides a solution to this by allowing your request to be split up in chunks. We then provide a single response.</p> <h3>Easy to Use</h3> <p> Both of these products kick off our new approach to helping developers. The documentation also contains the working code samples with source code, and all of it lives along-side the service. </p> <h3>More to Come</h3> <p>More Web Services are in the works. Check out the <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/beta-releases">Beta section</a> of the MapQuest Developer Network to try out our <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/beta-releases#gws">Geocoding Web Service</a> and our <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/beta-releases#smws">Static Map Web Service</a>.</p> <p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-directions-web-service-and-long-url-web-service-release/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19182799/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-directions-web-service-and-long-url-web-service-release/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6ry4kTeC5Kk:t47dr1MkHyw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6ry4kTeC5Kk:t47dr1MkHyw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=6ry4kTeC5Kk:t47dr1MkHyw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6ry4kTeC5Kk:t47dr1MkHyw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=6ry4kTeC5Kk:t47dr1MkHyw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6ry4kTeC5Kk:t47dr1MkHyw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=6ry4kTeC5Kk:t47dr1MkHyw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/6ry4kTeC5Kk" height="1" width="1"/>directionsdirections web servicedirectionswebservicelong url web servicelongurlLongUrlWebServicewhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paJosh Babetski2009-10-12T11:20:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-directions-web-service-and-long-url-web-service-release/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/Ip9cIiSnOvM/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-developer-network-relaunched/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-developer-network-relaunched/#comments<h3>DevNet Next</h3> <p> MapQuest is happy to announce the launch of a completely rebuilt and revised <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com">MapQuest Developer Network</a>. Our goal is to make it easy for the growing development community to get started with the <a href="http://platform.mapquest.com">MapQuest Platform</a> and for experienced developers to find what info they need fast. </p> <h3>What's New</h3> <dl> <dt> Documentation Made Easy </dt> <dd> Our new <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products">Web Services</a> and upcoming <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/beta-releases">6.0 SDKs</a> will have a simpler and concise set of documentation so you can view instructions, variables, samples, and source code all at-a-glance. </dd> <dt> Consolidated Application Management </dt> <dd> Your applications are now attached to <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/mysavedmaps">MapQuest My Places</a>. No more tracking multiple sets of credentials for the various MapQuest applications you manage. Access all of your account settings, tools, and resources from one place. If you were a user of our <abbr title="Technical Resource Center">TRC</abbr>, we've provided an easy way to <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/info/mapquest-trc">migrate your accounts</a>. </dd> <dt> Reorganized Site; Cleaner Interface </dt> <dd> Site content is now organized by product and technology, each with a dedicated forum to discuss topics with other developers. The site also has a cleaner look. </dd> </dl> <br /> <p style="text-align:center"> <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/devnet-menus.gif" alt="devnet screens" class="border1" /></a> </p> <h3>Check It Out</h3> <p>Please give our updated <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com">Developer Network</a> a look and <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/web/info/contact">let us know what you think</a>.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-developer-network-relaunched/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19182664/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-developer-network-relaunched/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Ip9cIiSnOvM:ejokpzeIXkA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Ip9cIiSnOvM:ejokpzeIXkA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=Ip9cIiSnOvM:ejokpzeIXkA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Ip9cIiSnOvM:ejokpzeIXkA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=Ip9cIiSnOvM:ejokpzeIXkA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Ip9cIiSnOvM:ejokpzeIXkA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=Ip9cIiSnOvM:ejokpzeIXkA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/Ip9cIiSnOvM" height="1" width="1"/>apicodedevelopdeveloperdevelopersdevelopmentdirectionsdirections web servicedirectionswebservicegeocodingmappingsdkweb servicesWebServiceswhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paJosh Babetski2009-10-12T11:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/12/mapquest-developer-network-relaunched/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/G-USHzKs-3k/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/05/javascript-sdk-6-0-beta-now-with-iphone-events/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/05/javascript-sdk-6-0-beta-now-with-iphone-events/#comments<p> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/10/iphone-js-sdk6.jpg" alt="iPhone Screenshot" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 10px 5px" />We've had a lot of excitement this month with multiple launches and cool projects. We wanted to make sure that we also highlight our recently updated <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta#js-sdk6.0-3">JavaScript 6.0 <abbr title="Software Development Kit">SDK</abbr> Beta</a>. In the latest build, we've got some great additions to the feature set:</p> <ul> <li> Overlay support, including <code>CircleOverlay</code> for quickly showing a radius </li> <li> Routes can now be run without needing a map </li> <li> Wrapper functions for easy access to the Directions Web Service <code>RouteMatrix</code> call </li> </ul> <p>The big new feature this time is <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/developer/documentation/ApiDocumentation/6_0/js/p3/iphone.html">support for iPhone/Mobile Safari events</a> such as <code>pinchToZoom</code>. When Mobile Safari is detected, the support module is automatically included, registering touch events.</p> <p>In a few lines of code, you can also take advantage of the geolocation services in the device and default your map the the user's location.