Hi, We are currently developping OpenScales <http://openscales.org/> , an Open Source port of OpenLayers (a widely used JS maps) written in ActionScript 3.
You can try it on this demo <http://openscales.org/openscales.swf> . We plan to make possible nice visual effects, high performance vector rendering and sketch functionalities. We would be pleased to have some feedbacks, and are actively seeking some contributors, so feel free to join us ;-) Bouiaw, OpenScales <http://openscales.org/> project leader