Integrate Google Maps into Flash CS4

By RC Concepcion in Layers Blog
Thursday October 8, 2009

One of the most important skills for Flash developers to learn is how to utilize the vast collections of Web APIs that are available for services such as Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, and mapping using either Google or Yahoo. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to integrate Google Maps into your Flash application using just a few lines of code. The Google API is incredibly easy to use and it’s extremely powerful.

1 [DOWNLOAD THE GOOGLE MAPS API]
The first step in adding Google Maps to your Flash application is to first download the necessary files. Go to http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash in your browser. This site is where you can find all of the information on using Google Maps inside of Flash, so be sure to bookmark it. Find the section on the right called “How do I start?” and download the Software Development Kit (SDK) using the link posted in the second item on the list. Unzip the downloaded file to your desktop.

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Author: RC Concepcion Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 10 years in the I.T. and ecommerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. RC has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and recently combined his photographic and web experience to teach with famed wildlife photographer Moose Peterson at the "You Can Do It Too" workshops in Mammoth, CA and at the Voices That Matter Web Conference in San Francisco, CA. RC also writes columns for Layers and Photoshop User magazines.