A history of MapQuest.
The middle of the article mentions HERE Technologies, which was formed from what was formerly Navteq (mapping) and Nokia Maps. Navteq had a successful map production center in Fargo, where a number of my former students, and other folks I know, worked before HERE closed it down.
https://whoistheownerof.com/who-owns-mapquest-ownership-2026/
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