Recently Google launched a Flex API which now enables Flex developers to benefit from the great advantages of using geo data. Previously, this has been privileged to JavaScript developers only.

We checked out the API and found that it is a really cool API. We created a nice showcase for you and the API is really easy to use. Nearly all features from the JavaScript API have been integrated, but due to the usage of Flex instead of JavaScript it is possible to create application without any coding - the only thing which basically needs to be done via keyboard is entering a valid Google Maps API key...

There are several nice examples on Google,if you want to have a look into these examples follow this link: Google Maps Flex Examples

From our point of view this is a clear signal to the Flex technology: Flex isn't recognized as the „...isn't this Flash...“-technology anymore, it is rather taken as a serious technology for developing professional user interfaces.

The one and only downside of the current Google Maps API for Flex: you can not use it within AIR applications. So anybody attempting to create an AIR application featuring geo data - forget about it! Currently there is no announcement when the API will be available for AIR applications.