Ok, so this post probably won’t be long because this is so super simple! So first the atta boy to MapQuest for making this so simple. Now lets look at what it takes. myMap.getDeclutterMode().setDeclutterMode(2);
Archive for the ‘mapquest’ Category
21 Aug
Back to Mapping, YAY!
Way to go MapQuest, your new API is much faster while running with Flex 3
16 May
6 month revist
OK, well i want to spend a little time talking about the project I just finished with making MapQuest Flash Maps in flex.
Project Refresher:
This project was to bring in demographics data and other informational data per zip code from internal systems, and using those choice zip codes to display zip code polygons on the map, somewhere [...]
29 Jan
A lesson learned
OK, today was one of the most awesome days since my mapQuest experience has begun. Thanks to Ant who has posted comments here a few times i was able to speak with Kevin who has intimate knowledge of the system and was informed about how they do things. I was going in a good direction [...]
20 Dec
Back to school on Polygons and map placement, (HI OverlayCollection)
Ok, so i am back to working on the UI for the map so my customers can really be effective with the way it sits. Until today whenever i put a polygon on the screen i just wrote it straight to the map, so something like
myMap.addOverlay(myOverlay);
This is good and all, but here is the problem. [...]
20 Dec
writeExternal Problem ?, can i serialize?
So I am looking to do some caching like i said and I am trying to figure out the best way to do it. First i tried saving out the XML but it just takes too long to hydrate a feature collection object from the XML. <Hint> “It would be cool if a feature collection [...]
10 Dec
Trying to do some manipulation
Ok, so I am working on some caching so i can speed things up a little and here is the problem i am finding. In trying to get only the zip code i want to cache as a feature collection i need to make the feature collection. So this is a snippet of [...]
21 Sep
Adding Multiple POI’s
OK, so the next thing that I need to do is add a bunch of people to the map that are around the person I added before. BTW these people will have their own custom graphic above their spot to mark their POI.
<code>
//import stuff
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
import com.mapquest.tilemap.*;
import com.mapquest.tilemap.pois.Poi;
import com.mapquest.tilemap.controls.*;
import com.mapquest.*;
//global var’s
[Embed(source='\\15_15_i.gif')]
public var NyIcon:Class;
//first this [...]
21 Sep
Adding a Poi.
So, Now I am going to add Point Of Interest, but I am going to go ahead and put in the POI as the office of an individual that is associated with our company. Oh an good news, this is pretty much the code the provide, i am just passing inthe info that i [...]
21 Sep
First MapQuest Map!
So, about a month ago I started working with the MapQuest API trying to make it work with what we want to do at the office. Well, the first application was a copy paste and it went well, almost surprisingly too well. I worked with some out there that would not work from [...]
