You can look the Umap compoent (google maps). http://www.afcomponents.com/components/g_map_as3/
That component is in beta stage (0.4), in this version you can place marks and make routes. You can see a example in: http://shigeru-nakagaki.com/flex_samples/UMap/UMapTest/UMapTest.html AND http://shigeru-nakagaki.com/flex_samples/UMap/UMapTest2/UMapTest2.html If you need more options use ERSI. 2008/1/31, Uber_Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ESRI's AWS is very good and has libraries built just for Flex. I'd > also recommend that as an option. The downside we've experienced > involved some latency issues and a look & field that wasn't as sharp > as the competitors. > > Tying into Yahoo and Google are the other choices. Google doesn't > have a Flex API, so I was too lazy to try implementing it. Yahoo has > a decent API that works with Flex 3, but there's a SERIOUS issue in > that the debugger will error-out if you try to debug an app with a > YahooMapService component in it. The reason for this is that it uses > LocalConnections and JavaScript call backs to interface with an old > Flex 1.5 SWF. > > In my opinion, depending on the size and needs, Yahoo is still the > best option. There's a mailing list just for Flex Yahoo Maps coders: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/yws-maps/ > > Even if you don't use their API, their REST service is a super easy > way to query addresses for lat/long data: > http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html > > For actually implementing the maps, the best tutorial I've found for > Flex2/3 is here: > > http://www.actionscript.com/Article/tabid/54/ArticleID/Flex-2-Yahoo-Maps-Made-Easy/Default.aspx > > It requires a download of the ASTRA library and registration of an API > key: > http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/astra-webapis/ > > -Nick > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Paul > Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Giles Roadnight wrote: > > > I'm considering doing a project that involves displaying latitude / > > > longitude data on a map. > > > > i would recommend esri's aws. fairly rich API, fairly easy to work > with, good > > support & flex 2. > > > > > Are there any examples or anything out there like this? > > > > http://api.arcwebservices.com/devguide/samples/awx/v4/flex/index.html > > > > >
