The good folks at Google Maps appear to have been busy. The UI for the zoom/pan control (GLargeMapControl) has been refreshed with a new skin. The process for selecting the position from which to view the neigborhood using the Street View feature is simplified - the draggable “person” is always present in the zoom control.
The [...]
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Changes at Google Maps
November 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Google Maps
Google Maps in OpenLaszlo
November 17th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Recently, I wrote about Rmenuz, a site that embedded Google’s Flash maps in OpenLaszlo. The Google Flash Maps are written in ActionScript 3 (AS3), which requires Flash Player 9 or above. That means you wouldn’t be able to use them in OpenLaszlo 4.1 or below. I figured that with OpenLaszlo 4.2b3, which supports compiling to [...]
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Rmenuz - OpenLaszlo and Google Maps
November 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I looked at Google Map’s Flash API a while ago, trying to determine a way to integrate it into OpenLaszlo, but never had time to finish it. Today, I discovered Rmenuz, which is an OpenLaszlo application that lets you search for restaurants, and displays them using the Flash-based Google Maps.
I’m not sure what the status [...]
Tags: Google Maps · OpenLaszlo