MapQuest Introduces An ActionScript API
Advanced Offering Provides Developers Additional Choice and Control
within Advantage API
DENVER & SAN JOSE, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) May 29, 2007 --
MapQuest today announced the beta launch of a new API for Adobe®
ActionScript™. The latest API option within
MapQuest’s Advantage™
API, allows developers to use a robust toolset with the added benefits
of ActionScript 3.0.
Developers can now build rich applications with Adobe®
Flex™ or Adobe Flash®
software using a true, native API for ActionScript for superior
developer productivity without runtime abstraction layers that can slow
application performance.
Whether applications require compelling, complex animations and graphics
or quickly rendered multitudes of custom points, lines and shapes to
display points of interest (POIs), routes or physical boundaries,
MapQuest’s API for ActionScript allows
developers to tap into the deep capabilities of the MapQuest®
platform.
Because Adobe’s Flash Player reaches over 97%
of the world’s Internet-enabled desktops1,
developers can spend less time focusing on cross-browser support and
more time building compelling applications that bring business value.
“As an industry leading provider of
geospatial web services, MapQuest has created a foundation for
developers to bring a rich multi-media experience to end-users. Future
enhancements will open up the possibilities even further, ultimately
allowing developers to customize location-based applications that offer
significant end-user control,” said Christian
Dwyer, Vice President of Business Solutions and Operations for MapQuest. “Created
to offer more choice, the new ActionScript API offers the possibility of
enhanced interactivity, lower development costs and faster time to
market while providing all the same great mapping, routing, geocoding
and search feature sets that customers rely on from MapQuest.”
Customers are finding that the MapQuest API for ActionScript opens up
the realm of possibilities for the creation of a rich multi-media
experience. “The API developed by MapQuest
for ActionScript opens up new avenues for the Web 2.0 developer
ecosystem, especially those who use Flash, Flex and Apollo to build rich
Internet applications (RIAs) in the browser or right on the desktop,”
said Jeff Whatcott, Vice President of Product Marketing, Enterprise and
Developer Business Unit at Adobe. “Now, RIA
developers can quickly and easily integrate MapQuest’s
mapping services into their Web 2.0 mash-up applications, enabling them
to go beyond simple HTML to create more engaging, data-rich and
interactive mapping applications.”
Apollo is the code name for Adobe’s cross
operating system application runtime that brings RIAs to the desktop. In
addition, AOL’s Userplane and other MapQuest
Business Solutions customers are beginning to build dynamic applications
with the API for ActionScript to enhance their overall customer
experience. Current and prospective customers, as well as developers can
find out more information, request an evaluation and see a demonstration
of an Apollo-based application at http://company.mapquest.com/mqbs/4a.html.
Additional JavaScript Enhancements to MapQuest’s
Advantage API:
MapQuest’s Advantage API offers the
reliability of a robust location-based platform with the flexibility and
efficiency of a web service. A recently released and updated version,
Advantage API 5.1, offers 16+ million POIs, premium listings that can be
licensed to enrich any application, as well as several key JavaScript
enhancements to make applications even more compelling and easier to use.
The latest version of Advantage API 5.1 adds the following JavaScript
enhancements:
-
Advanced Overlays: Robust capability to create and interact
with custom lines and shapes such as polygons, rectangles and
ellipses. These overlays can then be used to create custom search
areas and allows the user to define the geographic search area right
on the map.
-
Icon Declutter: For times when a map view contains map icons
overlapping each other, decluttering moves those icons away from each
other and allows distribution in a selected style.
To learn more about MapQuest Advantage API 5.1, visit http://company.mapquest.com/mqbs/4.html
or request an evaluation at http://company.mapquest.com/jsp/eval.jsp.
About MapQuest
MapQuest offers Internet, wireless and business solutions that help
people find places. MapQuest is one of the most recognized and trusted
brands on the Internet and is the leading consumer Web site for maps and
directions, serving more than 49 million users a month. MapQuest
wireless services extend the desktop experience into a variety of mobile
devices. MapQuest Business Solutions provides a geospatial platform for
location-enabling web and wireless applications for more than 1,400
global brands. MapQuest, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL LLC, is
based in Denver, Colorado.
About AOL
AOL® is a global Web services company that
operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a
comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs one of the
country's largest Internet access businesses, and provides a full set of
advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.,
AOL LLC is based in Dulles, Virginia. AOL and its subsidiaries also have
operations in Europe, Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com.
1Adobe whitepaper, 2006: Flex 2 Technical
Overview
© 2007 AOL LLC. All rights reserved. MapQuest
and Advantage are trademarks or registered trademarks of AOL
LLC. JavaScript and Java are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
ActionScript, Flex and Flash are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
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