MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards.

The “OG of online mapping,” as the company calls itself, announced on Thursday that it would not change the name of Lake Ontario on its maps to Lake America, despite Trump’s executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. As a result, MapQuest’s mobile app downloads soared, sending the iOS app to the No. 4 position on the U.S. App Store’s Top Charts for apps (not including games) as of Monday morning on the U.S. east coast.

MapQuest also reached the No. 8 position overall in the U.S. App Store across both apps and games, and it became the No. 1 Navigation app in the United States.

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[–] 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Haven't tried it, but it's based on OpenStreetMap, so I guess it also calls it Lake Ontario.
Why is comaps better?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    Completely free and open source, simpler UI for anyone to get into imo

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (1 child)

    I thought OSMAND was Open Source too.
    I never paid anything for using it.

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