</p> <pre> navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition( function(position) { map.setCenter( { lat: position.coords.latitude, lng: position.coords.longitude } ); } ); </pre> <p> More news and announcements coming soon. Stay tuned. </p> <p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/05/javascript-sdk-6-0-beta-now-with-iphone-events/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19182616/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/05/javascript-sdk-6-0-beta-now-with-iphone-events/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G-USHzKs-3k:FWOuUIYFgNA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G-USHzKs-3k:FWOuUIYFgNA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=G-USHzKs-3k:FWOuUIYFgNA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G-USHzKs-3k:FWOuUIYFgNA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=G-USHzKs-3k:FWOuUIYFgNA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=G-USHzKs-3k:FWOuUIYFgNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=G-USHzKs-3k:FWOuUIYFgNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/G-USHzKs-3k" height="1" width="1"/>apidirectionsdirections web servicedirectionswebserviceiphonejavascriptoverlaysroutingsdkwhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paJosh Babetski2009-10-05T09:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/10/05/javascript-sdk-6-0-beta-now-with-iphone-events/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/6Cju_HyKygA/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/30/we-love-l-a-meet-us-at-adobe-max/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/30/we-love-l-a-meet-us-at-adobe-max/#comments<p>In addition to auditioning for sitcoms at the studios, MapQuest will be at the <a href="http://max.adobe.com">Adobe Max conference</a> in <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/los-angeles-ca">Los Angeles</a>, October 4th-7th. We'll be talking to developers, showing demos of our MapQuest Platform using the current <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Library/SDK_Documentation/AS3">5.3 <abbr title="ActionScript 3">AS3</abbr> <abbr title="Software Development Kit">SDK</abbr></a> and our upcoming <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta#as-sdk6.0">6.0 <abbr title="Software Development Kit">SDK</abbr> (currently in Beta)</a>. My colleague Ant will also be demonstrating his ability to cry on cue for any casting directors in attendance.</p> <p>We've also partnered with Adobe to power an Interactive Map of the area. The MapQuest-built <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/maxlocator/">Adobe Max Locator application</a> will show conference goers nearby restaurants, hotels, conference shuttle locations, and other hot spots near the <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?name=Los+Angeles+Convention+Ctr&amp;city=Los+Angeles&amp;state=CA&amp;address=1201+S+Figueroa+St&amp;zipcode=90015&amp;country=US&amp;latitude=34.041876&amp;longitude=-118.266874&amp;geocode=ADDRESS&amp;id=10762148">Los Angeles Convention Center</a>, home to this year's event.</p> <p style="text-align:center"> <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/maxlocator/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/09/locator.jpg" alt="Adobe Max Locator" style="height:365px;width:340px;" class="border1" /></a> </p> <p>If you're heading to Adobe Max, stop by and say "Hi!" We'll be in Community Pavilion Booth <strong>#843</strong>, sitting next to you in the Sessions, or in line to audition for the parts of "Guys in Background" for an upcoming episode of "<a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/">How I Met Your Mother</a>."</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/30/we-love-l-a-meet-us-at-adobe-max/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19179590/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/30/we-love-l-a-meet-us-at-adobe-max/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6Cju_HyKygA:x3vbaXjDyXc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6Cju_HyKygA:x3vbaXjDyXc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=6Cju_HyKygA:x3vbaXjDyXc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6Cju_HyKygA:x3vbaXjDyXc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=6Cju_HyKygA:x3vbaXjDyXc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=6Cju_HyKygA:x3vbaXjDyXc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=6Cju_HyKygA:x3vbaXjDyXc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/6Cju_HyKygA" height="1" width="1"/>adobeapias3flashflexsdkwhere:los-angeles-caJosh Babetski2009-09-30T13:30:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/30/we-love-l-a-meet-us-at-adobe-max/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/xnf8Qn1GhkA/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/14/geocoding-and-static-map-web-services-now-in-beta/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/14/geocoding-and-static-map-web-services-now-in-beta/#comments<p>In recent weeks we've had a string of updates talking about new services and features we've been working on. Today we've got two new Web Services we're releasing into beta and a feature update for the Beta <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta#dws">Directions Web Service</a>.</p> <h3>Geocoding Web Service</h3> <p>We're jazzed to release the <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/geocoding/">Geocoding Web Service</a> into beta. You can now make a simple request containing an address and the service will return a latitude and longitude.</p> <p><code> http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/geocode/v1/address<br /> ?location=lancaster%20pa<br /> &amp;key=YOUR_KEY_HERE<br /> </code></p> <p>You can also make a request containing the Latitude and longitude and we'll tell you the address of that location.</p> <p><code> http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/geocode/v1/reverse<br /> ?lat=40.0378<br /> &amp;lng=-76.305801<br /> &amp;key=YOUR_KEY_HERE<br /> </code></p> <h3>Static Map Web Service</h3> <p>While interactive and draggable maps are useful for many things, sometimes a good ol' single map image is what's needed for your application. While we've made these maps available for well over a decade, you can now build them using our new <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/staticmap/">Static Map Web Service</a>. This allows you to easily create, configure, and return a map image. this includes adding <abbr title="points-of-interest">POI</abbr> icons, traffic data, or shapes to you maps.</p> <p>This also means you can easily embed a map into any web page without writing or embedding any code. Just insert the map like any other image.</p> <p><code> http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/staticmap/v3/getmap<br /> ?type=map<br /> &amp;size=400,200<br /> &amp;zoom=7<br /> &amp;center=40.054600,-76.313100<br /> &amp;key=YOUR_KEY_HERE<br /> </code></p> <p style="text-align:center"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/09/staticmap.jpg" alt="static map" class="border1" /> </p> <h3>Directions Web Service</h3> <p>Powered by our new <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/staticmap/">Static Map Web Service</a>, you can now return a static map image for each maneuver of a route narrative. Like on MapQuest.com, this will allow you to show your users a map containing additional detail of the transition to their route.