I'm actually quite the flash wizard myself and have also looked through their code extensively. There's a PHP backend driving things via Flash remoting and its actually described in some detail here, written by the authors: http://www.cartogis.org/docs/proceedings/2006/bloch_harrower.pdf
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Sandro Santilli <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 03:57:17PM -0400, Christian Guirreri wrote: > > > Out of curiosity, how does MapShaper handle this on the backend? > > I've no idea, I've never looked at MapShaper. > Now that you mentioned it I tried launching it but it's implemented > in AS3 and compiled in ABC bytecode which currently requires use of > proprietary software for being run (an AVM2 capable flash player). > > I didnt' find any download link from the mapshaper.org website > so I guess it's not even meant to give you the freedom to look > at how things are done. > > You shouldn't be using it, it's a trap... > > Anyway, try kindly asking their authors. > > --strk; > > () Free GIS & Flash consultant/developer > /\ http://strk.keybit.net/services.html >
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