MapQuest System Architecture

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"All MapQuest Advantage Enterprise and API customers can use custom SQL WHERE clauses to limit database queries. Use database connectivity to:
Find and/or display locations within a specified radius.

Find and/or display locations within a specified rectangle.

Find and/or display locations within a specified polygon.

Find and/or display locations around a path, such as a route (suggested driving directions).

Search with a simple database record MapQuest API, new in version 3.0. You can even access non-MapQuest-specific database fields.

Integrate location data sets with other corporate databases. For instance, an application could filter bookstore proximity search results based on book availability determined through dynamic database searches."

Looks like a quite thorough API. We also learn that MapQuest.com "receives more than 26 million visitors every month and serves up over 10 million maps and directions each day."

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