Dreams come true: Flash API for Google Maps

Today, at the Where 2.0 conference, Google announced the release of the Flash API for Google Maps . So in the near future you can expect a lot of beautiful cross-platform Google Maps applications made in the AIR Desktops environment.

The Adobe AIR platform is one of the hottest development environments on the market today. As the blog says, after the release of the Javascript Maps API , there were many offers and requests to realize the ability to use the power of Flash for Google Maps, since Javascript solutions are less attractive and Flash can be used by developers more creatively.

The developers decided to divide the software into 2 components: the interface and the implementation itself. As a result, anyone can build an application on the current version of the API, and in the process of adding new API functions, the partner site will automatically determine the need for an update. And if there is a need to take advantage of the new API functions, then only in this case you will need to download the latest API release.
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The first implementations of the new API can be viewed in the Demo Gallery , AFComponents and Navx .

via The Social Trend