Mapquest Introduces New Look, New Capabilities by Greg Sterling, Search Engine Land (Jun 29)
Mapquest is still in the online map and local search game with added capabilities.
A few points of interest:
+ "The ability to easily save and customize information, including My Maps trip itineraries, and share it with friends via social networks, including: Facebook and Twitter"
+"Ways to plan and personalize travel with notes, anecdotes, landmarks and short cuts"
+ "Users can search multiple times within a map and see all the results layered or plotted in different colors simultaneously: e.g., movies, pizza, ATMs, parking. "
The Canadian MapQuest is much improved. Can see streets in Stratford, On and find the theatres. Also banks, schools, some gas stations. There is more for Toronto - including traffic and a satellite view.
However, there is a strong American bias - the bar of icons for quickly finding services included one for "4th of July" events.
MapQuest describes all the features.