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Who Makes MapQuest's Maps?
carpoolio writes "TechTV has an interesting story about the company that builds the mapping technology behind popular map services like Mapquest. The company, Navigation Technologies, is decidedly low-tech in its approach to making its maps: two people in a car drive around endlessly, inputting street information and landmarks into databases. Navtech's map databases are used in everything from Garmin GPS units to Alpine in-dash auto navigation systems. So next time you turn the wrong way down a one-way street, know that there are real people behind the controls."
I WANT this job!
The guitars sound good, now give me about 10db more on the cow bell.
"Good."
This is a test. This is a test of the emergency sig system. This has been only a test.
who i should go after. my wife and i were looking for a restaurant in napa, and relying on mapquest's directions, ended up way in the hills, basically no where near the restaurant. i called the place and they asked me if i was using one of the mapping services. they told me that all attempts to get the directions fixed were ignored.
i wonder if the mapquests of the world aren't communicating back or if this place only updates things when they feel like it?
Us adults with things like driver's licenses and responsibilities don't have these ridiculous fantasies about mapping bars, strip clubs and brothels. No, we've grown up a bit. We thing about things like COMPENSATION, which, given the job market, a posting that stays up that long indicates either the pay is insultingly low given the requirements to perform the job or the local economy is not as bad as the parent company may think.
Either way, you should go for it. Nothing can be lower paying than Burger King fry boy, and you dont have to wear the hair net or the cardboard crown to manage your fronds of greasy unwashed locks.