A prototype application in Adobe Flex using the ArcGIS Flex API, ArcGIS Online data and GeoServer WMS.
This example has:
- Drive Time Calculation
- Radial Rings
- Driving Directions
The Drive Time Calculation shows how many blocks can be covered in under 2 minutes for a Pizza delivery. It also gives a demographic profile by age for each block group. The results are displayed using Flex Charts.
The Radial Demographic feature gives the population within 2,3 and 4 miles radius from a location.
Update: This demo has two layers (one point and one polygon) coming from a GeoServer WMS rendered using “WMSMapServiceLayer” AS Class.
Google Maps has a Map Content Partner program. This lets you share your map data with Google. Interesting.
BUT. Google will not pay you for the content you provide. As their FAQ says:
Licensing Your Map Content to Google: Will Google pay to use my organization’s map content?
We are happy to incorporate your map content in Google’s services at no cost to your organization, but we generally do not pay for the content types we welcome through Google’s Map Content Partner programs.
Yeah! We are so magnanimous that we are ready to provide content for an excellent service for free. It does not matter that Google can, in turn, charge a hefty sums from others for their API.
Did I hear somebody say there are no free lunches in the world?
Nice post by Elad Elrom at InsideRIA on Adobe AIR 2.0 enhancements titled AIR 2 Enhancements Complete Overview.
Some of the topics covered which sounds interesting are:
New functionality in AIR 2.0
AIR 2.0 adds new functionality that was not included in previous versions of AIR. They include:
- New networking support – new socket class, wired and a wireless network interfaces, and DNS records.
- Native processes – API that allows launching and interacting with native processes.
- Screen reader – API that supports screen reader.
- File Promises – API that allows you to drag virtual files to local file systems.
Still waiting for the invite to ride the Google Wave.
The demo of Wave is impressive. But demos are always orchestrated so can’t rely on them too much until you get to play with the real thing.
Google’s brand new site annotation service – Google Sidewiki does not support Google’s Chrome browser. Instead, it asks the user if he/she would like to download the latest version of Firefox. In the home page, it claims it can install only on Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.
Sidewiki is currently a feature in Google Toolbar (in Internet Explorer and Firefox),
but we are working on bringing it to Google Chrome, too.
Don’t you all thing this is interesting? Considering the fact that it is a new service from Google, lot’s of people will be tempted to try it out. As a result of limitation, people will be using IE or FF over Chrome.
Not a very good strategy, in my opinion, to launch Sidewiki at this stage when it is trying to increase the market share of Chrome and take users away from IE/FF.
Google Sidewiki Home
Google Sidewiki Download Page
