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MapQuest is an American free online web mapping service launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. It offers various services and programs, such as driving directions, satellite imagery, buddy-finder, customized routes, and gas price comparison.
A table that compares various features and functions of different web map services, including Google Maps, Bing Maps, MapQuest, Mapy.cz, OpenStreetMap, Here WeGo, Apple Maps and Yandex Maps. See the availability, navigation, directory, interface and viewing interface of each service.
WMTS is a standard protocol for serving pre-rendered or run-time computed georeferenced map tiles over the Internet. It was developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium in 2010 and has different request encodings and types.
Tile Map Service (TMS) is a specification for tiled web maps, developed by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. It provides simple URLs to tiles while also supporting alternate spatial referencing systems.
Bing Maps is a web mapping service that provides various views and features, such as street maps, aerial imagery, 3D maps, and traffic data. It covers many countries and regions worldwide, including the UK, and uses data from different sources, such as TomTom, OpenStreetMap, and Ordnance Survey.
XYZ Tiles is a standard for numbering and requesting tiles in a tiled web map, a map displayed in a web browser by seamlessly joining dozens of individually requested image or vector data files. Learn about the advantages, conventions, standards and client libraries of tiled web maps.
Mapbox is an American company that offers custom maps for websites and applications such as Foursquare, Lonely Planet, and Snapchat. It uses open data sources, proprietary data sources, and its own technology to create interactive and mobile maps.
Leaflet is a lightweight and open-source library for creating interactive web maps with various features and plugins. It supports tiled web maps from OpenStreetMap and other sources, and allows developers to add markers, circles, popups, and more to the maps.