mapping and geolocation with the flash platform

Mapping and Geolocationwith the Flash Platform

Friday, May 14, 2010

Ryan Stewart

@ryanstewart

blog.digitalbackcountry.com

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github.com/ryanstewart

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Flash Builder Premium Giveaway - #FaTCGeo


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Agenda

Flash Mapping SDKsCreating your own Flash Maps

Mapping on Mobile DevicesDealing with Geodata in Flash

Geolocation


Flash Mapping SDKsStreet/

SatelliteTerrain Topo Traffic 3D

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


Hello World with ESRI

Pros:Very detailedMost InformationLayers Approach

Cons:Maybe Too Complex

Bottom Line: Great for hard core GIS-heads


http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/serviceshttp://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/apis/flex/

Hello World with Google Maps

Pros:Easy to UseSimple RegistrationWorks with AIR3D Support

Cons:Licensing Terms (Has to be public)

Bottom Line: Best General Mapping SDK Out There


Fun with Google Maps


Modest Maps Project


Your First Map

What You Need:

PSD of the MapZoomify

Modest Maps Coordinate Creator


http://modestmaps.com/calculator.html


http://modestmaps.com/http://modestmaps.com/calculator.html

Maps on AIR on Android


Dealing with Geodata

Main Formats:

GPX - Most widespread GPS Format

KML - Includes ability to draw shapes

But there are many others.


Ryan’s Random Projects

GPXAS3 - Library for Parsing GPX fileshttp://github.com/ryanstewart/GpxAS3

AIRGPSBabel - AS3 Wrapper for GPSBabelhttp://www.gpsbabel.org/


http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.shtml

http://github.com/ryanstewart/GpxAS3

http://github.com/ryanstewart/GpxAS3

http://www.gpsbabel.org/

http://www.gpsbabel.org/

Geolocation APIs with Flash


Using the Browser

HTML5 Supports Geolocation!

Why not use ExternalInterface to get location?

http://www.webkitchen.be/geolocation/




flash.sensors.Geolocation


@ryanstewart

blog.digitalbackcountry.com

[email protected]

github.com/ryanstewart

583308 4506780

18 T

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