</p> <p style="text-align:center"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/09/maneuvermap.gif" alt="maneuver map" class="border1" /> </p> <p>More information is available on our <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta">Developer Network Beta page</a> and included in the <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/">MapQuest Platform: Web Services Documentation</a>.</p> <p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/14/geocoding-and-static-map-web-services-now-in-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19158742/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/14/geocoding-and-static-map-web-services-now-in-beta/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=xnf8Qn1GhkA:-MzaamBR4IY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=xnf8Qn1GhkA:-MzaamBR4IY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=xnf8Qn1GhkA:-MzaamBR4IY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=xnf8Qn1GhkA:-MzaamBR4IY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=xnf8Qn1GhkA:-MzaamBR4IY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=xnf8Qn1GhkA:-MzaamBR4IY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=xnf8Qn1GhkA:-MzaamBR4IY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/xnf8Qn1GhkA" height="1" width="1"/>betadirectionsdirectionswebservicegeocodegeocodingstatic mapsStaticMapswhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paJosh Babetski2009-09-14T09:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/09/14/geocoding-and-static-map-web-services-now-in-beta/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/MkoAZMWULcs/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/25/blog-post-referring-to-the-sxsw-panel/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/25/blog-post-referring-to-the-sxsw-panel/#comments<p> <a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/interactive/company:mapquest" target="_blank"> <img src="http://sxsw.com/files/SXSWPanelPicker-lg.png" alt="Vote for our PanelPicker Ideas!" style="float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" /> </a> MapQuest is on the road to <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/austin-tx">Austin, Texas</a> - hopefully to speak on panels at <a href="http://sxsw.com/interactive"><abbr title="South by Southwest">SXSW</abbr> Interactive</a>. Over on our sister blog for MapQuest.com, we've got an overview of the two panels we're stumping for votes:</p> <p><a href="http://blog.mapquest.com/2009/08/24/where-we-solicit-for-2010-sxsw-interactive-panel-votes/">The Blog Post Where We Solicit for 2010 SXSW Interactive Panel Votes</a></p> <p>If you already know how SXSW works and want to jump straight to the voting, here's the panel info:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3415"><b>Time + Social + Location. What's Next In Mobile Experiences?</b></a><br /> Panelists include experts from: <ul> <li><a href="http://dashboard.aim.com/aim"><abbr title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://brightkite.com">Brightkite</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fortiusone.com/">FortiusOne</a> / <a href="http://www.geocommons.com/">GeoCommons</a></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/">Yahoo! Geo</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3013"><b>Social Breadcrumbing - Tying Networks Together by Phone</b></a></li> </ul> <p>Thanks for the <a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/interactive/company:mapquest">PanelPicker votes</a> and see you in Austin!</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/25/blog-post-referring-to-the-sxsw-panel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19138851/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/25/blog-post-referring-to-the-sxsw-panel/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MkoAZMWULcs:Q2pL9JjIoow:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MkoAZMWULcs:Q2pL9JjIoow:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=MkoAZMWULcs:Q2pL9JjIoow:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MkoAZMWULcs:Q2pL9JjIoow:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=MkoAZMWULcs:Q2pL9JjIoow:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=MkoAZMWULcs:Q2pL9JjIoow:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=MkoAZMWULcs:Q2pL9JjIoow:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/MkoAZMWULcs" height="1" width="1"/>aimbrightkiteconferencefortiusonegeocommonslocationpanelsocialspeakerssxswsxsw2010twittervotingwhere:austin-txwhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-payahoogeoJosh Babetski2009-08-25T13:30:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/25/blog-post-referring-to-the-sxsw-panel/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/2x0xovFN96w/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/19/big-beta-updates-fun-globes-colorful-stars-zooming-mice-chun/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/19/big-beta-updates-fun-globes-colorful-stars-zooming-mice-chun/#comments<p>So we have a bonanza of beta and preview updates to share with you. We've been busy making a number of updates to the MapQuest Platform and we've been creating new Web Services and revising our client-side SDKs.</p> <p>Here's what we've got to show you today:</p> <h3><abbr title="ActionScript 3">AS3</abbr> <abbr title="software development kits">SDK</abbr> 6.0 - NEW!</h3> <p>We're happy to introduce the <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta#as-sdk6.0">preview release of our <abbr title="ActionScript 3">AS3</abbr> <abbr title="software development kits">SDKs</abbr>, Version 6.0</a>. This rewrite makes the SDK more modular, create smaller final .swfs, and add and improve a number of new features like:</p> <ul> <li> <abbr title="Points of Interest">POI</abbr> Decluttering Refactored </li> <li> <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/developer/documentation/ApiDocumentation/6_0/as/6_0_0_RC2/ASFXSamples/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/08/globeviewmapcoontrol.jpg" alt="globe view / ocean breeze controls screen" style="float:right; margin: 5px 0 5px 5px" /></a>Our popular Globe View has been refactored and made a separate component. We've even added a handy feature to let the globe reorient itself when you've turned your world upside-down. </li> <li> New Control Component style (Ocean Breeze) to match the ones available on MapQuest.com </li> <li> Raster images are now remotely loaded. So your application only pulls in what's needed </li> <li> Overview map control added </li> <li> Mouse-wheel zoom controls and keyboard controls added </li> <li> We've added a vector-based <abbr title="Points of Interest">POI</abbr> star. It's scalable and color-customizable too. </li> </ul> <p style="text-align:center"> <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/developer/documentation/ApiDocumentation/6_0/as/6_0_0_RC2/ASFXSamples/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/08/vectorstar.gif" alt="vector stars" /></a> </p> <p>Download and check out <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/developer/documentation/ApiDocumentation/6_0/as/6_0_0_RC2/ASFXSamples/">samples</a> <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta#as-sdk6.0">from our Beta page</a>.