ActionScript 3 Maps API: You Asked and We Listened (Yahoo! Developer Network Blog)

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Yahoo! Developer Network Blog

February 11, 2008

ActionScript 3 Maps API: You Asked and We Listened

After over 500 of you voted for an ActionScript 3 Maps API on the Developer Network Suggestion Board, we knew there was only one thing left to do: build it! So here it is: available immediately as part of Yahoo! Flash Platform, the native and complete ActionScript 3 Maps API.

Here's a look at just a few of the API features:

Lightning fast tile engine
Base size of under 30 Kb
Multiple built-in widgets for zooming, panning and changing the map type.
Support for complex custom Markers
Geocoding (Mapping addresses to latitude/longitude)
Local search

The list can go on, but wouldn't it be better to see the API in action? Here is a screencast by Allen Rabinovich (Yahoo! Flash Platform omniheurist), Zach Graves (the lead developer of the Maps component), and our very special guest, Ted Patrick (Flex Evangelist from Adobe Systems):

The AS3 Maps API comes complete with documentation and a number of examples. If you'd like to provide suggestions, comments or feedback, or show off a cool application you've built, please post on your ydn-flash group — and who knows, we may feature your app here as well!

Allen Rabinovich, Yahoo! Flash Platform Omniheurist

Posted at February 11, 2008 6:00 AM | Permalink

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Comments

This is really cool, but I'm wondering how practical it is if you can't use it on a commercial project. The license says: "If you wish to use the Yahoo! Software for commercial use, please contact Yahoo!" Is that code for "if you have to ask, it's too expensive?" Can someone please make a public statement about what is needed to use the Yahoo Map AS3 components in a commercial web site?

Posted by: Doug Smith at February 13, 2008 4:25 PM

As Doug mentioned above, let us know if we can use this, or how much it costs. I am very excited to get started.

Posted by: Gugu Mabuza at February 17, 2008 8:35 PM

In 2006 we dropped most of the commercial restrictions, however if you think you might go over the rate limits, then you'll need to contact the maps team.

-Build Mashups and use our Maps for personal or business use as long as the applications are free of charge and under the rate limit.
-Link to Yahoo! Maps or Driving Directions to your heart’s content.
-Include advertising on the same page or site where you display Yahoo! Maps.

http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2006/06/13/yahoo-maps-you-don’t-have-to-ask/

Posted by: Zach Graves at February 26, 2008 6:52 PM

i have been searching for quite a while now for a way of showing the as2 navigatorwidget in as3 map. is that possible? please tell me how!

Posted by: Adiku at September 22, 2009 9:23 AM