System1 Supports 30% Faster Queries on MapQuest with MongoDB Atlas
Before the days of in-vehicle GPS devices and smartphones, millions of people relied on printed directions from MapQuest to travel from place to place. Founded in 1996, MapQuest was one of the world’s first commercial mapping services, and it paved the way for the more advanced, satellite-based navigation services that followed.
Although MapQuest is known best for its step-by-step directions, its points of interest (POIs) have gained significant traction among its 30 million active monthly users. POIs appear on a user’s map, giving them ideas of things to do and nearby destinations to explore.
When System1, a customer acquisition company, acquired MapQuest in 2019, it wanted to enhance the user experience by expanding MapQuest’s POIs beyond simple key-value searches.
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