MapQuest® for Mobile Web
MapQuest® wireless products give you access to over 16 million business listings and points of interest.
MapQuest for Mobile Web
MapQuest For Mobile Web is a free* wireless version of MapQuest that you can access anytime, anywhere through your cell phone or other web-enabled device. Formatted especially for mobile web browsers, MapQuest for Mobile Web makes it easy to discover where you are, where you're going and what's waiting for you along the way - even when you're away from your computer!
Features Include:- Color maps of the U.S. and Canada
- The ability to pan, zoom in and zoom out on maps from your phone
- Step-by-step driving directions featuring mileage and travel time
- Gas station locations and fuel prices; allowing the user to search by distance or price
- Advanced route options, including walking directions, or alternate driving routes that avoid highways or tolls
- Multi-point routing option for up to six destinations
- Locations of Points of Interest from one of the most robust and up-to-date location databases in America. Find nearby banks, restaurants, airports, hotels, motels, Coffee shops, theaters, parks and playgrounds, hospitals, malls and more
- The ability to search by name, location, city, state, intersection or over 16 million Points of Interest from the MapQuest database
- New "Send to Cell" beta program allows users to research and plan travel via MapQuest.com on their desktop computer and send a link of their route to a cellphone via text message.
- Click to Call a business or location**
* MapQuest provides this service free of charge; however, your carrier may charge data fees to access the mobile web or for text messages.
** Click To Call not available on all carriers
You Can Access MapQuest for Mobile Web Two Easy Ways:
1. While on the go, just type MapQuest.com into your mobile browser
2. If planning your trip from your desktop, just send your route via the 'Send to Cell' option found on MapQuest.com Maps and Directions results pages.
Tired of typing long addresses into your phone using a tiny keypad? With the free* Send to Cell service on MapQuest.com, you can search for places or create maps and directions on your computer and send the results to your web-enabled cellphone by simply clicking on the "Send to Cell" link conveniently found on "Send to Cell" link conveniently found on results pages throughout the MapQuest.com site. Then, while on the go, quickly access the results on your mobile device via a simple URL text link to MapQuest for the Mobile Web, all "right-sized" for your cell phone.
Not at your home computer? Just type www.MapQuest.com into your mobile web browser
When accessed through your phone, MapQuest for Mobile Web displays a simple menu structure giving you five initial options. You can Find a Place, either by address, intersection, or from our Points of Interest database. Or, if you already know where you want to go, click on Map a Location to see the surrounding area, or Get Directions to plot a route. New for Fall 2007: MapQuest for Mobile Web now offers a Find Gas Prices option that searches by price, distance or station name.Exploring the city on foot? Travelers can now choose the Get Walking Directions option to utilize one-way streets and pedestrian walking malls.
MapQuest for Mobile Web is available to over 180 million web-enabled wireless devices nationwide.
* MapQuest provides the Send to Cell service free of charge; however, your carrier may charge data fees to access the mobile web or for text messages.
** Some carriers block access to URL links within text messages; if you cannot click the link or you do not receive the text message, please check with your carrier. Not available on all carriers or all devices. Check with your carrier to confirm that product use is consistent with your carrier's Terms of Service.
*U.S. only. AOL Mobile services may require a wireless data plan and charges from your wireless carrier may apply. Not all AOL Mobile services are available on all wireless carriers or on all wireless devices. Check with your wireless carrier to confirm that product use is consistent with your carrier's Terms of Service.
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