Mapping and Geolocation with the Flash Platform

Mapping and Geolocation with the Flash Platform Friday, May 14, 2010

Ryan Stewart ryan@adobe.com blog.digitalbackcountry.com @ryanstewart github.com/ryanstewart Flash Builder Premium Giveaway - #FaTCGeo 18 T 583308 4506780 Friday, May 14, 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

Agenda Flash Mapping SDKs Creating your own Flash Maps Mapping on Mobile Devices Dealing with Geodata in Flash Geolocation Friday, May 14, 2010

Flash Mapping SDKs Street/ Terrain Topo Traffic 3D Satellite Google Maps Yes Yes No No (JS) Yes Yahoo Maps Yes No No Yes No MapQuest Yes No No Yes No ESRI Yes Yes Yes No No Friday, May 14, 2010

Hello World with ESRI Pros: Very detailed Most Information Layers Approach Cons: Maybe Too Complex Bottom Line: Great for hard core GIS-heads Friday, May 14, 2010 http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/apis/ﬂex/

Hello World with Google Maps Pros: Easy to Use Simple Registration Works with AIR 3D Support Cons: Licensing Terms (Has to be public) Bottom Line: Best General Mapping SDK Out There Friday, May 14, 2010

Fun with Google Maps Friday, May 14, 2010

Modest Maps Project Friday, May 14, 2010

Your First Map What You Need: PSD of the Map Zoomify Modest Maps Coordinate Creator Friday, May 14, 2010 http://modestmaps.com/calculator.html

Friday, May 14, 2010 http://modestmaps.com/ http://modestmaps.com/calculator.html

Maps on AIR on Android Friday, May 14, 2010

Dealing with Geodata Main Formats: GPX - Most widespread GPS Format KML - Includes ability to draw shapes But there are many others. Friday, May 14, 2010

Ryan’s Random Projects GPXAS3 - Library for Parsing GPX files http://github.com/ryanstewart/GpxAS3 AIRGPSBabel - AS3 Wrapper for GPSBabel http://www.gpsbabel.org/ Friday, May 14, 2010 http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.shtml

Geolocation APIs with Flash Friday, May 14, 2010

Using the Browser HTML5 Supports Geolocation! Why not use ExternalInterface to get location? http://www.webkitchen.be/geolocation/ Friday, May 14, 2010

flash.sensors.Geolocation Friday, May 14, 2010

Questions ryan@adobe.com blog.digitalbackcountry.com @ryanstewart 18 T 583308 4506780 github.com/ryanstewart Friday, May 14, 2010

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