November 3, 2005
Yahoo finally gets good Maps API
I saw this email forwarded by Ask this morning:
From: Simon Willison
Date: November 3, 2005 2:35:11 PSTYahoo! have released a new map application ( http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/ ) and a whole set of new APIs that I imagine would be of interest to people on this list:
http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/index.html
Highlights include:
Flash APIs for embedding Flash maps in your own pages (or Flash applications)
http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/flash/index.htmlAn AJAX JavaScript API
http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/ajax/index.htmlA REST Geocoding API for addresses in North America
http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/rest/V1/geocode.htmlA Map Image API for direct(ish) access to the underlying tile server
http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/rest/V1/mapImage.htmlDisclaimer: I work for Yahoo!, but I’m not on the team that put this together.
Cheers,
Simon Willison
I went to check it out and found this:
- Yahoo! Maps Flash APIs
Embed maps in your web site or application using the free Macromedia Flash player for a rich user experience.
AS-Flash API - Create a Flash application that displays Yahoo! Maps using ActionScript®.
JS-Flash API - Create great applications quickly with our scriptable Flash maps and JavaScript™. No Flash programming is required!
Flex™ API - Flexdevelopers can use the Flex API with Macromedia’s Presentation Server Technology to create powerful applications.
- Yahoo! Maps AJAX API
Use the power of DHTML and JavaScript to host your own maps. We provide the JavaScript functions to make map-making a breeze.







