Google Maps in (a) Flash!
Posted by Geoff | Filed under Careers, Technology
Yesterday, we posted a new part to Rolex.com: the ability to find a local Authorised Rolex Dealer. This on its own is hardly breaking any new ground — it”s a fairly routine piece of functionality. To help you find your local dealer, we provided a map — a Google Map.
Those of you who know the two technologies are probably now scratching your heads. Google Maps. Flash. Aren”t they incompatible?
Not any more.
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Tags: critical mass, experience matters, google, rich media, rolex
December 16th, 2007 at 09:42
Nice work, not completely unheard of though: http://www.flashearth.com/ and http://www.afcomponents.com/components/g_map/ have been around for a long time. I have heard from numerous people inside the big G that they have an AS3 api, it just hasn’t been released as of yet.
Again, nice work guys, the site is looking great. Just need to upgrade it to AS3 and watch it fly.
December 16th, 2007 at 09:48
Also, what happened, is there something wonky with the JS Flash detect? I can’t see the flash site on any of my macs? I see the language selector in Flash but beyond that it is HTML…boooooring
December 16th, 2007 at 20:28
Just that deeplinking code you wrote — it doesn’t work in Safari 3. Geez, the mess you left behind…
December 16th, 2007 at 20:57
And we’re not upgraded to AS3 yet. That’s coming. So we needed an AS2 version. Those ain’t so easy to come by that work well.