MapQuest Expands Wikipedia-Style Mapping Project In Europe, Makes Key Hire In The U.S.

MapQuest , an AOL subsidiary and until further notice still the No. 2 Internet-mapping service after Google’s, recently debuted a site in the U.K. based on a project called OpenStreetMap , which is dedicated to user-created mapping. Today, the company announced the beta launch of four new European mapping sites built on OpenStreetMap data, in France , Germany , Italy and Spain .