</p> <h3>JavaScript <abbr title="software development kits">SDKs</abbr> 6.0 - UPDATED!</h3> <p>In this update, we've added:</p> <ul> <li>Route Options for tailoring your route</li> <li>Toggle Route Dragging on and off</li> <li>Basic mouse wheel support for zooming</li> </ul> <p>Check out the <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/developer/documentation/ApiDocumentation/6_0/js/p2/">updated documentation and samples here</a>.</p> <h3>Long URL Web Service - NEW!</h3> <p>Today also marks the introduction of a new service which will allow you to manage large GET requests in Internet Explorer, which can't handle them. While we've put a lot of effort into making our <abbr>URLs</abbr> smaller and sane to the human eye, there are still scenarios where a complex request can get pretty beefy. Our new <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/longurl/">Long URL Web Service</a> will automatically chunk-up the request and still be able to use a <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation with Padding">JSONP</abbr> callback in the response.</p> <h3>Directions Web Service - UPDATED!</h3> <p>In our fourth feature release, we've now added draggable routes to the service. You now have the option of adding <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html#drag">draggable routes through the Directions Web Service</a> or our <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/07/mapquest-javascript-sdk-6-0-preview-with-draggable-routes/">JavaScript SDK 6.0</a>.</p> <p>We've also added a <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html#shape">Route Shape</a> feature. This will allow you to return a route shape from a previous request without have to re-run the route.</p> <p>Even more features and updates are in the works. Stay Tuned.</p> <p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/19/big-beta-updates-fun-globes-colorful-stars-zooming-mice-chun/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19132643/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/19/big-beta-updates-fun-globes-colorful-stars-zooming-mice-chun/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=2x0xovFN96w:yyB3Y359p-8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=2x0xovFN96w:yyB3Y359p-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=2x0xovFN96w:yyB3Y359p-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=2x0xovFN96w:yyB3Y359p-8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=2x0xovFN96w:yyB3Y359p-8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=2x0xovFN96w:yyB3Y359p-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=2x0xovFN96w:yyB3Y359p-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/2x0xovFN96w" height="1" width="1"/>actionscript3as3betadirectionsdirectionswebserviceflashflexjavascriptlongurlpoisdkwhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paJosh Babetski2009-08-19T08:30:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/19/big-beta-updates-fun-globes-colorful-stars-zooming-mice-chun/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/gVtGDlJ_ioM/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/07/mapquest-javascript-sdk-6-0-preview-with-draggable-routes/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/07/mapquest-javascript-sdk-6-0-preview-with-draggable-routes/#comments<p>Today we've released a preview of our upcoming <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta#js-sdk6.0">6.0 version of the MapQuest Platform: JavaScript <abbr title="software development kit">SDK</abbr></a>. This version release is a complete overhaul of the code base and designed to be more modular, more lightweight, and easier-to-use code. We've also simplified our documentation, making it easier to follow and reference and complete with inline samples and source-code snippets.</p> <p>One notable feature in this initial release is that Draggable Route functionality is included. This will allow developers to build applications that let their users dynamically edit their directions right from the map.</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/content/developer/documentation/ApiDocumentation/6_0_p1/routing.html" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/08/draggableroute.gif" alt="drag route screenshot" /> </a> </p> <p>Find out more information on our <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta#js-sdk6.0">Developer Network Beta Page</a>, and we <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/home/contactus">welcome your feedback</a>.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/07/mapquest-javascript-sdk-6-0-preview-with-draggable-routes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19122716/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/07/mapquest-javascript-sdk-6-0-preview-with-draggable-routes/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=gVtGDlJ_ioM:Uzli3PbmGoM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=gVtGDlJ_ioM:Uzli3PbmGoM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=gVtGDlJ_ioM:Uzli3PbmGoM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=gVtGDlJ_ioM:Uzli3PbmGoM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=gVtGDlJ_ioM:Uzli3PbmGoM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=gVtGDlJ_ioM:Uzli3PbmGoM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=gVtGDlJ_ioM:Uzli3PbmGoM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/gVtGDlJ_ioM" height="1" width="1"/>directionsdraggable routedraggable routesDraggableRouteDraggableRoutesdriving directionsDrivingDirectionsjavascriptsdkwhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paJosh Babetski2009-08-07T12:30:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/07/mapquest-javascript-sdk-6-0-preview-with-draggable-routes/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/1wkdrMlVzto/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/04/directions-web-service-beta-adds-route-matrix-feature/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/08/04/directions-web-service-beta-adds-route-matrix-feature/#comments<p>Last week we pushed out <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/directions-web-service-beta-optimized-routing-options-added/">Optimized Routing to our Directions Web Service beta</a>. The week before that we <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/20/our-new-directions-web-service-goes-to-beta-not-the-moon/">introduced our new Directions Web Service</a>. Today we're making the <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html#matrix">Route Matrix feature</a> available.</p> <p>A <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html#matrix">Route Matrix</a> request in the Directions Web Service will return a quick and easy calculation of the distances and drive times between a bunch of points.