4. Agenda
Flash Mapping SDKs
Creating your own Flash Maps
Mapping on Mobile Devices
Dealing with Geodata in Flash
Geolocation
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5. Flash Mapping SDKs
Street/
Terrain Topo Traffic 3D
Satellite
Google Maps Yes Yes No No (JS) Yes
Yahoo Maps Yes No No Yes No
MapQuest Yes No No Yes No
ESRI Yes Yes Yes No No
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6. Hello World with ESRI
Pros:
Very detailed
Most Information
Layers Approach
Cons:
Maybe Too Complex
Bottom Line: Great for hard core GIS-heads
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http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services
http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/apis/flex/
7. Hello World with Google Maps
Pros:
Easy to Use
Simple Registration
Works with AIR
3D Support
Cons:
Licensing Terms (Has to be public)
Bottom Line: Best General Mapping SDK Out There
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13. Dealing with Geodata
Main Formats:
GPX - Most widespread GPS Format
KML - Includes ability to draw shapes
But there are many others.
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14. Ryan’s Random Projects
GPXAS3 - Library for Parsing GPX files
http://github.com/ryanstewart/GpxAS3
AIRGPSBabel - AS3 Wrapper for GPSBabel
http://www.gpsbabel.org/
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http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.shtml
16. Using the Browser
HTML5 Supports Geolocation!
Why not use ExternalInterface to get location?
http://www.webkitchen.be/geolocation/
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