MapQuest Opens its API

You can now use MapQuest data for your mashups. Check the Open Tools API page for details about registration and use. There is also a blog that covers the news on the Open API.

There is one example of its usage that I couldn't get past the resulting map image from its search. The mapshup should display bars, restaurants and future events but I didn't quite get it to work. Well, this looks like a real beta after all. One kinda gets used to pretty solid betas after Google & otherse decided to keep the warning forever.