In Using Google Maps Inside of Flash CS3: Part 1 we built a Google Map running in Flash CS3. But our goal is to make a full store locator. Here in Part 2, we’re going to need a database of locations, a way of asking that database for a list of locations near a zip code or address a user enters in, and we’ll need to display those locations on our map we created. Let’s get going.
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Google has released a beta version of the Google Maps API for Flash. Including “for Flash” in the name might be a little misleading though if you’re a Flash developer who uses Adobe Flash CS3, aka the Flash IDE, to build web sites. The Google Maps API for Flash in its current state doesn’t work with Flash. It works with Flex only, a situation the project page promises will be corrected at some point in the future.
Although it’s not... + read on