</p> <p>In the table below, we want to compare the times and distances between:</p> <ul> <li>York, PA</li> <li>Lancaster, PA</li> <li>Boalsburg, PA</li> <li>and Sunbury, PA</li> </ul> <p>You'd ask the Directions Web Service something like this:</p> <code> <pre> REQUEST URL: http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/directions/v1/routematrix?key=YOUR_KEY_HERE REQUEST BODY: { locations: [ "York, PA", "Lancaster, PA", "Boalsburg, PA", "Sunbury, PA" ], options: { allToAll: true } } </pre> </code> <p>And with the results, you could display something like this:</p> <p>Driving distance (in miles)</p> <table style="border:1px solid #eee"> <thead> <tr style="background:#ccc"> <th> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"></td> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"> TO </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"> FROM </td> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </th> <th> York, PA </th> <th> Lancaster, PA </th> <th> Boalsburg, PA </th> <th> Sunbury, PA </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> York, PA </th> <td> 0.00 </td> <td> 25.68 </td> <td> 107.85 </td> <td> 78.45 </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> Lancaster, PA </th> <td> 25.92 </td> <td> 0.00 </td> <td> 120.64 </td> <td> 91.25 </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> Boalsburg, PA </th> <td> 107.42 </td> <td> 120.94 </td> <td> 0.00 </td> <td> 62.48 </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> Sunbury, PA </th> <td> 78.84 </td> <td> 92.36 </td> <td> 61.80 </td> <td> 0.00 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Driving times (in seconds)</p> <table style="border:1px solid #eee"> <thead> <tr style="background:#ccc"> <th> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"></td> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"> TO </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"> FROM </td> <td style="border: 0pt none ;"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </th> <th> York, PA </th> <th> Lancaster, PA </th> <th> Boalsburg, PA </th> <th> Sunbury, PA </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> York, PA </th> <td> 0 </td> <td> 2260 </td> <td> 7253 </td> <td> 5930 </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> Lancaster, PA </th> <td> 2348 </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 7771 </td> <td> 6448 </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> Boalsburg, PA </th> <td> 7350 </td> <td> 7816 </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 5098 </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccc"> Sunbury, PA </th> <td> 6048 </td> <td> 6514 </td> <td> 5019 </td> <td> 0 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Check out the complete documentation for <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html">Route Matrix and the rest of the Directions Web Service Beta</a> and please continue to <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/home/contactus">send us your feedback</a>.</p><p style="clear: both; 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This allows easy integration of location-based point, boundary, and demographic data into your application.</p> <div style="text-align:center;margin:10px"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/07/nymedincome.gif" alt="New York Median Income" /> <div>New York Median Income</div> </div> <p>Premium Data Sets include:</p> <ul> <li> US Boundaries <ul> <li> Parcels </li> <li> City, County &amp; State </li> <li> ZIP codes </li> <li> Neighborhoods </li> <li> School districts </li> <li> Core Based Statistical Areas, including Metropolitan Statistical Areas (<abbr>MSAs</abbr>) </li> <li> Congressional Districts </li> </ul> </li> <li> US Census Data (2000) <ul> <li> Broken down by Block, Group, Tract, ZIP Code Tabulation Area (<abbr title="ZIP Code Tabulation Area">ZCTA</abbr>), City, County &amp; State </li> <li> Over 400 Categories to choose </li> </ul> </li> <li> Premium Business Listings <ul> <li> 13+ million <abbr>US</abbr> and 2+ million Canada Business Listings </li> </ul> </li> <li> <abbr>US</abbr> Public School Locations <ul> <li> Over 102,000 public schools </li> </ul> </li> <li> <abbr>US</abbr> Traffic <ul> <li> Incident and Flow data </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Existing customers should contact your MapQuest Sales Account Manager or email <a href="mailto:sales@mapquest.com">sales@mapquest.com</a> to enable access.</p> <p>If you don't already have access to the MapQuest Platform, <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Home/Register?_devAPISignup_WAR_devAPISignup_action=signup&amp;_devAPISignup_WAR_devAPISignup_clientType=Developer">sign-up for a free Developer License</a>, then email <a href="mailto:sales@mapquest.com">sales@mapquest.com</a>.</p> <div style="text-align:center;margin:10px"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/07/denverparcels.jpg" alt="Denver Parcel Data" /> <div>Denver Parcel Data</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:10px"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/07/nyzipcode.gif" alt="New York ZIP Code Data" /> <div>New York ZIP Code Data</div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:10px"> <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/07/sfneighborhoods.jpg" alt="San Francisco Neighborhoods" /> <div>San Francisco Neighborhoods</div> </div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/premium-data-sets-now-available/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19114769/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/premium-data-sets-now-available/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=ooCEE16xSAc:CiQZIyPiiHE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=ooCEE16xSAc:CiQZIyPiiHE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=ooCEE16xSAc:CiQZIyPiiHE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=ooCEE16xSAc:CiQZIyPiiHE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=ooCEE16xSAc:CiQZIyPiiHE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=ooCEE16xSAc:CiQZIyPiiHE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=ooCEE16xSAc:CiQZIyPiiHE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/ooCEE16xSAc" height="1" width="1"/>boundrychinadatajapanparcelschool districtsSchoolDistrictswhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-pazip codeZipCodeJosh Babetski2009-07-30T16:15:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/premium-data-sets-now-available/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/-jXQ2i4Bdss/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/directions-web-service-beta-optimized-routing-options-added/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/directions-web-service-beta-optimized-routing-options-added/#comments<p>We recently <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/20/our-new-directions-web-service-goes-to-beta-not-the-moon/">announced the beta of our new Directions Web Service</a> for the MapQuest Platform; today we want to tell you that the team just added <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html#optimized">Optimized Routing</a> functionality to the code.