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Subject: Re: Open source Flex maps components
From: Marcus Fritze <marcus.fritze@googlemail.com>
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:07:32 +0100
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Hi Igor,

Nice! The questions is, are we allowed to build such a component and use =
the content from Google, Microsoft, etc.?

A working maps component (especially with the good Google content =
quality) would be a great addition to the SDK.

Marcus

Am 20.03.2013 um 22:02 schrieb Igor Costa <igorcosta@gmail.com>:

> Hi there guys.
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> I was busy theses days working on maps for Flex, and turns out that we =
had
> left so less, Google,yahoo drops support.
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> And I guess is time to create our very own component and integrate in =
the
> current SDK, spliting overall problems on platform support.
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> I'd like to introduce Flex-Maps https://github.com/igorcosta/flex-maps
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> It's based on ModestMaps engine and includes basic functionality found =
in
> Goole Maps like, Markers, Collections, InfoWindow.
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> So, the idea behind is to fullfill the gap left by major vendors and =
help
> developers using current vendors out there with their own maps.
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> Right now the components includes the following services:
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>   - Openstreet maps
>   - Nokia Here maps
>   - Microsoft Bing Maps
>   - Yahoo Maps
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> I'm planing to include in the flex SDK, but has a lot to be done =
before I
> submit.
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> =46rom now  I just need some feedback.
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> Best Regards
> ----------------------------
> Igor Costa
> www.igorcosta.com
> www.igorcosta.org