A year ago, the number of U.S. visits to MapQuest, which is owned by AOL LLC, was 429% higher than the number of U.S. visits to Google Maps, said Hitwise analyst Heather Hopkins in a blog post.

Whither Mapquest? The service is still No. 1, with 41% of all visits to mapping sites in the last week, compared with 35% for Google Maps and 11% for Yahoo Maps, according to research firm Hitwise.

MapQuest has 28 million monthly users around the world, and has more than 300 million MapQuest maps and directions printed each month. AOL is Google's first major distribution partner and one of ...

I seldom use Google Maps to actually get directions, but I open the app almost every day for other reasons that might not be so obvious. Truth is, Google Maps is useful for a lot more than just ...

Google Maps is getting an AI makeover, adding new features like Immersive View and making existing features like driving directions easier to follow. It’s also becoming more like Search.

Whereas printed MapQuest directions and TomTom devices once reigned supreme, Google Maps is now the top choice for many when it comes to GPS navigation. The product was released in February 2005 ...

Google Maps indicates with a symbol that there is a toll, but it doesn't tell you how much you'll have to pay. Other apps have cropped up, like TollGuru, to calculate your toll costs on a trip.

Last October, Google added new, eco-friendly driving directions to Maps. In the US, you could pull up a driving route that would take into account things like congestion and incline to find you ...

Photo: Keith Birmingham/Zuma Press Alphabet Inc.’s Google is tweaking its Maps app to highlight environmentally friendlier directions to users’ destinations, the company said.