</p> <p>If you're not familiar with <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html#optimized">Optimized Routing</a>, it basically works like this:</p> <p>Say the users of the app you've built using the Directions Web Service plug in a bunch of places they need to go. They have the addresses, but aren't really familiar with how far away all of these stops are from each other. With Optimized Routing, all of the stops between the first and last are reordered for the shortest overall distance or drive time.</p> <p>Now it <em>is</em> still a work in progress, so keep in mind that Optimized Routing is designed for use on locations that are relatively nearby to each other (e.g.: delivery or repair services, planning a tour of open houses, etc.) It will attempt to optimize longer distances, but to meet performance limits, it may estimate the drive time calculation. This could lead to a less than optimally optimized route.</p> <p>If you haven't yet checked out the <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html">Developer's Guide to the beta Web Directions Service</a>, please do so and <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/home/contactus">give us your thoughts and feedback</a>.</p> <p>Also, thanks for all the Directions Web Service mentions <a href="http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/07/21/mapquest-opens-its-directions-data/">on the blogs</a> and on <a href="http://twitter.com/mapquest">Twitter</a>. We are paying attention to your feedback and comments and appreciate the support. We also dig that you enjoy the phrase "<em>sane</em> and <em>modern</em> web service" as much as we do.</p> <p>More features are on the way. Stay tuned.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/directions-web-service-beta-optimized-routing-options-added/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19113490/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/directions-web-service-beta-optimized-routing-options-added/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=-jXQ2i4Bdss:gjRfa_ewxvQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=-jXQ2i4Bdss:gjRfa_ewxvQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=-jXQ2i4Bdss:gjRfa_ewxvQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=-jXQ2i4Bdss:gjRfa_ewxvQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=-jXQ2i4Bdss:gjRfa_ewxvQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=-jXQ2i4Bdss:gjRfa_ewxvQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=-jXQ2i4Bdss:gjRfa_ewxvQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/-jXQ2i4Bdss" height="1" width="1"/>betadirectionsroutingweb servicesWebServiceswhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paJosh Babetski2009-07-30T09:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/30/directions-web-service-beta-optimized-routing-options-added/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/519IGATfDDY/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/20/our-new-directions-web-service-goes-to-beta-not-the-moon/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/20/our-new-directions-web-service-goes-to-beta-not-the-moon/#comments<p>Today we're celebrating "One small step for man..." However, it turns out that it's the <a href="http://www.wechoosethemoon.com/">40^th anniversary of the Moon Landing</a> we're celebrating, not today's beta release of our new <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta">Directions Web Service</a>. Well I say: "Why can't we celebrate both?"</p> <p>And while you'll likely never set foot on the Moon, you can check out our first beta of our new <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta"><b>MapQuest Platform: Directions Web Service</b></a> right now. We've taken our decades worth of routing technology and know-how and have been rewriting it into a <em>sane</em> and <em>modern</em> web service that's <em>easy to use</em>.</p> <p>How easy?</p> <p><code>http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/directions/v1/route?key=&lt;your app key here&gt;&amp;from=Lancaster,PA&amp;to=York,PA&amp;callback=renderNarrative</code></p> <p>This simple request will return a <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation with Padding">JSONP</abbr> response containing the directions narrative data and then fires the defined JavaScript callback function in your app. You then have the flexibility to display the information in your <abbr title="User Interface">UI</abbr> however you want.</p> <p>Yes, that easy.</p> <p>Some other tidbits of useful information regarding our Directions Web Service:</p> <ul> <li> The service will utilize the following formats: <ul> <li>Key-Value pairs submitted via <abbr title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> GET or POST</li> <li><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr></li> <li><abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr></li> <li>...and more formats are in the works. Check the <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Beta">Developer Network Beta page</a> for updates.</li> </ul> </li> <li> The format supplied does not have to match the format requested either. Send us <abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> but ask for a <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> response. Mix and Match to fit the needs of your application. </li> <li>You can make your Directions requests as simple or as advanced as you'd like</li> <li> If there's an ambiguity in one of the locations, we will return a list of location choices or you can opt for us to take the first location and just return your directions </li> <li> You can return the full route shape or in a <a href="http://soulsolutions.com.au/Articles/Encodingforperformance.aspx">performance encoded format</a> for size </li> <li style="vertical-align:middle"> <img src="http://content.mqcdn.com/mqsite/turnsigns/icon-dirs-start_sm.gif" style="height:13px; width:28px; margin-right:5px" alt="road shield" /> The response returns the image URIs of the road shields, making it easy to manage how and where you display them </li> <li> More functionality, such as route matrix and optimized routing will be available in future beta updates </li> </ul> <p>All the details are in the <a href="http://platform.beta.mapquest.com/usage/directions/overview.html">Directions Web Service Documentation</a>, which we've also baked right into the service.</p> <p>One important thing to note: You need to use a <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Home/Register?_devAPISignup_WAR_devAPISignup_action=signup&amp;_devAPISignup_WAR_devAPISignup_clientType=Developer">Developer License</a> key in order to use beta services. There is no-cost associated with using a Developer License. <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Home/Register?