Quick sideways thought - does it have to be Flash? You can embed the Google Maps code on your own site, and the API allows you to layer your own data over the world map, or even substitute your own map. All the zooming/latitude/longitude/place marker on map location code is already built in.
Cheers, Ian On 2/3/06, clark slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > I'm working on an application that has a requirement for generating a > world > map showing outlets for a particular product. There are *lots* of outlets > and they are updated very frequently so the spec is that the map should be > able to render a new outlet in the correct location on the world map based > on address only. > > Anyone done this before and care to offer any suggestions? Right now I am > thinking I will need to acquire a db of city/long/lat or else find a > public > webservice that accepts an international address and returns long/lat > info. > Then I'm thinking I'll just need a scale map in my swf that approximates > to > the long/lat grid so can place the new outlet in the right position. > > Any advice or tales of woe appreciated. > > Clark > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
