Forgive my ignorance, but what did the swcs provide that we're losing? On Jan 15, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski wrote:
> 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 <akess...@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.hasti...@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. >>> >>> >>
