Flex

As I pointed out before, it’s unfortunately not possible to use Flex components as info windows for Google Maps. Another issue is that the map is not available as a Flex component itself, therefore it’s a bit complicated to use it in Flex. So I thought to address these issues in a little Google Maps API for Flex that you can download here under BSD license. With openFlexInfoWindows I also added a method that allows you to use multiple Flex components as info window at once - nicely seperated in tabs....

I just tried to create a custom info window for a Google Map using the Google Maps API For Flash. Unfortunately it does not seem to work as expected by setting the customContent property in an object of type InfoWindowOptions. Therefore I wrote this little workaround that creates a popup window: private function createInfoWindow(map:Map, marker:Marker, infoWindow:Class):IFlexDisplayObject { var popup:IFlexDisplayObject = PopUpManager.createPopUp(map, infoWindow); var globalPos:Point = map.localToGlobal(map.fromLatLngToViewport(marker.getLatLng())); popup.move(globalPos.x - popup.width/2, globalPos.y - popup....

You know PicLens? If not I highly recommend taking a look at that marvelous picture search tool. Especially interesting is the 3D view of the pictures - you can easily navigate through a whole bunch of pictures by using your mouse. I thought it would be nice to integrate such a picture view in your own Flex application, so I played around a bit with the 3D album tutorial from Bartek Drozdz and after a couple of days finished a nice little component that could be easily embedded in your own applications....