Delip Rao Suggests Mapquest API for Agentic Use Cases

Researcher Delip Rao shared thoughts on the Mapquest API's suitability for agentic applications in a recent post. He indicated the mapping service could serve such purposes effectively but suggested the addition of a command-line tool would improve accessibility. Rao described MCP as a thing of the past by 2024 standards. Rao, who founded Joostware and works in deep learning and computer vision, made the comment without prior consideration of the idea. The linked developer resources describe MapQuest as providing advanced geospatial and mapping services targeted at technical users and development teams. No further details on adoption or responses appear in the available posts.