Thank you, Ed, for that email of support. It's great to hear that you enjoyed using the API, and I have to say, I enjoy using "Where I've Been". If anyone hasn't tried it out, I recommend it: http://www.whereivebeen.com/
You can use it to track everywhere you've been and want to go, and you can also use it inside every major social network. - pamela On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Ed Haack <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > My name is Ed Haack. I have been using the GoogleMaps API for Flash > since June 2008, since (I believe version 1.4, while it was > unofficially available for the Flash IDE.) I wanted to share my > experience with using the API to build the main application for the > Facebook Application: Where I've Been. > > I will not discuss any items specific to the project outside of using > the API, but only using the API that is freely available to anyone > willing to learn it. > > First, let me add that Google continues to impress me with to tools > they offer to users and developers, understanding both and treating > everyone as intelligent human beings. > > Not knowing anything about the API, capabilities or how to start, the > first page (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/) > explained EVERYTHING. I could not have asked for more. > > The documentation provided is clear enough to not need to ping the > group for every little question. Even some provide code examples right > in the docs. And, if no example is given, Pamela has really taken a > great amount of time to try and provide examples for every scenario > you would need to accomplish just about anything. The API > documentation is the best I've ever seen for a free API. > > As the sole architect and developer of the GoogleMaps API Flash > implementation of the project, I started by building prototypes to > really test out all of that I read it could do. And to my surprise, it > worked straight away. I did need to build a custom maker manager for > storage of permanent vs. temporary markers, which took very little > time. Even at version 1.4, the API was flexible enough to allow for > almost 100% customized creativity. Even though items like "Tooltips" > and "InfoWindows" were available, I did find them a little restrictive > and figured out how to successfully dispatch events based on common > actions of the GoogleMap API. > > If your project requires the usage of a map (of any kind), I can't > recommend strongly enough this API. The documentation, support and > shear flexibility is the most impressive piece of software I've seen > in 20 years. > > Thank you Google... > > Ed Haack > [email protected] > www.edhaack.net > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
