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What is the MapQuest Toolbar?
(Document #454)
What is the MapQuest Toolbar?
The MapQuest Toolbar is a utility to make Maps, Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices, MapQuest Local, Find Me (a tool that maps your approximate location), and Yellow Pages readily available at the touch of a button from your internet browser.
With this toolbar installed, you can get quicker access directly to MapQuest and you can use some features in the toolbar itself to do things such as mapping, directions, traffic, and searching for that cheap gasoline. You can also populate this toolbar with additional popular web sites that will take you directly to those sites right from the toolbar.
The following graphic shows what the toolbar looks like with the standard features.
Standard Features
The following table provides a list of the standard features that come with the toolbar once installed. Additional buttons can be configured to take you to web pages that you frequently use.
| Buttons | Description |  | Search field that enables you to enter a search term with results provided by the AOL search feature. |  | Button that enables you to go directly to the MapQuest.com site.
|  | Button with a drop-down menu that enables you to enter the address, city, state, or ZIP code of the place you wish to get a map of. Clicking the Search button will take you to the MapQuest.com web site with your address already displayed.
|  | Button with a drop-down menu that enables you to enter a starting location and an ending location. Clicking the Search button will take you to the MapQuest.com web site with your directions already displayed. |  | Button that when clicked enables you to select a metropolitan area from a drop-down list. Once a metropolitan area is selected a summary of the number of traffic incidents for that area is displayed. Clicking the View Traffic button will take you to a map of that metropolitan area showing the current traffic conditions. |  | Button that has a drop-down menu that enables you to enter your City, State, or ZIP code. Additionally, you can select the Fuel Type that you are looking for. With this information, the lowest prices for that city and fuel type are shown. Click on the link for the gas station that you are interested in to get the map of that location. If you make a change, you can update the list by clicking the Find Gas Prices button. |  | Button that has a field in which you can enter a location or a drop-down list with a list of your Recent Locations. Once you have selected a location, click Get Local Info to go to the MapQuest Local page that gives you local information for that location. You can customize this page to get information that is important to you. |  | Button that when selected gives you the opportunity to click Find Me to map your approximate location on the MapQuest map. |  | Button that when selected enables you to enter a business name and a location. After clicking Search the yellowpages.com listings show in the MapQuest page. If an exact match is not found, a listing of possible matches is displayed and you can select the one you want. This listing is then shown on a small map on the right with a description of the business on the left. |
For More Information...
Additional information about the MapQuest Toolbar can be found in the following Help categories:
Installing and Uninstalling the MapQuest Toolbar
Using the MapQuest Toolbar
Customizing the MapQuest Toolbar Frequently Asked Questions About the MapQuest Toolbar
Each of these categories will provide topics on how to use each of the features mentioned in this overview.
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