A presentation on mapping and geolocation with the Flash Platform. Covers using the geolocation APIs in AIR 2 and various mapping examples and APIs.

1. Mapping and
Geolocation
with the Flash
Platform

2. Ryan Stewart
ryan@adobe.com
blog.digitalbackcountry.com
@ryanstewart
github.com/ryanstewart
Based in Seattle
Like beer a little too much
Into mountaineering, backpacking, etc

3. Geolocation API
Mapping APIs
Agenda Custom Maps
Managing Geodata
Q&A

4. Geolocation APIs on
the Flash Platform

5. Using the Geolocation API

6. Using the Geolocation API

7. Only supported if
the device supports
it
Provides whatever
attributes the phone
provides
Uses the underlying
phone API

8. “Where am I
World”
Example

9. The GeolocationEvent
Object
Latitude and Longitude
Accuracy
Altitude
Heading
Speed
Timestamp

10. setUpdateRequestInterval
API to configure how often to
get
location data
Device won’t let you do
updates in small intervals

11. Debugging Location

12. HTML5 as a Fallback
The HTML5 Spec
provides a Geolocation API
Gives access to Geolocation
via the browser
On devices it leverages the Native API
in the same way that AIR does
http://www.webkitchen.be/geolocation/

13. Mapping APIs

14. Comparing Mapping APIs
Street/
Terrain Topo Traffic 3D
Satellite
Google Maps Yes Yes No No (JS) Yes
Yahoo Maps Yes No No Yes No
MapQuest Yes No No Yes No
ESRI Yes Yes Yes No No

15. Mapping with

16. Uses a layered approach for bits of data
Has advanced components for editing
and viewing things sequentially
Allows for querying specific bits of
data for mapping

17. Making Touchable Maps

18. Building
your own
maps

19. Dealing with Geodata
Main Formats:
GPX - Most widespread GPS Format
KML - Includes ability to draw
shapes
But there are many others.

20. Geo projects
GPXAS3 - Library for Parsing GPX files
http://github.com/ryanstewart/GpxAS3
AIRGPSBabel - AS3 Wrapper for GPSBabel
http://www.gpsbabel.org/

21. Questions
ryan@adobe.com
blog.digitalbackcountry.com
@ryanstewart
github.com/ryanstewart