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MapQuest has added an optional Surveillance Layer that displays reported locations of outdoor surveillance cameras and automated license-plate readers (ALPRs), including Flock Safety devices, directly on its consumer map.

The new feature includes location data for a dozen surveillance companies.Credit: St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Contributor / Lee Newspapers

MapQuest has been enjoying a resurgence in popularity since it decided to ignore certain lake renaming mandates from the US government, and a new feature freshly added to its Android and iOS apps may well improve its reputation further: Flock camera tracking.

MapQuest has been on quite the unexpected tear over the last couple of months. The mapping service’s app surged in popularity after it refused to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America (unlike Google Maps and Apple Maps). MapQuest also added useful, long-overdue features like Android Auto support and public transit directions.

Launched in 1996, MapQuest, the world’s oldest commercially available web mapping service, recently introduced Android Auto support, making it an alternative to Google and Apple Maps with the added distinction of calling a certain body of water in North America Lake Ontario, despite pressure from President Donald Trump.

MapQuest is having a moment after refusing to follow along with Google Maps and Apple Maps and rename Lake Ontario. Its decision to hold firm led many folks to turn to its app, which rocketed up the App Store and Google Play charts. The service is now capitalizing on that by adding public transit directions, a…

When it comes to software services, there is often a healthy variety no matter which platform you use. Certain products, however, enjoy a monopoly of sorts and become the default option for many. Google Maps is a good example of a service that has become synonymous with navigation, despite the presence of worthy alternatives like…

In a “that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time” move, MapQuest is back to being a household name, as the original mapping app has found itself as the top of app store charts – it’s also rushing to add support for Android Auto.

MapQuest’s unlikely comeback just got even bigger. On Tuesday, the “OG” mapping application (and one that many thought no longer existed!) became the No. 1 overall app on the U.S. App Store, up from No. 8 on Monday.

Here in the US, we’re dealing with a President who capriciously tears down historic buildings, paves over rose gardens, insults allies, and regularly renames map landmarks, locations, and even gulfs and lakes like he’s picking out names for his often poorly used golf clubs. It would be entertaining if it weren’t all so incomprehensible. The…