[OpenLayers-Users] embed OpenLayers map in Flash?

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi,

I personally stay away from Flash and hope that the OpenLayers project 
does, too.

Flash requires a plugin. Many government organizations, including my own 
employer, do not install browser plugins - however, they have modern 
browsers installed. The claim that Adobe Flash has an install base of 
 >90% is simply wrong, esp. with mobile devices. Flash remains a black 
box (binary format), with bad integration in the browser. Most of the 
browser crashes, and sometimes also operating system crashes, can be 
tracked back to Flash.

Flash had always bad support on the Linux platform, especially on 64bit. 
Many mobile devices do not support flash for obvious reasons. There are 
signs that the Flash install base will erode away during the coming years.

On the other hand native graphics support in browsers (SVG, Canvas, 
WebGL, CSS) and other app-support (web storage, HTML5 forms, better 
javascript performance, etc.) is improving continuously, as a native 
browser technology.

Flash is also in control of a single company that has profit 
maximization and monopoly as its goal, not the prosperity of the web 
ecosystem.

All these arguments that OpenLayers should not support the Flash 
platform, in my opinion.

Andreas

On 3/12/11 12:54 AM, Alessandro Ferrucci wrote:
> Hello,
> i stumbled upon this website.
>
> http://peoplesmap.com/Map.aspx
>
> the map component is a flash component but I see that in the source 
> code they do create an OpenLayers map... not sure if the openlayers 
> map is embedded in the flash component though...
>
> is that what they are doing here?
>
> if not, does anyone know if it's possible to embed an OpenLayers map 
> in flash (or flex) and have flash interact with the javascript in 
> OpenLayers through ExternalInterface or something?
>
> Thank you
>
> -- 
> Signed,
> Alessandro Ferrucci
>
>
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