_devAPISignup_WAR_devAPISignup_action=signup&amp;_devAPISignup_WAR_devAPISignup_clientType=Developer">Signup here</a>.</p> <p>I was going to close out this post with something, like "It's out of this world," but it's probably a bit cheesy, ya'know, like the stuff the Moon is made out of. How about you check it out and <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/home/contactus">let us know what you think</a> instead?</p> <p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/20/our-new-directions-web-service-goes-to-beta-not-the-moon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/19103850/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/20/our-new-directions-web-service-goes-to-beta-not-the-moon/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=519IGATfDDY:KMriSSVTASY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=519IGATfDDY:KMriSSVTASY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=519IGATfDDY:KMriSSVTASY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=519IGATfDDY:KMriSSVTASY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=519IGATfDDY:KMriSSVTASY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=519IGATfDDY:KMriSSVTASY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=519IGATfDDY:KMriSSVTASY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/519IGATfDDY" height="1" width="1"/>capuchin monkeydirectionsjsonroutingweb servicesWebServiceswhere:denver-cowhere:lancaster-paxmlJosh Babetski2009-07-20T18:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/07/20/our-new-directions-web-service-goes-to-beta-not-the-moon/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/vGY8PLpjjlQ/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/04/dump-your-garmin/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/04/dump-your-garmin/#comments<p>Dump your Garmin! No, I don't mean getting rid of your Garmin, so don't go chucking it out the window just yet. I'm referring to dumping the data from the .gpx file your Garmin device utilizes to store location and route information.</p> <p>A co-worker of mine recently asked me to write <a href="http://samples.dweakley.com/gpxreader/gpxreader.html">an app that reads a Garmin's .gpx file and displays the waypoints</a> and the route on a map. Never having seen a .gpx file (I'm a TomTom boy, myself) I was pretty sure it would include all the basics - <abbr title="Latitude">lat</abbr>/<abbr title="Longitude">lng</abbr>, name, etc, etc. I found what I was expecting in the file, not much to it, it's fairly simple.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://samples.dweakley.com/gpxreader/gpxreader.html"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2009/01/garmin-gpx2.gif" alt="garmin gpx screen" class="border1" /></a></p> <p>You can view the <a href="http://samples.dweakley.com/gpxreader/gpxreader.html">sample app here</a>. Viewsource is enabled on the sample so you can see the code involved in it. To sum it up, I used an HTTPService to read the file, array collections (I know they're heavy and slow, but they're <em><strong>easy</strong></em>), and looped through the collections displaying the waypoints and route on the map. If you're at all familiar with placing <abbr title="Points of Interest">POI</abbr>s and routes on MapQuest's maps, the whole process is fairly simple.</p> One other thing: On MapQuest.com, by using the <a href="http://www.garmin.com/products/communicator/">Garmin Communicator Plug-in</a>, you can output map and directions info into a .gpx format using the "Send to <abbr title="Global Positioning System">GPS</abbr>" option in the "Send To" menu. <p>Hope this helps some one! If you threw your Garmin out the window in the first paragraph, neither MapQuest nor I are responsible.</p> <!-- [where:lancaster pa] --><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/04/dump-your-garmin/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/1445931/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/04/dump-your-garmin/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vGY8PLpjjlQ:0rsXL7GZ7UY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vGY8PLpjjlQ:0rsXL7GZ7UY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=vGY8PLpjjlQ:0rsXL7GZ7UY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vGY8PLpjjlQ:0rsXL7GZ7UY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=vGY8PLpjjlQ:0rsXL7GZ7UY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vGY8PLpjjlQ:0rsXL7GZ7UY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=vGY8PLpjjlQ:0rsXL7GZ7UY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/vGY8PLpjjlQ" height="1" width="1"/>apias3flexgarmingarmin gpsGarminGpsgpxmapswhere:lancaster-paDarin Weakley2009-02-04T13:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/04/dump-your-garmin/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/vuxBE3Ugjk4/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/03/5-3-dotnet-sample-updates/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/03/5-3-dotnet-sample-updates/#comments<p>Use the DotNet <abbr title="Application Program Interface">API</abbr>? We've made some updates and improvements to the <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Library/CodeSamples/dotNET">5.3 DotNet Simple Samples</a>.</p> <h3>Change #1</h3> <p>Previously, in order to get the samples to build, you needed to download the mapquest <abbr title="Application Program Interface">API</abbr> <abbr title="Dynamic Link Library">DLL</abbr> separately and:</p> <ul> <li>For <abbr title="Visual Basic">VB</abbr>.net and <abbr title="C-Sharp">C#</abbr>.net, edit all the project files</li> <li>For <abbr title="Active Server Pages">ASP</abbr>.net, you had to add a reference to the <abbr title="Dynamic Link Library">DLL</abbr></li> </ul> <p>The current 5.3 <code>mapquest20.dll</code> has now been added to each package. For <abbr title="Active Server Pages">ASP</abbr>.net, it's in a <code>/bin</code> subdirectory so that it will automatically be picked up as a reference.</p> <p>For <abbr title="Visual Basic">VB</abbr>.net and <abbr title="C-Sharp">C#</abbr>.net, its been added to the top level of the zip package and we've modified all the project files so that the correct location is referenced.</p> <p>In short, when you extract the samples archive and open the solution file, the <abbr title="Dynamic Link Library">DLL</abbr> will already be there with a working reference.</p> <h3>Change #2</h3> <p>The relevant <code>MQServers</code> file had <code>localhost</code> and strange development ports settings. These files have been updated so that they default to the appropriate dev server location (e.g., <code>map.dev.mapquest.com</code>) and <code>port 80</code>.</p> <h3>Change #3</h3> <p>The <code>readme.txt</code> for the <abbr title="Active Server Pages">ASP</abbr>.net archive to call out that the user needs to modify <code>MQServers</code> with your client id, password and possibly server info.</p> <p><code>readme.txt</code> files were added to the <abbr title="Visual Basic">VB</abbr>.net and <abbr title="Active Server Pages">ASP</abbr>.net archives.</p> <p>In general, these changes should make our dotNet samples easier to use.