I use ESRI's maps in my applications with great success. I even use them in my mobile apps. I highly recommend them.
The POI is not nearly as populated as Google's, but they are leaps and bounds ahead of everybody else. -Nick On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Raman Sangra <rsan...@healthpi.com.au>wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been developing on Flex for quite some time. Looking at the work > you guys have been busy doing, I feel Flex may still find way out to be > best UI development SDK. One big question in my mind is what happens to > MAPS, Google as we know holds the best and most updated data of world > wide maps, and POI information. > > They are going to disable the Maps Flash API by Sep. 2014. This is a > real downplay for business applications. However if we see flex as > simply a game/animation development SDK, it would be ok. But there are > serious business apps that were built for business users. These business > users are all shifting to mobile devices ipads and other tablets. > > I guess mobile devices may get targeted via AIR apps, but still the > integration of some free qualified maps API either Google, ESRI or other > provider would really be a big help. > > My thoughts, I would appreciate some other opinions and perspectives. > > Regards, > Raman S. > >
