Google Maps API
I presented a conference paper at ICWE on Thursday. One of the keynote speakers at ICWE that morning was Lars Rasmussen from Google. His talk was focused on using javascript to deliver Google Maps. He directed us to have a look at the Google Maps API. It is quite simple to use and very impressive. I was able to scratch this up within an hour. So now you’ll know exactly where I work.
I am now leaning back to using AJAX for my concept maps application, based on Lars Rasmussan’s presentation. They dismissed a flash based Google Maps simply because Flash is a proprietary format. Although the same argument doesn’t apply to Laszlo, as Laszlo’s LZX files are of an open format. It just happens that they compile LZX files to flash.
Anyway if I am to take Google’s approach, I will have to put up with a lot of work-arounds and hacks to support cross-browser compatibility. I think I will do a bit more experimenting before I commit to either AJAX or OpenLaszlo.
