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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:57:03 -0500
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Subject: Re: Google Maps
From: Nicholas Kwiatkowski <nicholas@spoon.as>
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Google is changing their API, and dropping support for the old version next
year.  The SWC they currently support only supports their "v1" API which is
retiring.  They are not making a new one.

I wonder if ModestMaps will support the new API....

-Nick

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Avi Kessner <akessner@gmail.com> wrote:

> What does the js Api return that is different from the flex api?  And can
> we build a converter before Sept 14' ?
> On Jan 15, 2013 7:02 AM, "Paul Hastings" <paul.hastings@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 1/15/2013 11:34 AM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski wrote:
> >
> >> I use ESRI's maps in my applications with great success.  I even use
> them
> >> in my mobile apps.  I highly recommend them.
> >>
> >> The POI is not nearly as populated as Google's, but they are leaps and
> >> bounds ahead of everybody else.
> >>
> >
> > ESRI's flex API is pretty good (our bread & butter GIS apps are all based
> > on it but these are all tied to client's big buck arcGIS servers) but
> their
> > public spatial data is nowhere near google's, especially larger scaled
> data
> > in urban areas. ESRI's coarser data also effects other functionality like
> > elevation profile & routing.
> >
> > google dropping flex was a crying shame.
> >
> >
>

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