</p> <!-- [where:lancaster pa] --><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/03/5-3-dotnet-sample-updates/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/1446103/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/03/5-3-dotnet-sample-updates/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vuxBE3Ugjk4:nEXbCKTceJc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vuxBE3Ugjk4:nEXbCKTceJc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=vuxBE3Ugjk4:nEXbCKTceJc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vuxBE3Ugjk4:nEXbCKTceJc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=vuxBE3Ugjk4:nEXbCKTceJc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=vuxBE3Ugjk4:nEXbCKTceJc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=vuxBE3Ugjk4:nEXbCKTceJc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/vuxBE3Ugjk4" height="1" width="1"/>apidotnetwhere:lancaster-paTony Homer2009-02-03T08:28:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/02/03/5-3-dotnet-sample-updates/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/Kq8BM9QX9Ug/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/01/13/reminder-openapi-being-retired/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/01/13/reminder-openapi-being-retired/#comments<p>Back in October we announced that we would be <a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/10/13/openapi-product-being-retired/">retiring our old OpenAPI product</a> on Saturday, January 31^st. OpenAPI was replaced almost a year ago with our easier-to-use and much more feature-rich <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Home/WhyJoin">MapQuest Platform: Free Edition</a>.</p> <p>January 31^st is rapidly approaching. If your application is still being powered by the MapQuest OpenAPI product, you will need to complete migration to one of 6 <abbr title="Application Program Interfaces">API</abbr>s available in the <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com/Home/WhyJoin">MapQuest Platform: Free Edition</a> within the next two weeks.</p> <p>The MapQuest OpenAPI product servers will go offline on <b>Saturday, January 31st, 2009</b>. Applications not migrated off of the MapQuest OpenAPI product will <strong>stop working</strong> after this date.</p> <p>Please don't be <em>that</em> guy (or gal) who procrastinates and then winds up with the broken app in production.</p> <p>You can find documentation and downloads for the MapQuest Platform: Free Edition product on our <a href="http://developer.mapquest.com">Developer Network</a>.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/01/13/reminder-openapi-being-retired/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/1427141/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/01/13/reminder-openapi-being-retired/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Kq8BM9QX9Ug:TYozmB5yWbU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Kq8BM9QX9Ug:TYozmB5yWbU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=Kq8BM9QX9Ug:TYozmB5yWbU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Kq8BM9QX9Ug:TYozmB5yWbU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=Kq8BM9QX9Ug:TYozmB5yWbU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=Kq8BM9QX9Ug:TYozmB5yWbU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=Kq8BM9QX9Ug:TYozmB5yWbU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/Kq8BM9QX9Ug" height="1" width="1"/>announcementapiopenapiJosh Babetski2009-01-13T11:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2009/01/13/reminder-openapi-being-retired/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/s02yD4bS1Sg/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/12/25/happy-holidays-from-mapquest/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/12/25/happy-holidays-from-mapquest/#comments<p>Hope your Holidays are Sweet!</p> <p><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/blog.mapquest.com/media/2008/12/mq_holiday_08.png" alt="Holiday Card" /></p> <p>Warmest Regards,<br /> The Staff at MapQuest</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/12/25/happy-holidays-from-mapquest/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/1411484/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/12/25/happy-holidays-from-mapquest/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=s02yD4bS1Sg:Uk0Q8UM4ixU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=s02yD4bS1Sg:Uk0Q8UM4ixU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=s02yD4bS1Sg:Uk0Q8UM4ixU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=s02yD4bS1Sg:Uk0Q8UM4ixU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=s02yD4bS1Sg:Uk0Q8UM4ixU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=s02yD4bS1Sg:Uk0Q8UM4ixU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=s02yD4bS1Sg:Uk0Q8UM4ixU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/s02yD4bS1Sg" height="1" width="1"/>MapQuest2008-12-25T11:43:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/12/25/happy-holidays-from-mapquest/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~3/yo3ZfNc28Qw/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/11/11/meet-us-at-adobe-max/http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/11/11/meet-us-at-adobe-max/#comments<p>MapQuest will be attending <a href="http://max.adobe.com/na/experience/">Adobe Max</a> next week in <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=San+Francisco&amp;state=CA">San Francisco</a>. We'll be hanging out with the Adobe community and demonstrating the features and functionality of our <abbr title="ActionScript 3">AS3</abbr> and <abbr title="Flash Under JavaScript and XML">FUJAX</abbr> <abbr title="Application Program Interface">API</abbr>s.</p> <p>If you're going to Adobe Max, please stop by and say "Hi!" We'll be at booth #410 in the Community Pavilion.</p> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://max.adobe.com/na/experience/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/devblog.mapquest.com/media/2008/11/image013.jpg" class="border1" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/11/11/meet-us-at-adobe-max/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://devblog.mapquest.com/forward/1368908/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/11/11/meet-us-at-adobe-max/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=yo3ZfNc28Qw:h5HkR3ewZ44:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=yo3ZfNc28Qw:h5HkR3ewZ44:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=yo3ZfNc28Qw:h5HkR3ewZ44:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=yo3ZfNc28Qw:h5HkR3ewZ44:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=yo3ZfNc28Qw:h5HkR3ewZ44:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?a=yo3ZfNc28Qw:h5HkR3ewZ44:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MapQuestDevblog?i=yo3ZfNc28Qw:h5HkR3ewZ44:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MapQuestDevblog/~4/yo3ZfNc28Qw" height="1" width="1"/>adobeas3eventsflashfujaxJosh Babetski2008-11-11T17:00:00+00:00http://devblog.mapquest.com/2008/11/11/meet-us-at-adobe-max/