Hi all, We are in the process of releasing v1.19 of the Maps API for Flash, and I wanted to give you all a heads up of a change that will affect your apps when you come to rebuild them against v1.19 or later.
As of v1.19, all Maps API for Flash applications will be required to declare whether the application relies on the device that runs the app providing the user's location from a sensor such as used by phones that support GPS geolocation. You should declare this in your apps by setting the sensor parameter in the same way that you set the Maps API key. You can see examples of how to set the sensor parameter in the Maps API Premier docs (we are working on updating the other docs): http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/premier/guide.html#Sensor http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/premier/guide.html#Flash Apps built against 1.19 that do not set the sensor parameter will display a warning when launched. Existing apps built prior to 1.19 will be unaffected. Use of the sensor parameter has been mandatory in the v3 JavaScript API since launch, but we have not needed to enforce it in the Maps API for Flash until now because Flash was not supported by the class of devices concerned. However with the recent launch of Flash for Android we now have to also extend this requirement to the Maps API for Flash. Note that the value of the sensor parameter has no impact whatsoever on the features, functionality, or quotas for your application (ie. there is no reason not to declare honestly if you are relying on such a sensor). We need this information because it affects our financial obligations to the companies from which we license the data on which our maps are based, and we would therefore need to take action to prevent access to the API by any app that falsely declares that it is not using a sensor. We'll have more information on the other changes in v1.19 for you early next week. Many thanks, Thor Mitchell Product Manager Google Maps API -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en.
