I'm fine with Google only developing APIs for HTML5. The question is whether anybody can build a Flash API around it. That's the premise of the FlexJS parallel frameworks.
The mapping API providers that do provide or allow for parallel APIs for their maps will have the advantage if/when FlexJS takes off. -Alex On 8/16/13 7:39 AM, "Kessler CTR Mark J" <mark.kessler....@usmc.mil> wrote: >Based on that recent article about Google pulling the API plug on >Microsoft [1], it seems like they are trying to force people into HTML5 >for all future apps. However I'm sure it was blown up larger than it >needed to be. > >[1] >http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/google-blocks-windows-phone-youtube >-app-again-for-manufactured-reasons/ > > >-Mark > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] >Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:29 AM >To: users@flex.apache.org >Subject: Re: AW: supported mapping APIs in Flex? > >Has anyone found a point of contact at Google regarding the Maps API and >Flash? Seems like if lots of people asked them to delay pulling it down >they might, or folks could convince them to donate the Flash version to >Apache or put it out on Google Code. >It also wasn't clear whether you could use ExternalInterface to get to the >Maps API or not. > >-Alex
