# Google / Yahoo / MapQuest maps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yahoo-mapquest-maps/302779>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yahoo-mapquest-maps/302779 "2005-05-07T02:42:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Turing\_Complete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Turing\_Complete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turing_Complete)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yahoo-mapquest-maps/302779/1 "2005-05-07T02:42:37Z")

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Does there happen to be a single parseable copy of the data that Mapquest uses to do their whole map and driving directions system? All the information is there and publicly available, but really hard to use as actual input.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yahoo-mapquest-maps/302779/2 "2005-05-07T03:07:59Z")

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They all buy that information from other companies ([NavTeq](http://www.navteq.com/) is one), so they presumably can’t provide it to anyone free of charge, in raw data form.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yahoo-mapquest-maps/302779/3 "2005-05-07T14:48:28Z")

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The data from Google maps is available to developers. Check out [this site](http://www.paulrademacher.com/housing/) for a sample application.