Overview

MapQuest Advantage Enterprise v3.0

Advantage Enterprise is a multi-threaded client-server system that enables developers to integrate maps, driving directions, and other location-based technology into Web applications and desktop applications. Advantage Enterprise allows administrators to customize every aspect of the MapQuest server environment. Customers can customize mapping, driving directions (routing), searching, and display. Custom icons, map annotations, database-driven locations, and dynamic map styles can be designed by those implementing the solution.

MapQuest Advantage API v3.0
Advantage API is a hosted service that enables developers to integrate maps, driving directions, and other MapQuest location-based technology into their applications. MapQuest-hosted servers provide MapQuest functionality to applications on the Internet.
MapQuest hosts the geographic data and the custom location databases. Utilizing MapQuest’s array of API servers, load balancing, server performance tuning, memory requirements for large data sets, or geographic data updates are performed for the user.

MapQuest Advantage™ Application Solution
Both MapQuest Advantage™ Enterprise and MapQuest Advantage API support:

• Geocoding - Assign latitude/longitude coordinates to a street address (or other location).
• Mapping - Display, interact with, and customize maps.
• Routing - Generate visual and/or textual navigation directions from one location to another, with optional intermediate destinations.
• Proximity searching - Search for custom locations within a geographic area and perform other location searches using dynamic database queries. For example, search for the closest restaurants in your neighborhood.
• Session management - Create and manage sessions to improve context from one page view to the next, primarily used by Web applications.
• Authentication and encryption - Protect sensitive data and restrict client access to the MapQuest server to authorized client IDs, passwords, and IP addresses.
• Database integration - Support for databases with Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers, including popular databases such MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, and SQL Server.
• Integration with the most popular platforms and development environments - Support for Linux, Windows, and Solaris operating systems. Development languages/interfaces, include C++, Java, COM (including Microsoft ASP, ASP.NET, Visual Basic), and ADP.

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