Yahoo Maps – built on the Flash (and some Flex?) platform – has been released from beta. Congratulations to Yahoo and Adobe. This is compelling validation for using the Flash platform as a way to deliver richer experiences. I’m not sure if there’s a more accessible, mainstream application out there on Flash.
Google Maps is still winning the battle in terms of mash-ups, and if I’m not mistaken, Mapquest (yes Mapquest) is still the most popular. Old habits die hard I guess.
HI Rich,
FYI Yahoo Maps is indeed a Flex 1.5 application.
-Dav
There are many methods of getting Yahoo Maps to work in Flex 2/AS3. http://codycodingcowboy.cahlan.com/2006/09/yahoo-maps-in-flex-2-as3.html
Not to mention the Yahoo Maps Flash API, details available at the YDN:
http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/howto-maps_as2.html
Ah, that’s what I thought. I knew it “felt” like a Flex app. Heh.