MapQuest launches personalized mapping experience
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Nov 20, 2008 at 12:45pm
MapQuest has launched My MapQuest, a personalized mapping experience that lets MapQuest.com users save maps or routes and access them anytime from any browser or Internet-enabled mobile device. There’s an optimized version for the iPhone.
Users can set up an account by using a new or existing AOL Screen Name or OpenID login. My MapQuest users have the ability to configure and retain personal site preferences, such as miles versus kilometers, preferred language, user data such as cell phone numbers (for the Send to Cell feature), make and model of their vehicle, and addresses for friends and family. Users can also take advantage of the recently released Draggable Routes feature by customizing their directions, then saving them to their My MapQuest account.
My MapQuest also introduces a feature that will automatically calculate the estimated fuel cost of a trip, based on the users saved vehicle information, route distance and average gas prices in the route area, says Christian Dwyer, senior vice president and general manager, MapQuest.
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